Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited is set to host a business-led roundtable to address the issue of water and policy engagement in Accra and to discuss ways of managing the essential utility.

The roundtable, which is part of a series of events across Africa, is dubbed, “Water: A Business Imperative.”
It would also take place in Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa in partnership with the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF).
Participants of the roundtable, which is slated for 22 April 2010, would include executives from leading companies, the Ministry of Water Resources, Works, …

The Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) on Sunday introduced a new drink known as Club Gold, to the market in pursuance of its promise to deliver quality beverages to the Ghanaian consumer.
Speaking at the launch in Accra, Mr. Greg Metcalf, Managing Director of ABL, said the product was developed after careful research, to satisfy the growing needs of consumers who yearned for a drink that was unique and natural.
“It is a home grown premium lager that meets international standards of quality and taste,” he said.
Mr Metcalf said, Club Gold had been …

Association of Alcohol Manufacturers and Importers (AAMI) will hold an Emergency Meeting on Thursday, July 24th, 2009. The time will be from 11:30 AM -12:30PM at the Golden Tulip Hotel.
The Meeting would be held at the Faanaa Hut, near the pool. Please endeavour to attend or send your able representative:
AGENDA:
1. Tackling Government’s 5% levy on alcoholic products
2. Alcohol Policy Update
3. Increased Visibility for AAMI activities to make us public friendly
4. Updates on public activities
5. Revised dues for AAMI
6 AOB
Please let us endeavour to attend this emergency meeting!!!

The Association of Alcohol Manufacturers and Importers (AAMI) has learnt with utter dismay Parliament’s speedy and singlehandness in passing a bill to impose a five percent National Stabilization Levy on selected business entities in the country.
While no government can be faulted for wanting to achieve such objectives as technical progress, incentives, education, healthcare and infrastructural development, such objectives must be approached with all the circumspection needed in order not to throw an otherwise staggering economy overboard.
One would have expected consultations with the relevant business …

We launched a media campaign on the need for the draft alcohol policy, not least because Ghana’s Parliament discussed “Alcohol Abuse” on Thursday, June 18th, 2009. Some of the deliberations exposed the narrow understanding of the issues surrounding alcohol.
It was instructive to know that in an hour-long television programmed on Ghana’s State-Owned Television, Mr. Cudjoe of IMANI discussed the issues surrounding alcohol abuse and the need for an alcohol policy for Ghana with two leading Parliamentarians who took part in the debate.
Members will attest to …

Diageo, the parent company of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has announced the promotion of Mr. Seni Adetu, erstwhile Managing Director of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited, to Group Managing Director, East African Breweries Limited (EABL) – the group of companies covering countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda etc headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The appointment takes effect July 1, 2009.
In the Statement, the company noted that Mr. Adetu joined Diageo 3 years ago as Managing Director/ Vice Chairman of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (after 14 highly successful years in very …

Mr. Franklin Cudjoe, Executive Director of Imani Centre for Policy and Education (ICPE) has called on government to develop a comprehensive national policy that would help educate the public on the negative effects of alcohol.
Mr Cudjoe said this in Accra at one of a series of workshops on national alcohol draft policy consideration organized by the ICPE to consider, approve and agree on its draft national alcohol policy, that would be presented to government and its stakeholders for adoption.
He said the nation needed a coherent framework that would help design …