Byline: Tshidi Ramogase, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa’s Chief Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Officer Africa’s vulnerability to climate change was once again demonstrated in late 2023, when torrential rains swept across much of East Africa, bringing devastating floods just six months after a record-breaking five-season drought in the region. Vast areas of farmland in Kenya, Ethiopia […]
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Featured, Sustainability, Women Empowerment, Youth
Economic inclusion of women is good for business, good for Africa
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Mar
Mar
By Tshidi Ramogase, Chief Public Affairs, Communication and Sustainability Officer, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa March 8, Accra – International Women’s Day highlights the private sector’s crucial role in advancing the economic inclusion of women in Africa. At Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), we use our industry leadership to be part of the solution for positive change on […]
Featured, Sustainability
African Continental Free Trade Area could be the antidote to current macro-economic challenges
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Nov
Nov
By Jacques Vermeulen November 1, Johannesburg – The World Trade Organisation has recently warned that global tensions are causing fragmentation of trade, noting an uptick in unilateral trade restrictions and a growing trend towards consolidation of relationships within limited groups of “friendly” counties. There is a risk of a return to the era of discrete […]
Featured, News, Sustainability, Water
Voltic brings supply of potable water to Central Region communities
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Aug
Aug
A total of 16,000 people in the Abakrampa and Asuansi communities in the Central Region of Ghana, including two schools, have access to safe potable water thanks to boreholes installed by Voltic (GH) Ltd. The two communities have been struggling to secure an adequate water supply as existing boreholes were not sustainable, but now have […]
Featured, Sustainability, Waste, Youth
Africa’s large informal economy a key element of strategies to eliminate plastic waste
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Aug
Aug
Jacques Vermeulen Plastic waste is a growing problem globally, with up to 12.7 million metric tons of plastic entering the oceans each year1. Plastic packaging is also an essential part of our modern lives, supporting efficient, safe and hygienic food value chains, among other important applications. On a continent where food safety is an abiding […]
Featured, News, Sustainability, Women Empowerment, Youth
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa bets big on skills for the future
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Jul
Jul
July 15, Accra -– Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) is making significant investments in capabilities to create an agile workplace that is engaging and productive, developing the skills of employees to compete in a digital age of artificial intelligence and big data. “CCBA’s digital transformation journey is an integral component to take us into the future, […]
Featured, News, Sustainability, Waste
Voltic MD joins high panel discussion on addressing Ghana’s plastic menace
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Jun
Jun
Accra – Voltic (GH) Limited Managing Director, Flora Jika, has renewed the company’s commitment to a 100% collection rate at a National Blue Economy Summit, held in Accra last week with the theme “Our Ocean’s Heath, Our Prosperity, Our Planet’s Security”. The Summit was organized by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advisory Unit of the Office […]
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Apr
Apr
Accra – Hollandia dairy products, produced by Voltic (GH) Limited, have once again taken top honours at the Ghana Beverage Awards, where Hollandia Yoghurt and Hollandia Choco Malt were named Dairy Product of the Year and New Beverage of Year, respectively. This is the second year in a row that Hollandia Yoghurt has been awarded Dairy […]
