Is Africa still good for global brewers?

A Guinness branded-pump at a pub in south-west London. Diageo, the world’s biggest spirits group, owns Guinness. FILE

Global brewers Diageo and SABMiller are struggling to grow their sales volumes in Africa in the face of rising competition, tough regulatory environments and constrained consumer spending.

Announcing its results last week, SABMiller, the parent firm of Tanzania Breweries Ltd (TBL), said its beer volumes in Africa grew at 6 per cent in the first six months of the year, against a target of 15 per cent.