Guinness Ghana Breweries

Guinness Ghana Breweries is a Ghanaian brewery founded in 1960, located in the Kaase Industrial Area in Kumasi[1] and listed on the stock index of the Ghana Stock Exchange, the GSE All-Share Index.[1] At its inception, it produced only Guinness Foreign Extra Stout, popularly known as Guinness.

In Accra, the brewery is represented at the former premises of Achimota Brewery Company, in Achimota,[2] at the Tata Brewery Ltd, which was established by J. K. Siaw, a Ghanaian industrialist.

In July 2025, Diageo sold 80.4% of the company's stake to the French brewery Castel Group.[3]

Brands

The company makes the following products:[4]

  • Malta Guinness
  • Star Beer
  • Orijin
  • Smirnoff
  • Alvaro
  • Gulder
  • Guinness
  • Odehye3

Sponsorship

On 5 August 2022, the Ghana Football Association announced a title sponsorship with Guinness Ghana for the Ghana Women’s Premier League worth GH¢10 million (renaming the league as the Malta Guinness Women's Premier League) for three years from the 2022–23 season onwards.[5][6]

References

  1. Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd. Ghana Stock Exchange, 7 November 2018, retrieved 2019-01-25^
  2. Ghana Telephone Directory : Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd., Accra www.ghanaweb.com, retrieved 2019-01-25^
  3. Diageo completes East African Breweries sale to Asahi for US$2.3B Food Ingredients First, retrieved 2025-12-22^
  4. Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC Diageo, retrieved 2019-01-25^
  5. Malta Guinness unveils flagship sponsorship of Women's Premier League: GHc10million investment over the next 3 years Ghana FA, Ghana Football Association, 5 August 2022, retrieved 5 March 2023^
  6. PHOTOS: Unveiling of Malta Guinness as headline Sponsor of Women's Premier League Ghana FA, Ghana Football Association, 5 August 2022, retrieved 5 March 2023^