Launch of Corona Extra beer in Ivory Coast

SOLIBRA launched the international premium beer "Corona Extra," produced by ABInBev, with a major marketing campaign on Friday, August 30, 2024, in Abidjan. This new brand, which strengthens SOLIBRA's premium range consisting of Beaufort Lager, Guinness, Castel, Budweiser, and Sombreros, is the fifth best-selling beer in the world. Beer consumption...

Africa: Société Générale scales back operations

In the early 2000s, Africa attracted a large number of players from the Western financial community. And with good reason: the continent seemed full of promise, buoyed by booming demographics, a growing middle class, and rising growth rates. Société Générale, in particular, had captured this high-potential market. A long-standing player...