As Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2022 World Environment Day yesterday, Nile Breweries limited (NBL) has re-echoed its commitment to protect the environment. “We depend on healthy, natural environments and thriving communities to brew our beer and we are committed to improving our environment and communities so that our consumers can continue sharing experiences with us for the next 100+ years,” says Clare Asiimwe, Sustainability Manager Nile Breweries. World Environmental day is celebrated worldwide every year on 5th June. This year’s celebration is themed ‘Only One Earth’, with focus on living sustainably in harmony with…
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Nile Breweries Limited(NBL) has launched an entrepreneurship promotion program, dubbed 100+ Accelerator Cohort 2022, to promote startups that have embedded sustainable development strategies in their operations. The program, an initiative of NBL’s parent company AB InBev, will provide funding of up to US$ 100,000 to each winning applicant whose business is designed to create a more sustainable environment, in line with the company’s Dream to create a future with more cheers, said NBL Legal and Corporate Affairs Director, Onapito Ekomoloit during the press briefing at the company headquarters in Luzira, Kampala today. “First launched in 2018, the 100+ Accelerator works…
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Patricia Kadama Anguzu has been appointed Regional People Lead (East African Hub) at Wave mobile Money with effect from April 26, 2022. Wave mobile Money is a financial institution on a mission to make Africa the first cashless continent. It is intended to solve challenges of lack of access to affordable ways to save, transfer or borrow the money needed to build businesses or provide for families by using technology to build a radically inclusive and extremely affordable financial network. Patricia has since 2007 worked with Nile Breweries Limited – NBL in several capacities including; Country People Lead, Human Resource…
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Nile Breweries Limited is Uganda’s largest beer brewer. To sustain, such a large operation, for its production and brewing activities, the company depends on high-quality crops, such as barley produced by farming communities across Uganda, many of whom are female. The company, according to Theunis Coetzee, the Agriculture Manager, Nile Breweries, uses up to up to 98% local material in beer production. Prior to 2018, barley output was unable to meet the manufacturing requirement of the business. That is why around 2008/2009 the company started a deliberate programme to improve barley farming albeit on a small scale, under Kapchorwa…
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As the festive season sets in, brewer Nile Breweries has launched a mobile vaccination drive aimed at reaching locals at their places of work and homes. “In his previous speech, HE President Museveni, indicated the need to also reach far places and elderly who can’t go to the vaccination centres. Out of this need, we have decided to intervene through having a Mobile Vaccination drive within select districts along the routes of our sales teams routine,” said David Valencia, Country Director, Nile Breweries. The brewer is collaborating with district health teams in select areas to make vaccination more accessible to…
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It is just about a year since you assumed leadership of Nile Breweries Limited. What has been your experience so far? What’s your take on the Ugandan alcohol industry? How for example is it different from the Southern Africa and the South American markets where you have considerable experience? I’m always happy to share a bit of our business performance and my experience in Uganda. It has been a year of extremes and I certainly feel very fulfilled! Nile Breweries has certainly led the way in looking at challenges through a lens of opportunity. We have delivered on these opportunities…
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The Nile Breweries Vaccination drive dubbed “Play Your Part” has seen 20,065 vaccinated in 26 districts around Uganda, greatly surpassing the targeted 10,000 by 100% . The stationery drive was concluded this weekend in Fortportal during the Eyooto Ha Mpango festival where 1050 residents of the district were vaccinated bringing the total number vaccinated in Fortportal to 2200, the second highest after Masaka 2510. Commiting about the drive, the Assistant District Health Officer of Masaka Joyce Namasinga said: “ We appreciate your great mobilisation for the masses and facilitation of the medical teams. We have never vaccinated this many people…
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JINJA, November 26th 2021- Nile Breweries Limited has launched a campaign to celebrate the “Unmatched in Gold” status of Nile Special- its flagship beer brand. As of this year, Nile Special boasts of 21 Monde Gold Medals and is arguably the most awarded beer in Uganda in the annual Monde Selection Awards. Run by the “International Quality Institute” of Belgium, the prestigious annual Monde Selection subjects products to a 360° quality evaluation process on up to 25 criteria that analyse each product individually on various quality aspects that matter most to consumers. “At Nile Breweries, AB INBEV Uganda, quality…
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Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) has registered a record turn up for the just concluded mass COVID-19 vaccination drive that was conducted in selected district around the country. The two-day drive held on 4th & 5th November, targeted up to 10,000 frontline and vulnerable categories of people, among whom were bar workers, a critical value chain of NBL. However, by the end of the exercise, a total of 14,404 were vaccinated with Masaka registering the highest turn up at 1,197 for Day one and 1,540 on Day Two. Joyce Namasinga, the Assistant Distrcit Health Officer for Masaka City lauded NBL for…
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Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) has launched a competition among universities dubbed BeSmart DrinkSmart, Beera Mu Class to promote a culture of responsible drinking and reduce the harmful use of alcohol among the youth and University students. The campaign will see students from select universities compete in creative extravaganza spanning 4 weeks. “We aim to lead the industry in contributing to the reduction of the harmful use of alcohol. We believe in and share the WHO and UN Sustainable Development Goals’ ambition to reduce the harmful use of alcohol by 10% by 2025, this means that we have set ambitious Global…
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