Press Release

Heineken Breweries S.C hosted the 1st exclusive premier of Spectre in Ethiopia,on November 6th 2015, at the Sheraton Addis to selected guests including retailers, consumers, stakeholders, customers, diplomatic community and some of Addis’ prominent citizens.

Walia Beer launches the Walia New Year Bottle and the Walia Expedition! This Walia expedition is the first of its kind in Ethiopia. Walia as the main sponsor of the EthiopianNational Football Teamis going to surprise and excite 200 Walia consumers by flying them to Seychelles to watch the upcoming African Cup of Nations qualifier game at Mahe Island on September 5^th 2015.

HEINEKEN has today officially inaugurated its new brewery at a greenfield site in Kilinto on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. In a ceremony attended by 300 guests including His Excellency the Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Mrs Charlene de Carvalho – Heineken and hosted by Jean-François van Boxmeer, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of HEINEKEN, the state of the art brewery was unveiled.

On Monday Harar Regional State, Vitens Evides International B.V. (VEI) and HEINEKEN Breweries S.C., the Ethiopian brewery owned by Heineken N.V. (HEINEKEN), were key signatories to a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to formally start a sustainable water services project in Harar Regional State (Harar), Ethiopia.