Key people Willy Ngana (MD) Headquarters Freetown Number of employees 125 | Website www.slbrewery.com Founded 16 March 1963 Parent organization Heineken Holding | |
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Brands Star, Maltina, Heineken, Guinness, Mutzig Owner Heineken (83.15%)Guinness (11.59%)Paterson Zochonis (3.02%)Sierra Leoneans (2.24%) | ||
Heineken and United African Company (UAC) began construction on the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited in October 1961 in Wellington Industrial Estate in Freetown and the first brew was mashed-in on the 23 November 1962. The first brand to be brewed was Star Lager.
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During the 1997 Military Coup the brewing stopped for six months after the brewery was ransacked, and on the 6 January 1999 the rebel forces looted the brewery stopping production for one and a half years.
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Community investment
In 2006 a program was started to encourage local farmers to grow sorghum as part of a local sourcing drive. The current target of the local sourcing program is to achieve receive 60% of raw materials from within Africa.
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Sierra Leone Brewery Limited Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA