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 category. If the numbers are anything to go by, the company has nearly if not completely claimed back much of the territory it, in the yesteryears, lost to Century Bottling Limited (recently rebranded into Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda Limited (CCBU)). According to figures exclusively available to CEO East Africa Magazine, CBL which bottles, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mirinda, Sting, Evervess Tonic and Nivana water, in 2021, turned over UGX513.6 billion,…
Who is Chris Kayoboke— the quiet billionaire who owns 41% of Crown Beverages, the Pepsi bottler in Uganda?

Christopher Kayoboke has been a longtime business partner of Amos Nzeyi, the Executive Chairman and one of the founding shareholders of Crown Beverages Limited.




