Fortune Brands, owner of Beam Global Spirits & Wine, expects to increase the proportion of its sales from outside of the US, group chief financial officer Craig Omtvedt has told an investor conference.

The Edrington Group has announced the closure of one of its facilities in Scotland.

Analysts and investors raised a toast to SABMiller's half-year results yesterday (19 November), despite a 26% drop in pre-tax profits, reports Michelle Russell.

Heineken has announced the appointment of a new group commerce director.

SABMiller has said it is hopeful of getting beer sales in India back on track by solving a legal dispute in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

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PepsiCo has confirmed it plans to invest US$100m in Egypt next year.

UK bottled water company Highland Spring is to be the 2009 official water supplier to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

UK soft drinks group Nichols has appointed Tim Croston as its group finance director with effect from 1 January 2010.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, the third largest soft drinks group in the US, is to pay its first dividend to shareholders.

commissioning set for Jan 16

Armed conflict, inadequate infrastructure, weak governance, limited financing and technological abilities, and policies that stifle entrepreneurship, limit competition and raise the cost of doing business are hindering the industrialization that Africa needs to fully join the global economy, Secretary-General Ban

Kenya is among the first beneficiaries of a project to increase internet usage courtesy of the World Wide Web investor Sir Tim Berners Lee.

Mr. Jack Derickson, Managing Director of West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has disclosed that the gas pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana has been completed but there are few difficulties.

Experts in the telecommunication industry in the West African Sub-region have called for policy implementation to regulate and also break the monopoly of cyber optic cables in the hands of few players, whiles intensifying the penetration of broadband access to

Eight trainees have successfully passed out of the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) Microsoft IT Academy with certificates in Digital Literacy after undergoing a five-day programme from November 9-13.

A study recently conducted in 24 African countries shows that the poor state of infrastructure in Sub Saharan Africa - its electricity, water, roads, and information and communications technology (ICT) - cuts national economic growth by 2 percentage points every

South Africa's internet broadband penetration is at 2 percent below the global average of 22.5 percent, Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda said on Thursday.

Following the success of amnesty programme in the Niger Delta region, a firm, Dag Group Germany/United Kingdom, said it has concluded arrangement to partner with the Federal Government with a view to investing $30 billion on human and infrastructural development