This week is special for us at East African Breweries Plc (EABL). On December 14, 1922, the first batch of beer made from our then-makeshift brewery at Ruaraka was delivered to The Stanley. The making of that brew 100 years ago was a painstaking venture. Charles Hurst, who founded the company with his brother George, had studied the manual that came with the equipment he had brought from London by ship. That beer was made with water from a well, with the most important ingredient being malt extracts. Through ingenuity, innovation and agility, the company that would later become EABL…
OPEN LETTER: Innovation, resilience, people and good governance- Jane Karuku, EABL Plc Chief Executive, explains the secret to EABL’s 100 years Jane Karuku has been the Group CEO & Managing Director, for East African Breweries Limited (EABL) Plc, since January 2021. Before that, she was the Managing Director of Kenya Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of EABL since July 2015. As EABL turns 100 years this December, she has penned an open letter to stakeholders on LinkedIn explaining the four principles on which the Group has stood over the last 100 years, saying that these 4, fused with sustainability are what it will take to get the company to 2100 and beyond.

Diageo PLC CEO Ivan Menezes (left) shares a Tusker Lager with EABL MD Jane Karuku during the 2-in-1 centennial celebrations for EABL and Tusker Lager in May 2022 at Nairobi National Park.




