Eugene WIllemsen

Dr. Maggie Kigozi—doctor, trailblazer, and business matriarch—whose resilience, bold decisions, and quiet leadership helped shape Crown Beverages into one of Uganda’s most successful private enterprises. A legacy built on vision, values, and generational impact.

Dr. Maggie Kigozi on Building Family Businesses: Lessons in Risk, Inheritance, and Succession Planning

When Dr. Maggie Kigozi stepped into Crown Beverages Limited (CBL) in 1994 following the death of her husband and co-founder, Eng. Dan Kigozi, she wasn’t merely inheriting shares—she was inheriting a dream.
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

 

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