Tanzania 
Overview
Vital statistics
- 43.31
Population (millions)
- 1993
Year of investment
- 4
Number of breweries
- 3,8561
Total size of beer market (hl 000)
- 91
Beer consumption per capita (litres)
- Company name
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Tanzania Breweries Limited
- Management
Robin Goetzsche, Managing Director
- Ticker
TBL-TZ
- Contacts
- Careers
Brand portfolio
Main brands
- Ndovu Special Malt,
- Castle Lite,
- Redd’s Premium Original,
- Miller Genuine Draft,
- Castle Lager,
- Grand Malt,
- Vita Malt,
- Castle Milk Stout,
- Eagle Lager,
- Eagle Dark,
- Balimi Extra,
- Safari water,
- Bia bingwa,
- Nzagamba
History
- 1930
Tanganyika Breweries is established.
- 1964
At Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the name is changed to Tanzanian Breweries (TBL). The company is nationalised between 1967 and 1974.
- 1993
SABMiller is invited to participate in an auction process to privatise 50% of the Tanzanian Breweries.
- 1995
Funding is secured to complete the Mwanza Brewery.
- 1998
The IPO of TBL on the Tanzanian Stock Exchange takes place.
- 2001
TBL acquires a fourth brewery in Moshi and agrees to brew and distribute EABL brands in Tanzania under a licence agreement.
- 2002
EABL takes a 20% shareholding in TBL and closes its Kibo subsidiary. Brands previously produced and sold by Kibo are now produced and sold under licence by TBL.
- 2010
New brewery in Mbeya successfully commissioned in the second half of the year.
Arrangement with East Africa Breweries (EABL) to brew and distribute their products terminated in final quarter of the year.- 2011
TBL starts commences exports to Zambia.
US$260m investment programme to fund capacity expansion in Uganda, Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania announced in November.
EABL announces the disposal of its 20% shareholding in TBL by way of a public offer through the Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange.
- 2012
In January SABMiller acquired an additional 2.9% effective interest in TBL following the public offer, increasing our effective interest to 36%.
Sustainable development
Tackling malaria in Tanzania
Malaria is the leading cause of death in Tanzania, particularly among children under five. In a population of about 34 million, there are over 16 million cases a year.
Read the Tackling malaria in Tanzania sustainable development case study