7 African multi-millionaires who built fortunes bottling Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola’s dominance in Africa rests on billionaire bottlers who drive its reach and growth, shaping one of the continent’s most valuable consumer networks.
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Sol Daurella: The Spanish billionaire who controls a Coca-Cola empire across Africa
Sol Daurella has turned a decades-old family franchise into one of Coca-Cola’s most strategic platforms in Africa. Her family’s ECCBC network spans 13 countries, with Casablanca now serving as its operational nerve centre.
South African billionaire Gutsche family exits Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in $3.4 billion deal
Gutsche Family Investments cedes 33.5 per cent of Africa’s largest Coca-Cola bottler in a US$3.4 billion deal with Coca-Cola HBC, marking a strategic shift for the Swiss-based family’s African holdings.