Nairobi Bottlers Limited, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Kenya, has changed its name to Coca-Cola Beverages Kenya.
According to a statement from CCBA, the name change is part of a strategic move by the organisation “to be the anchor bottler in each of the 15 markets within its footprint.”
CCBA further clarified that the changes will not alter the legal status or ownership of the bottler as well as all employee-customer-supplier operations.
“The other three Coca-Cola Beverages Africa subsidiaries in Kenya; Crown Beverages Limited, Equator Bottlers Limited, and Almasi Beverages Limited will not be affected,” added part of the statement.
CCBA has been the largest Coca-Cola bottling partner on the African continent and has made significant investments in Kenya through its four bottling entities.
The organisation also boasts as the eighth largest Coca-Cola bottling partner in the world by revenue, and the largest on the continent, accounting for over 40% of all Coca-Cola products sold in Africa by volume.
CCBA operates in 15 countries, including its six key markets of South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mozambique and Namibia.
Others are Tanzania, Botswana, Ghana, Zambia, the islands of Comoros and Mayotte, Eswatini, Lesotho, and Malawi.
