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Crown Beverages Limited

Prof. Dr. Maggie Kigozi is one of Uganda's most impactful women of our times.

The phenomenal story of Prof. Dr. Maggie Kigozi, the Gayaza High School alumna who became one of Uganda’s most loved, trusted and influential business leaders of our generation.

Let’s start from where it all started. Tell us about your childhood, growing up and early working days. My father’s dad Mr. Penn Blick was a British settler in Gomba, Central Uganda
January 11, 2024
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CBL Executive Chairman, Amos Nzeyi holding the overall faster growth category award, together with the AMESA sector team. Paddy Muramirah, the CBL Chief Executive Officer, is on the extreme left.

Crown Beverages Limited scoops 3 awards for governance and growth from PepsiCo

Leading carbonated soft drinks and water makers, Crown Beverages Limited (CBL), have scooped 3 awards at the just-ended Africa, Middle East and South Asia (AMESA) PepsiCo International Bottlers Conference in Dubai. CBL,
October 16, 2023
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Left-Right: Eugene Willemsen, the PepsiCo CEO of the Africa, Middle East & South Asia (AMESA) region; Dr. Amos Nzeyi, the Crown Beverages Limited Executive Chairman; The Vice President of Uganda, Rtd Major. Jessica Alupo; Paddy Muramiirah, the CBL CEO and former Prime Minister of Uganda, Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda tour the newly commissioned CBL bottling plant. At the back is Major General Jim Muhwezi Katugugu, the Cabinet Minister for National Security and Hon. Mwebesa Francis, Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives.

Crown Beverages celebrates 30 years of refreshing Uganda with a UGX340 billion expansion project

Crown Beverages Limited, the franchise bottler for PepsiCo, Inc., in Uganda has marked has today officially inaugurated its multimillion-dollar bottling plant at Kakungulu, Kajjansi Town Council, on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s
April 7, 2023
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Crown Beverages Limited directors and shareholders; left-right: Amos Nzeyi, Dr. Maggie Kigozi and Chris Kayoboke under whose commitment and direction the company has grown from producing just 1 million cases in 1993 to 65 million cases today and paying over UGX185 billion in taxes and employing over 2,000 people.

Crown Beverages Limited at 30 years⏤ probably Uganda’s most-successful privatisation story

When in 1993, Amos Nzeyi, and his partners, Chris Kayoboke and the now deceased Dan Kigozi, made a bid to buy what was left of the assets of the then government-owned Lake
April 5, 2023
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Christopher Kayoboke has been a longtime business partner of Amos Nzeyi, the Executive Chairman and one of the founding shareholders of Crown Beverages Limited.

Who is Chris Kayoboke— the quiet billionaire who owns 41% of Crown Beverages, the Pepsi bottler in Uganda?

Crown Beverages Limited, the franchisee bottler for PepsiCo International has no doubt, matured both as a large player in the Ugandan non-alcoholic drinks category as well as in the broader corporate Uganda
March 5, 2023
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The new USD76 million Crown Beverages' Factory. Pepsi shareholders, including Nzeyi, had to fork out USD26 million from their own pockets to top up a USD50 million bank financing facility.

Resilience, commitment and growth: Crown Beverages’ success story continues to unfurl with the USD76 million new bottling plant

Aquafina is available in a 500ml pack at a recommended retail price of One Thousand Uganda Shillings (1000 UGX) only, countrywide. Aquafina is the first international water brand in Uganda. Aquafina is
January 3, 2023
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