Henrique Braun, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Coca-Cola, GFI Chairman Philipp Hugo Gutsche and Zoran Bogdanovic, CEO of Coca-Cola HBC.

The Coca-Cola Company and Gutsche Family Investments have agreed to sell a controlling 75 percent stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) to Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company AG (Coca-Cola HBC) in a transaction valued at US$2.6 billion.  The transaction values Coca-Cola Beverages Africa at an equity value of US$3.4 billion, establishing Coca-Cola HBC as the controlling shareholder in Africa’s largest Coca-Cola bottler and one of the most important strategic acquisitions in the company’s history.  Under the terms of the agreement, Coca-Cola HBC will acquire 41.52 percent of CCBA from The Coca-Cola Company, which currently holds 66.52 percent, and the remaining 33.48…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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