Cream Liqueur sees growth with new players, more flavours

Cream liqueur is experiencing renewed growth in Nigeria, spurred by increased interest by consumers, particularly women. It is a favourite of women because it is a type of alcoholic spirits for people More »

Modular building technology firm sees growth opportunities in various sectors as economy recovers

Lange & Grant, an integrated projects development company with a complete in-house assembly line facility to produce large scale insulated sandwich panels, made with polyurethane foam for commercial projects said that the More »

Category Archives: Interviews

Guinness Nigeria outlines strategy for growth

Guinness Nigeria Plc said it has adopted a strategy to broaden its portfolio base to enable it serve a wider range of consumers both from price and segment point of view as it awaits a full recovery of the economy.

In a wide ranging interview with FEYISAYO POPOOLA of the Punch Newspapers, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mr Baker Magunda, said that the economic recovery has been very fragile. He lists some of the challenges manufacturers still face.

Suntory Nigeria seeks to boost sales with new product launches, expanding distribution

Suntory Beverage & Food Nigeria Limited, said it is seeking to double its revenue over the next five years by introducing new products and expanding its distribution network.

The Nigerian unit of Japanese food and beverage company, Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd, said it planned to increase sales to ₦40bn ($111 million) from about ₦20bn, the company’s Managing Director, Chinedum Okereke said on a Monday interview with Bloomberg in Lagos. The boost in sales will increase the local unit’s contribution to its parent company’s sales in Africa, Middle East and the Caribbean by as much as 65%, he said.

‘You give her gonorrhea and you get HIV back’

Festus Odimegwu The former CEO of Heineken in Nigeria engaged sex workers to promote beer. The company benefited from its close relationship with the president. Excerpts from “Heineken in Africa”, a yet to be released book by Olivier van Beemen, a Dutch citizen, who takes a critical look on the business practices of the Dutch brewer in Africa, Odimegwu talks about his days and exploits at the helm of Nigerian Breweries Plc. The text was translated from Dutch to English using google traslate. Please pardon us for any lost translation.

The New La Casera Apple Drink reigns supreme in the Apple CSD Market, says Roland Ebelt, MD, The La Casera Company

Roland Ebelt is the Managing Director of The La Casera Company Plc. Though he has been in Nigeria for the past 16 years, he joined the Carbonated Soft Drink company last year. In this interview with Brand Communicator’s Abutu Agada and Tolulope Olasunkanmi, he bares his mind on the recent relaunch of La Casera, the challenges in the market and other sundry issues in the CSD industry.

Why Nigerians Consume bitters?

In recent times, the Nigerian market has been flooded by all kinds of bitters and they enjoy high patronage among consumers. However, so much is not known about the origins and effects of these bitters on the body. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) conducted a qualitative survey of consumers all across Nigeria recently to get their take on why they consume bitters.

Some of these bitters have names like Yoyo, Alomo, Orijin, Agbo, Action, Washing and Setting, Baby-Oku, Skelewu, Man-Power, Swedish, Goko Cleanser, Ruzu, Kola nuts, Bitter kolas as well as Chinese and India bitters, among others.

You will find them being sold in all manner of places such as markets, stores/department stores, supermarkets, highways, roadsides, buses/vehicles and more.

MD of drinks.ng, Lanre Akinlagun talks about the state of the alcoholic beverage industry in Nigeria

In the dynamic alcoholic beverage industry, one man is trying to redefine how business is done. The Managing Director of drinks.ng, Lanre Akinlagun, talked to Beverage Industry News (NG) recently on the state of the alcoholic beverage industry in Nigeria

Let us start by you giving us a brief background about yourself, where you started, where you went to school and how you got into this business?