Diversify into fruit processing, Museveni tells Nile Breweries

By Vision Reporter

President Yoweri Museveni has urged SAB Miller Worldwide, which is a multinational brewing and beverage company, to diversify their activities in Uganda into fruits processing.

The President made the remarks when he received Alan Clark, who is the Chief Executive Officer of SAB-Miller Worldwide, who called on him last evening at State House, Entebbe.

The President welcomed him and his team to Uganda and said that his Company should look into diversification from beer and water production into fruits processing targeting the export of fruit juice both to the local and international markets.

In Uganda, SAB Miller are the proprietors of Nile Breweries and Rwenzori Water projects.

The Company, which is headquartered in London, UK, currently operates in over 80 countries in Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia.

The meeting was also attended by Mark Brown, the Managing Director of SAB-Miller Africa (Pty) Ltd, Greg Metcalf who is Managing Director of Nile Breweries Ltd and Elly Karuhanga.