KENYA BOTTLEING
October 1st, 2001
BY RICHARD HURST, in JohannesburgTHE KENYAN finance Minister Chris Okemo has granted competition approval for Coca Cola Sabco, of South Africa, to increase its dominance of the east African country's soft drinks market.Sabco is now likely to try and increase its stake in Nairobi Bottlers, which has 52 per cent of the market, and acquire opposition East African Bottlers, which has a market share of roughly two per cent. Sabco already owns 72 per cent of Nairobi Bottlers and could face some stiff opposition from the Kenyan state owned Industrial and Commercial ...
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