Angola: New brewery to produce Portuguese beer Sagres in Angola

Sociedade de Distribuição de Bebidas de Angola (Sodiba), which has as its shareholders the businesswoman Isabel dos Santos and her husband, Sindika Dokolo, has invested US$85 million in the construction of a brewery with capacity to produce 144 million litres per year in two filling lines, the Angolan press reported.

One of the two filling lines is intended for the production of Portuguese beer Sagres, under an agreement reached in February this year with Portugal’s Sociedade Central de Cervejas (Centralcer) and under the supervision of its main shareholder, the Heineken Group.

The businesswoman, who on November 16 was removed as chair of the Board of Directors of state oil company Sonangol, attended the inauguration of the plant on the outskirts of the Angolan capital.

Sagres will be the first Portuguese beer to be produced in Angola, and the product manufactured will have the same image as its namesake beer brand that is available on the Portuguese market.

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