DRAFT Magazine

SABMiller might be cutting costs on a worldwide scale, but the beer conglomerate will continue its African invasion. It will open a new $125 million brewery and drinks plant in Angola, bringing its total investment in the country during the past 18 months to $250 million.

“Angola’s economy has held up well during the global economic crisis and our team on the ground has risen to the challenges posed by supply chain and infrastructural constraints,” Mark Bowman, managing director of SABMiller Africa, said in defense of the investment.

Angola, which unlike Ethiopia doesn’t suffer from power outages that disturb the brewing process, has a population with a growing taste for beer. The new plant will have a capacity of 200,000 hectoliters a year. That should help satiate the appetite.