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Heineken unveils its first brewery in Mozambique

March 14, 2019   Editor   1 Comment

Heineken NV announced on Wednesday the opening of its $100 million brewery in Maputo, Mozambique.

According to the company, the brewery will have a production capacity of 0.8 million hectoliters and will brew Txilar, a new beer specially made for the Mozambican market. It will also offer other trade marked Heineken international brands including Heineken®, Amstel, Sagres and Strongbow.

Mozambique has a GDP growth rate of 3.5% at the end of 2018 with beer consumption level of10.5-litres per capita.

Commenting on the new brewery, Jean-François van Boxmeer, chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Heineken, said: “The population is young and vibrant, the middle-class is growing and living increasingly in cities, the economic perspectives are encouraging and the beer market has a great potential to grow.

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AB InBev to build new brewery in Mozambique, set to open new Nigerian brewery

August 08, 2018   Editor   1 Comment

AB InBev has announced it will start the construction of a new brewery in Mozambique in the second-half of 2019, putting it in direct competition with rival Heineken N.V. which announced in December it will build a $100 million brewery in the Southern African country.

The Belgian-based brewer said that the new facility will produce about 2-million hectoliters of beer a year, but declined to disclose the size of the investment. However, it noted that the land acquired for the project would be big enough for further expansion in the future.

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Heineken expands into Mozambique; to build $100m brewery

December 04, 2017   Editor   No comments

Dutch brewer Heineken N.V. announced on Monday the laying of foundation stone for its first brewery in Mozambique.

The company said that the new brewery which will open in the first-half of 2019 will be located in the province of Maputo, cost $100 million (€85m) to build and have a production capacity of 0.8 million hectoliters a year.

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Coca-Cola SABCO opens new plant in Mozambique

June 20, 2016   Editor   1 Comment
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Coca-Cola SABCO, one of the partners of the newly formed Coca Cola Beverages Africa has unveiled a new $130m bottling plant in Matola Gare, Mozambique.

Speaking at the official event to unveil the new facility, Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent noted that Coke has been investing in Africa for almost 90 years and is present in every African country with more than 70,000 employees and 145 bottling plants.

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