Beaches and rivers in SA, Mozambique, Zambia and Namibia get new lease on life with clean-up campaigns

October 7 – Beaches and waterways in South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and Namibia received a welcome freshening up on International Coastal and River Cleanup...

Pioneering MD to take the reins at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa-Ghana

September 1 – Logistics wizard Flora Jika will be taking the helm at Voltic (GH) Limited, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, following her...

Africa’s biggest Coca-Cola bottler raises the bar for water stewardship with 2030 strategy

With the arrival of World Water Week, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is forging ahead with implementation of its 2030 Water Stewardship Strategy. The continent’s...

CCBSA exceeds targets to reach Level 1 B-BBEE

After a Level 4 score in 2020, SA’s largest Coca-Cola bottler catapults to the pinnacle of B-BBEE achievement Following a five-year journey of transformation,...

Investing in our continent’s youth is crucial for sustainable development

This International Youth Day, Africa needs to think about how it can embrace its large youth population for the benefit of the continent, says...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa and Genpact Partner to Transform Operations to Drive Competitive Growth

Genpact expands South Africa presence; leverages digital technology and analytics to help Coca-Cola Beverages Africa enhance efficiency in key operating functions, including finance, procurement,...

Groundwater projects touch thousands of homes

By the end of June, the Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) Coke Ville groundwater community water project had reached over 10 000 homes, just shy...

Youth Farmers Overcome Pandemic

South Africa, 01 July 2021 – Despite the devastating impact of the pandemic on many sectors, young black farmers have shown their mettle by...

County Government of Nyeri Partners with Coca-Cola on an Initiative to Empower Youth to Start Businesses

June 29, 2021: Coca-Cola Central, East and West Africa Ltd together with its bottling partners Coca-Cola Beverages Africa-Kenya and Almasi Beverages Limited and the...

COCA-COLA UNVEILS NEW CLEAR LOOK FOR SPRITE TO ENHANCE PLASTIC COLLECTION AND RECYCLING

Nairobi, June 25, 2021 – The Coca-Cola system in Kenya has today unveiled a new iconic look of its leading sparkling soft drink Sprite....

INHOUSE PALLET PRODUCTION – A SUCCESSFUL CASE OF COST MANAGEMENT BY CCBA UGANDA

Five years ago, the Government of Uganda passed the “Buy Uganda Build Uganda policy” in response to the Private Sector’s plea to promote practices...

CCBSA provides R4.2 million towards Youth Bursary scheme

South Africa, 18 June 2021 – Young South Africans are seizing opportunities presented to them, with the support of the Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, Boundless Minds Target 1,000 Youth For Second In-take of the ‘Elevate’ Youth Mentorship Program

1,000 youth are set to benefit from the Elevate 2.0 mentorship program launched today by Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda in partnership with Boundless...

Enterprise Development Defies Third Wave

South Africa, 09 June 2021 – Even as South Africa tightens Covid-19 restrictions in anticipation of a third wave of the pandemic, Coca-Cola Beverages...

CCBA works with Nakasero National Blood Bank to donate blood.

June 8, 2021. Kampala, Uganda – Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Uganda along with the National Blood Bank and Kampala Rotary Club, Munyonyo, will...

Soft drink manufacturers partner to mark World Environment Day

07 June 2021 Dar es Salaam. One plastic and six soft drink manufacturers under Petco Tanzania came together on this year’s World Environment Day...

Coke bottler celebrates World Environment Day in Olympic style

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has at least 186 reasons to celebrate World Environment Day – that’s how many Olympic-sized swimming pools could be filled...

CCBA toasts Africa Day and fifth anniversary since merger

Africa Day coincides with a big milestone for Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) this year, as the company celebrates its fifth birthday as the biggest...

The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Announce Plans for Initial Public Offering for Bottler

ATLANTA and JOHANNESBURG, April 19, 2021 – The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) today announced plans to list CCBA as a publicly...

The Coca-Cola Foundation helps millions on the continent with access to clean water

Six million Africans in more than 4 000 communities across 41 countries have gained improved access to clean water thanks to the work of...

Community Gets Innovative Facelift

Reliable access to good safe water is essential to life, nature, and the health of our communities. Across the world, approximately 1.9 billion people...

Groundwater harvesting systems launched in the Eastern Cape

Residents of Dala and Daberha villages in the Ngcobo town of the Chris Hani District Municipality, as well as citizens of Bolotwa, located in...

Global Recycling Day calls on us to work together for a World Without Waste

Jacques Vermeulen Along with its devastating human and economic costs, the COVID-19 pandemic has put renewed focus on sustainability. The experience of mass human...

Coca-Cola Kwanza Support Government’s Efforts on lifting Education Sector in Rural Areas by Donating Desks worth Tanzania Shillings 10m/- to Prime Minister Majaliwa.

Coca-Cola Kwanza Ltd on Saturday donated 100 desks to Ruangwa District in the Lindi Region, an initiative intended to back government’s efforts towards improvement...

Coca-Cola Kwanza Backs Government Efforts to Improve Learning Environment by Donating Desks Worth Tanzania Shillings 10m/-

Coca-Cola Kwanza Ltd on Saturday donated 100 desks to Kibiti District in the Coast Region, an initiative intended to support government efforts towards improvement...

CCBSA triples the size of its employee share ownership scheme

CCBSA’s B-BBEE ownership will be increased to a revised 20% target, with a significant worker ownership component. “This updated agreement will result in employees...

COCA-COLA ENHANCES CONSUMER ACCESS TO ITS ...

The Coca-Cola system partners in Kenya have today launched a new home delivery service ‘DialACoke.com’ that will provide consumers with access to its range...

Men of Honour inspire Activism

South Africans are becoming increasingly distraught by the seemingly rampant scourge of gender-based violence. As the world marks 16 Days of Activism, Coca-Cola Beverages...

The Coca-Cola System in Kenya, in partnership with like-minded institutions: County Government of Laikipia; Women Enterprise Fund (WEF); Absa; and Amref Health Africa in...

THE Coca-Cola System commits KSHS 125 Mill ...

Here are some of the ways Kenya has launched an initiative to support small and micro business outlets across the country to recover and...

CCBSA rolls out Sixteen Bizniz in a Box container businesses in the West Rand

Gauteng, 07th October 2020 – As the South African economy continues to steadily reopen, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has rolled out sixteen township...

CCBSA handing over state-of-the art trolleys to Durban beachfront hawkers

As part of its journey to transform its supply chain, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) is handing over 35 state-of-the art cool drink trolleys...

WASTE RECLAIMERS SAFETY PRIORITISED

At a handover ceremony held at the Brixton Church on Monday, 28 September 2020, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) donated gadgets, personal protective equipment...

The Coca-Cola System commits USD 17m across Africa in response to COVID-19

Here are some of the ways we are helping those most vulnerable, preventing the spread of the virus and contributing to the recovery of...

How the Coca-Cola system is responding to Coronavirus

Here are some of the ways we are protecting our employees and serving our communities and customers.

CCBSA supplier transformation R2 billion ahead of target

CCBSA announced that it has already transformed R3.9 billion of preferential procurement to black suppliers ahead of the company’s end 2020 target.

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa: Developing Entrepreneurs for Inclusive Economic Growth

Africa is a continent of extraordinary prospects, from its wealth of natural resources to the untapped talents of its youthful population, yet it has...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa acquires share in Eswatini bottler

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has announced that it has acquired a 60 percent share in the soft drinks business of Eswatini Beverages Limited.

Coca-Cola launches first coffee-infused Cola for South Africa

Continuously evolving, The Coca-Cola Company is bringing a first SA – the first coffee infused cola drink will be hitting the shelves from today...

Introducing Coca-Cola Energy: Coca-Cola launches a new energy drink in South Africa

For the first time, The Coca-Cola Company releases an energy drink in South Africa under the Coca-Cola® brand.

Introducing Coca-Cola Energy

For the first time, The Coca-Cola Company releases an energy drink in South Africa under the Coca-Cola® brand.

Building Partnerships for a World Without Waste in Africa

It’s clear that the world has a packaging problem. Plastic pollution, one of the most visible challenges of our time, is too big for...

Coca-Cola and bottling partners invest +US$5 million to date to tackle plastic pollution across Africa

This World Environment Day, The Coca-Cola Company confirms it is on track to spend a third of its US$ 38 million pledge before the...

Towards a world without waste

The invention of plastic has changed the world in so many ways – for both better and worse – that it’s hard to picture...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa inaugurates sustainable solar power system in Windhoek

A subsidiary of CCBA, Coca-Cola Namibia Bottling Company (CCNBC) will now derive 9% of the factory’s total power requirements from a clean, sustainable energy...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Commissions a State of the Art USD10Million Water Line at Century Bottling Company...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda has officially commissioned a brand new USD10million (UGX 39billion) Manufacturing Line to enable them to bottle more Rwenzori Pure...

The Coca-Cola Foundation and The Nature Conservancy support Nairobi Water to increase water access to ....

Today, Philip Githinji, of Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC), confirmed that, through support from The Coca-Cola Foundation and The Nature Conservancy (TNC),...

CCBSA launches new smart trucks to promote road safety

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) today launched a five-year pilot project to run a 44-pallet Performance-Based Standard (PBS) trailer between Bloemfontein and Upington.

CCBSA’s Mintirho Foundation inaugurates partnership with SAFDA to benefit emerging cane farmers...

CCBSA’s Mintirho Foundation partnership with the South African Farmers Development Association (SAFDA) will see the Mintirho Foundation providing two interest-free loans to help SAFDA...

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa launches local and traditional multiple ownership project

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) will be launching their local and traditional multiple ownership project at two outlets in the KwaMashu and Inanda area...

Coca-Cola raises Easter flood donation from R600 000 to R1 million

Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) have now increased the amount pledged to assist victims of the Easter weekend floods to R1 million....

Coca-Cola pledges help for Easter flood victims

Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) have pledged R600 000 to assist victims of the Easter weekend floods

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa partners with Department of Transport to improve road safety

The project will see CCBSA making available two of its state-of-the-art simulator trucks for use by the department and government broadly to aid in...

CCBSA, Mintirho Foundation commits R25-million investment in water hyacinth removal

CCBSA, Mintirho Foundation commits R25-million investment in water hyacinth removal Summary: Mintirho Foundation, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s (CCBSA) foundation, has announced a R25 million...

Voltic (GH) Limited gives pupils of Nsawam M/A Basic School Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) Training

Voltic (GH) Limited’s Water For School Project is in line with its sustainability focus on water stewardship and underpinned by the notion that access...

Coca-Cola bottler launches R100-million SME Supplier Development Fund

: Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has announced that it will make R100 million available over five years to support the growth and development...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, T3 and PETCO launch innovation competition to support public waste...

The Beyond Baling Innovation Challenge (BBIC) competition targets University students, Small and Medium Enterprises and the JuaKali sector to come up with PET plastic...

Coca-Cola bottler hosts suppliers and potential entrepreneurs

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) will be hosting its annual Supplier Development Conference on 7 March under the theme, Collaborative and Inclusive Growth

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa acquires Fairy Bottling

CCBA has received the requisite regulatory approval to acquire Fairy Bottling Zambia Limited and closed the transaction on 1 February 2019

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa acquires Zambian Coca-Cola Franchise

CCBA has received the requisite regulatory approval to acquire the Coca-Cola soft drinks business of Zambian Breweries Plc (Zambrew) commencing operations on 17 December...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa acquires Botswana Coca-Cola Franchise

CCBA has received the requisite regulatory approval to acquire the Coca-Cola soft drinks business, Beverage Manufacturers (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd. The first day of operations...

Local sourcing – the key to sustainable growth in Africa

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa intends locally sourcing 80% of all raw materials we currently import by 2022

Using innovation to improve the lives of Africans

For a business to compete in this environment demands agility and relentless innovation.

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa launches US$69M Hot-fill Juice Line in Nairobi

Officially unveiled by President Uhuru Kenyatta, the new line will expand Nairobi Bottler Limited’s portfolio and create jobs

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests US$8.35M in new line in Uganda

The new bottling line at Century Bottling Company will enable the company to innovate to supply consumer demand.

Largest African Coca-Cola Bottler unveils brand new head office in PE

The head office of the world’s seventh largest Coca-Cola bottling partner by revenue opened in Port Elizabeth today, with the launch of Coca-Cola Beverages...

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests US$6.5M in Voltic’s new plant

Voltic (GH) Limited inaugurated a new, high-speed line in Akwadum.

LOCAL PROCUREMENT TO BENEFIT FROM COCA-COLA BEVERAGES

Company on track to deliver merger condition public interest commitments Today, Coca Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) will hold its...

CCBSA kits up for social change at the 201 ...

Africa’s largest bottler of Coca-Cola has announced a cash and in-kind sponsorship of Philly’s Game, the longest running festive season football tournament in South...

Sixty seven youth in North West advance to ...

Sixty seven youth taking part in Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s (CCBSA) Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) have advanced to the next exciting phase of selection....

Bottling giant announces new partnership w ...

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) recently partnered with the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) to run a programme to assess the company’s Logistics Distribution...

CCBSA and Extrupet donate 15 school desks ...

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s (CCBSA) and Extrupet (Pty) Ltd have announced the donation of 15 environmentally-friendly classroom desks to Noordgesig Primary in Soweto. The...

The Coca-Cola Company and Anheuser-Busch InBev

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) and Anheuser-Busch InBev (“AB InBev”)

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Begins Operations

Africa’s largest Coca-Cola bottler - Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) - is today celebrating its first day of operations.

The Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Merger...

The Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) merger parties - SABMiller plc, The Coca-Cola Company, and Gutsche Family Investments.

The Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Merger...

A comprehensive set of commitments have been agreed between the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) merger parties – SABMiller plc, The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche...

The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller...

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), SABMiller plc (LSE:SAB, JSE:SABJ) and Gutsche Family Investments (GFI, majority shareholders in Coca-Cola Sabco) have agreed to combine the bottling...