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

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big Story Women In LeadershipApril 12, 2025April 12, 2025

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. One year earlier, Dan, alongside business partners Amos Nzeyi and Chris Kayoboke, had acquired the assets of the defunct, state-owned Lake Victoria Bottling Company (LVBC) and secured a critical franchise from PepsiCo. The trio renamed the company Crown Bottlers Limited—later Crown Beverages—and set out to transform it into a world-class beverage enterprise. More than thirty years on, that dream has not only endured—it has expanded into something extraordinary….

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

CEO ReporterCompany News News & AnalysisOctober 16, 2023October 16, 2023

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, are franchise bottlers of global food, snack, and beverage giant, PepsiCo, Inc. The company bottles Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mirinda Fruity, Mirinda Orange, Mirinda Pineapple, Mirinda Green Apple, Evervess Tonic, Sting Energy Drink as well as Nivana and Aquafina water. The company that emerged category winners in the Governance and Net Revenue growth categories, was also declared the Overall Winner, Faster Growth Category. The company was not immediately…

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

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News News & Analysis The Big StoryApril 7, 2023April 7, 2023

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 capital city. The bottling plant was officially commissioned but the Vice President of Uganda, Rtd Major. Jessica Alupo, who represented the President of Uganda, Gen. H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Also present, and leading a delegation from PepsiCo, was Eugene Willemsen, the CEO Africa, Middle East & South Asia (AMESA) region. Several cabinet ministers and other government officials including Hon. Mwebesa Francis, Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives and…

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