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Paddy Muramiirah

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.
April 12, 2025
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Dr. Amos Nzeyi, the Chairman of the Board of Directors (left) hands over dummy cheque to Kavuma Dauda, the Triplets Ghetto Kids founder and Chief Executive.

A UGX100 million Merry Christmas for the Triplets Ghetto Kids from Crown Beverages

Non-alcoholic beverage makers, Crown Beverages Limited (CBL) has raised UGX100 million for the Triplets Ghetto Kids, a children’s NGO based in Kampala. This was during their December 21, 2023, thanksgiving ceremony for
December 28, 2023
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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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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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Aquafina, enriched mineral water, is the first international water brand in Uganda. A brand of PepsiCo, Inc., Aquafina was first launched in the USA in 1994, but is now sold in Asia, UAE, and most recently Africa. Uganda is the third country to bottle the water after Nigeria and Egypt.

Everything you need to know about Aquafina, Crown Beverages’ latest bottled drinking water brand and why the competition should keep a close eye

Uganda’s bottled drinking water sector has been growing unprecedentedly. There are over 100 registered players, with an estimated total turnover of UGX400 billion. Rwenzori Mineral Water is the market leader and contributes
December 21, 2022
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