WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.
South Africa's resilient R144bn liquor sector, which weathered the storm of unprecedented global liquor bans during the Covid-19 lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 has come back fighting.
The legal alcohol industry contributed more than R226-billion (3.6%) to South Africa’s gross domestic product in 2022, with consumers paying almost R97-billion in excise taxes that year, says a ...
If you didn’t already know, African + Eastern is the leading beverage distributor in the Middle East and supplier of choice to the region’s leading hotels, restaurants, clubs, lounges and ...