Tusker is a beer brand owned by East African Breweries, with over 700,000 hectolitres sold annually in Kenya. It is also the largest African beer brand in the Diageo group.[1] It is a 4.2% ABV pale lager. The beer's slogan "Bia yangu, Nchi yangu" means "My beer, My country" in Kiswahili.
History
In 1922, Kenya Breweries (now East African Breweries) was formally incorporated as a private limited company. The company's first beer was brewed on 15 December 1922. The first batch was delivered to the Stanley Hotel, where it received mixed reactions. Originally brewed in Kenya, the beer expaded to Tanzania and other countries in the African Great Lakes region, and was eventually exported.
The company's first annual general meeting was held in 1923.