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Coca-Cola Plans Fresh $1 Billion Nigerian Business Investment

Coca-Cola Co. plans to inject $1 billion investment in Nigeria over the next five years, motivated by ongoing reforms initiated by President Bola Tinubu’s government.
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg
20 Sep
Swire Pacific Ltd. Businesses As Hong Kong Tycoons to Sell $8.4 Billion in Assets to Cut Debt The signage of Coca Cola is seen in Hong Kong, China on Thursday, 29 June 2023. Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg

The Atlanta-based beverage maker’s investment will support businesses in the value chain including distributors, retailers and recyclers, it said in a statement. Coca-Cola, which bought a 40% stake in Nigerian juice and dairy company Chi Ltd. for $240 million in 2016, has invested $1.5 billion in Nigeria over the last decade, it said.

Tinubu hosted to Coca-Cola executives including President and Chief Financial Officer John Murphy on Thursday.

“We must create an environment of easy-in and easy-out for businesses. We are building a financial system where you can invest, re-invest and repatriate all your dividends,” Tinubu said then.

The investment will be welcome in Nigeria, where other US and Europe-based multinationals are exiting, citing a challenging environment. In recent months, Diageo Plc, Procter & Gamble Co. and GSK Plc have shuttered operations in the market of more than 200 million people.

Read More: Asian, Local Firms Fill Void as Multinationals Flee Nigeria

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