Nile Breweries Limited
{{short description|Brewery in Uganda}}
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| foundation = {{Start date|1951}}
| founder = Rambhai Somabhai Patel
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| location_city = Jinja
| location_country = Uganda
| locations = Jinja & Mbarara
| area_served = East African Community
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| products = Beer, water
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| production = 2.4 million hectolitres
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| owner = AB InBev
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Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) is the leading beer manufacturer in Uganda.{{cite web | access-date=12 April 2016 | url=http://www.nilebreweries.com/?page_id=4|title=Nile Breweries Limited: About Us - Who We Are | location=Jinja | publisher=Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) | last=NBL | date=12 April 2016}}{{cite web |
url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1329932/nile-breweries-limited-expands-foot-print-western-uganda | title=Nile Breweries Limited expands foot print to Western Uganda | access-date=12 April 2016 | date=24 August 2013 | first=Donald | last=Kirya | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}}
Location
The NBL's headquarters and main brewery are in the town of Njeru in Buikwe District, approximately {{convert|6|km|0}} north-east of the central business district of Jinja, Uganda.{{cite web| access-date=12 April 2016 | last=GFC | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Jinja%20Town%20Hall%2C%20Jinja%2C%20Eastern%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Nile%20breweries%2C%20Jinja%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJPc_jM6J7fhcRlrjcoRvO69g&dt2=ChIJO3wSJvh7fhcRhIxsXEHawTU | date=12 April 2016 | title=Distance between Jinja Town Hall, Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda and Nile Breweries, Jinja, Uganda | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC)}} This is approximately {{convert|77|km|0}}, by road, east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{cite web | access-date=12 April 2016 | last=GFC | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Uganda%20Post%20Office%2C%20Kampala%20Road%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Nile%20breweries%2C%20Jinja%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJQ6vCjIC8fRcRO0xjOZ4-3Qc&dt2=ChIJO3wSJvh7fhcRhIxsXEHawTU | title=Distance between Uganda Post Office, Kampala Road, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Nile Breweries.com Uganda | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC) | date=12 April 2016}} The coordinates of the company headquarters are 0°26'19.0"N, 33°10'47.0"E (Latitude:0.438620; Longitude:33.179720).{{google maps | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B026'19.0%22N+33%C2%B010'47.0%22E/@0.4390818,33.17696,637m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 | accessdate=12 April 2016 | title=Location of the Headquarters of Nile Breweries Limited}}
Overview
NBL had an estimated 52 percent share of the Ugandan beer market in 2013.{{cite web | url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Uganda-beer-firms-fight-to-dominate-market--/-/2558/1664022/-/m0racoz/-/index.html | title=Battle of the beers: Uganda firms fight to dominate market | date=12 January 2013 | access-date=12 April 2016 | newspaper=The EastAfrican | location=Nairobi | first=Julius | last=Barigaba | archive-date=25 August 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825194631/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Uganda-beer-firms-fight-to-dominate-market--/-/2558/1664022/-/m0racoz/-/index.html | url-status=dead }} This has since grown to 57 per cent.
Eagle Lager was launched to promote the use of locally grown sorghum to make lager beers and to reduce reliance on imported raw materials. Brand extensions now include an Eagle Extra, Eagle Poa and Eagle Dark.
History
NBL started in 1951 as a single brewery in Jinja. The brewery was nationalised in 1972 by President Idi Amin. In 1997, South African Breweries bought a 40 percent share in the brewery, raising this to full ownership in July 2001. The company is now a proud part of the ABInBev family after the successful completion of the business combination with SABMiller plc in 2016.
Operations
In October 2013, NBL opened a new brewery in Mbarara, about {{convert|250|km|0}}, south-west of Kampala. Built at a cost of US$90.6 million (about UGX:235 billion), the brewery was projected to produce 5.5 million crates of beers annually. The new brewery uses sorghum, maize, and barley, which are grown mostly by farmers in the region. The products of this brewery are marketed locally and exported to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{cite web | title=Museveni opens new Shs230 billion beer plant |
url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Museveni-opens-new-Shs230b-beer-plant/-/688334/1964292/-/125xc5w/-/index.html | access-date=12 April 2016 |
date=23 August 2013 | first=Alfred | last=Tumushabe | newspaper=Daily Monitor| location=Kampala}}
A maltings plant with a 120-ton piece size was built on the brewery site at Jinja in 2011 to support a local barley growing initiative and to supply barley malt to the brewery. Involved in this construction was Excel Construction Limited,{{Cite web|url=http://www.excelconstruction.org/projects/construction-malting-plant-nile-breweries-limited|title=Construction of Malting Plant at Nile Breweries Limited {{!}} Excel Construction Ltd.|website=www.excelconstruction.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-06}} formed in 1992 as a joint venture company between the Madhvani Group and Gomba Construction Company Ltd.{{Cite web|url=http://www.excelconstruction.org/about-us|title=About Us {{!}} Excel Construction Ltd.|website=www.excelconstruction.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-06}}
Brands
As of 2013, Nile Breweries had ten locally produced beer brands (Nile Special, Nile Gold, Club Pilsner, Castle Lite, Castle Milk Stout, Eagle Lager, Eagle Extra, Eagle Dark, Eagle Poa and Chairman's ESB), one locally produced traditional African beer (Chibuku), two imported lagers (Castle Lager and Grolsch) .
As of 2014, the flagship Nile Special brand was being exported to Kenya.{{cite web | url=http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Uganda-s-Nile-Special-imports-stoke-beer-war/-/539550/2300616/-/294vgm/-/index.html | title=Uganda's Nile Special imports stoke beer war | access-date=12 April 2016 | date=1 May 2014 | first=Mugambi | last= Mutegi | newspaper=Business Daily Africa | location=Nairobi}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.observer.ug/component/content/article?id=5942:beer-wars-nile-bell-row-rocks-industry Beer Wars: Nile, Bell Row Rocks Industry]
- [https://archive.today/20140621123425/http://www.sabmiller.com/about-us/where-we-operate%23q=SZ&id=6d75f971-2c9d-6131-b545-ff00002059a6&type=Country#q=UG&id=2433f971-2c9d-6131-b545-ff00002059a6&type=Country Locations of SABMiller Subsidiaries]
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Category:Food and drink companies of Uganda
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