Sustainability

Africa’s focus shifts from rights on paper to economic inclusion for women

African women have growing reason to be hopeful about their futures as we mark International Women’s Day. It is true there is still a very long way to go towards gender equality, but change is gathering momentum and the days when only lip service was paid to women’s rights are coming to an end.

Taking water seriously

This water awareness month, CCBSA can celebrate significant progress in meeting their sustainability goals in relation to water savings and helping South African communities to become more water resilient.

Coca-Cola Kwanza Commits to Empowering 1000 Women In 2022

Coca-Cola Kwanza Ltd, a Subsidiary of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, has committed to empowering 1000 women this year through education, employability and entrepreneurship programmes as part of its Mwanamke Shujaa campaign to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa supports women and girls breaking barriers in science

Women and girls in many parts of Africa are breaking new ground in the sciences with help from Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), as the world marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science today (Feb 11).

Sumuni and CCBA-Ethiopia Launch Digital Gateway to Connect Startups and Investors

CCBA in Ethiopia Plans to Invest One Million Birr in Ten Startups and Empower 10,000 Individuals

Study Buddy Fund Scholarship to Support 70 Matriculants Across SA

Coca-Cola Kwanza backs Tanzania Police Force to assist road safety

Dar es Salaam - Coca-Cola Kwanza Ltd, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, handed over 200 reflective jackets and 70 LED signal traffic wands to Kinondoni Traffic Police to support the Tanzania Police Force in their task of enforcing traffic regulations and ensuring the safety of all road users.

Mintirho Foundation adds jobs to the Agriculture sector

Gender Based Violence is all our responsibility

Trees for the woods as Coke bottler kicks off Mount Kenya reforestation project

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa–Kenya (CCBA-K), in partnership with Nature Kenya, will be planting 90 000 tree seedlings in Mt Kenya’s Hombe Forest in a three-year reforestation partnership to preserve Kenya’s catchment areas.
Frank O’Donnell

Chief Commercial and Customer Officer, CCBA

Frank leads CCBA’s commercial agenda, with responsibility for accelerating revenue growth, strengthening route to market and customer partnerships and driving execution excellence across markets.

Frank brings extensive international experience from Coca‑Cola HBC, where he held a range of senior commercial and general management roles. Most recently, he served as Region Director, overseeing 13 markets across Europe, where he led high-performing teams and delivered strong business results.

He is recognised for his strong commercial acumen, customer focus and track record in building high-performing teams across diverse markets.

Gerald Lewis

Chief Information Officer, CCBA

Gerald leads CCBA’s digital, data and technology agenda, focusing on enabling business performance through scalable platforms and enhanced digital capabilities.  Gerald brings extensive international experience, most recently as Head of Technology Strategy & Operations at Coca‑Cola HBC. He has also held senior CIO roles at Bacardi across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as transformation roles at GlaxoSmithKline and Mettler Toledo. He is recognised for translating technology strategy into business value and for leading transformation across emerging markets.

Matthew Welz

General Counsel and Company Secretary, CCBA

Matthew joined us from the Clicks Group, a JSE Top-40 company, where he has been the Head of Legal and Company Secretary since 2016. In this role Matthew successfully navigated a highly regulated environment, including overseeing compliance with company laws and the JSE Listings Requirements. As company secretary, he managed governance at Board level as well as being the Chairman’s chief of staff. Prior to this, Matthew was a Legal Manager with Anglo American, a major multinational diversified mining group, which includes three companies listed on the JSE, with extensive operations across Southern Africa.

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Zambia

Coca-Cola Beverages Zambia (CCBZ) became a subsidiary of CCBA in 2018.
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Uganda

CCBA’s Ugandan subsidiary, Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda Limited (CCBU), has a 24-year track record in Uganda.
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Tanzania

Coca-Cola Kwanza is a subsidiary of CCBA covering 54% of Tanzania’s geography and employing over 500 people.
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Namibia

The Coca-Cola system in Namibia, has a 70-year track record providing Coca-Cola brands tailored for consumer preferences.
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Mozambique

With more than 30 years serving the country, Coca-Cola Sabco Mozambique (CCSM) is a subsidiary of CCBA.
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Mayotte

The islands represent CCBA’s presence in Comoros and Mayotte.

Malawi

In 2022, CCBA acquired the soft drinks division of the Castel (Southern Bottlers Limited) in Malawi through a new entity called Coca-Cola Beverages Limited (CCBL).
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Kenya

In one of East Africa’s largest-ever private equity investments, CCBA acquired 100% shareholding in Nairobi Bottlers Limited (NBL) in October 2019.
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Ethiopia

East Africa Bottling Share Company (EABSC), a subsidiary of CCBA, is the largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in Ethiopia, having served the country for more than 60 years.
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Eswatini

In August 2019, CCBA subsidiary, Eswatini Coca-Cola Beverages, commenced operations with a refreshed marketing and sales plan, based on Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa’s success.
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Comoros

The islands represent CCBA’s presence in Comoros and Mayotte.
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South Africa

CCBA’s proudly South African subsidiary, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA), has 11 manufacturing plants across 6 provinces.
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Botswana

Based in the capital, Gaborone, CCBA’s Botswana subsidiary, which trades as Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana (CCBB), offers improved service and accelerated innovation for both the formal and informal markets.