Coca-Cola Beverages Africa’s Ades NutriBushera millet-based drink has won the Africa Food Excellence Platinum Award. The Award was presented at the Africa Food Excellence Awards 2021 Gala in Nairobi Kenya, in recognition of Ades NutriBushera’s great taste, indigenous attributes, and ability to grow within a pandemic. Ades is the global brand for Plant-Based Beverages from The Coca-Cola Company that represents delicious throughout-the-day nutrition. Ades NutriBushera, based on millet, is a great tasting modification of the traditional drink made in Ugandan households and traditionally consumed at social gatherings such as weddings, child naming ceremonies and traditional gatherings. Receiving the award at…
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On Saturday the 16th of October, 2,814 people got vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Kololo Independence Grounds, the biggest number to be achieved from a single location in a single day. Of these, 2,483 received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while 331 received their second jab of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The vaccination drive, dubbed “Fenna Tugemebwe”, is a brainchild of Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) under its Raising The Bar program, which saw the brewer partner with the Ministry of Health, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Coca-Cola Beverages Africa, SafeBoda and several other public and private sector players….
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Over 100 girls are set to benefit from an outreach organized by Birungi Charities, a non-profit organization involved in social advocacy through PadThruCovid campaign that was launched during the Covid-19 lockdown. The campaign seeks to boost menstrual hygiene of under privileged girls around the country. So far, the campaign has reached out to more than 800 girls in different parts of the country giving them sanitary towels and teaching them how to make re-usable sanitary towels. According to Esther Birungi, the Founder of Birungi Charities, the campaign was borne out of the need to support the girl child that had…
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Following the re-opening of schools, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda yesterday handed over 500 more hand washing jerrycans to Mukono District Municipal Council for distribution to schools to enhance hand washing practices as a method of protecting students from acquiring or spreading the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Mukono District Education Officer, Elizabeth Mbatudde, commended Coca-Cola Beverages Africa for reaching out to support the Community. “This contribution will help us ensure the students observe the COVID-19 SOPs in our schools and will protect them. I am proud to note that Coca-Cola has consistently shown how much they deeply care about the…
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As a way of helping to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Uganda, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa has so far established 2,063 Public Hand Wash Stations across the country. The Public Hand Wash Stations, handed over by Century and Rwenzori Bottling Companies, have so far been distributed to various communities in Kampala, Mukono, Mbarara, Buikwe and Kalungu Districts. While receiving the latest installation in Kalungu District, Dr. Daniel Sentamu, Kalungu District Health Officer, lauded the company for the initiative and urged the general public to make use of the Public Hand Wash Stations as often as possible. “Thank you, Coca-Cola, for…
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1 of 10: Florence Namatta Mawejje, Human Resources Director, Centenary Bank Florence is a Human Resource professional with over 25 years of corporate executive experience, over 15 years of managing investment fund schemes as well as 5 years serving as a Non-Executive Director (NED) on several multi-billion company boards. Her wealth of experience in corporate human resource management and development spans across multinational organizations in the Banking, Telecommunications, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs), Energy, Manufacturing and Non – Government Organizations (NGOs) sectors in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia. She is an executive coach and mentor to young…
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Stanbic Bank Uganda, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa and Nice House of Plastics have entered a collaborative partnership to promote responsible use and re-cycling of plastic waste as a means of sustaining environmental protection. Speaking during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in Kampala yesterday, Stanbic Bank Uganda Chief Executive Anne Juuko said, “This landmark partnership brings together Stanbic Bank Uganda, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Uganda, and Nice House of Plastics, with support from Kampala City Council (KCCA) in an initiative that will promote the sustainable waste management of plastics in Uganda.” “This is a first of its kind in…
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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda today has handed over 3 Nissan pickup trucks to the Government Taskforce on Covid-19. The handover to the Prime Minister and Chair of the National Task Force for COVID-19, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda was done by Conrad van Niekerk, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Regional Managing Director in charge of Uganda, Tanzania, and Ghana. The three vehicles are in addition to a consignment of food relief worth UGX390 million from The Coca-Cola Foundation, distributed through the Uganda Red Cross Society to vulnerable families affected by the lockdown. The company also earlier donated Ush85million to the Ministry of…
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Away from the loss of thousands of lives and the devastating impact on healthcare systems all over the world, the other victim of Covid-19 has been the global economy. The disruptive nature of the disease threatens to cripple economies further – especially sectors such as tourism and manufacturing which depend on the physical presence of employees where critical tasks cannot be executed remotely. For factories, where social distancing is an immediate hurdle, the restrictions on physical movement of persons was initially a threat to continuity. Daniel Birungi, Uganda Manufacturers’ Association (UMA) Executive Director, says the Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant…
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Tell us about your journey with Coca-Cola Beverages Africa My journey at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) dates back to 2008 when I joined as a graduate trainee under the Supply Chain Department in Ethiopia. That experience opened me up to work hard for bigger opportunities over the years. I worked my way up over the years holding different positions: Fleet Manager, Distribution Manager, Country Logistics Manager, Logistics Director, Supply Chain Director, and most recently was appointed as the General Manager in Uganda. I have grown with CCBA for the last 12 years, mostly in Ethiopia. Like many others in the…
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