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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is an authorized bottler of Coca-Cola beverages, headquartered in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

As of 2026, the company is the 8th-largest Coca-Cola authorized bottler in the world by revenue, and the largest on the African continent, accounting for over 40% of all Coca-Cola ready-to-drink beverages sold in Africa by volume. The company's beverages service over 840,000 customer outlets across 14 countries.[2]

History

On 27 November 2014, SABMiller plc, The Coca-Cola Company, and GFI, controlling 80% of the Coca-Cola South African Bottling Company (Sabco), announced that they had come to terms on a merger,[3] which would be executed in two phases. The first phase took 6–9 months, and the second around 12–18 months. The merger deal made Coca-Cola Beverages Africa the largest bottler in Africa and the 10th largest in the world,[4] with annual revenue of US$3 billion.[5]

Operations

As of 2026, over 40% of CCBA's employees were based in South Africa. As of the same year, the company had over 650,000 branded coolers and around 4,300 branded vehicles.[2]

Brands that CCBA bottles include Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Stoney Ginger Beer, Powerade, Schweppes, Valpre, Appletiser, Monster Energy, Bonaqua, and Spar-letta.[6]

Shareholding

Shareholding in the stock of CCBA is as follows:

See also

References

  1. CCBA - Promotion Of Access To Information Manual CCBA, retrieved 2 March 2026^
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  3. The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller And Coca-Cola SABCO To Form Coca-Cola Beverages Africa The Coca-Cola Company, 27 November 2014, retrieved 19 December 2014^
  4. Alec Matinson. Coca-Cola and SABMiller combine African soft drinks bottling operations The Grocer, 2014-11-27, retrieved 2014-12-09^
  5. SABMiller, Coca-Cola Form Joint Bottling Venture in Africa Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg L.P., 27 November 2014, retrieved 9 December 2014^
  6. CBBA - Brands CBBA, retrieved 2 March 2026^