Industry Developments
Nigeria
With a population in excess of 150mn, an underdeveloped food and drink industry and a strong macroeconomic outlook, Nigeria looks like a phenomenally promising consumer goods market....
2010-09-02Kenya
Diageo's East African Breweries Ltd (EABL) unit has posted a 10% year-on-year (y-o-y) rise in pre-tax earnings to KES12.5bn (US$154.42mn) for the year to June 2010, with volumes also...
2010-09-01South Africa
Leading South African wine and spirits producer Distell Group has reported a 1.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) decline in operating income to ZAR943.6mn (US$129.2mn) for the year ending June...
2010-08-31South Africa
South Africa's most premiumised grocery retailer Woolworths has followed Shoprite and Pick 'n' Pay in putting out a cautious view on the South African consumer as the 2009 recession...
2010-08-27South Africa
Coming off solid year-end results in June 2010 (see our online service, July 16 2010, 'Shoprite Annual Sales Up 13.6%, Poised To Grow Market Share'), Africa's largest retailer by market...
2010-08-26Nigeria
Spar has launched its first supermarket in Nigeria with plans to launch a further four stores over H210 (calendar) in partnership with the domestic retailer Park n' Shop. Despite possessing...
2010-08-25Sudan
SABMiller is strongly targeting Southern Sudan's underdeveloped beer and soft drinks industry. Competing with Diageo's regional East African Breweries Limited (EABL) for ascendancy...
2010-08-23United Arab Emirates
BMI expects higher value soft drinks segments to largely outperform the maturing carbonates segment over our forecast period to 2014 in the UAE. In absolute volume terms, the carbonates...
2010-08-20
