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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Century Bottling Company Limited is set for a fierce fight with the Uganda Revenue Authority over a tax bill amounting to 58 billion Shillings. According to an assessment by URA, an audit of Coca Cola Uganda between January 2014 and December 2017 found that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six lucky Ugandans are set to win an all-expense paid trip to Greece – the grand prize in a brand new ‘Under the Crown promotion’ named Coca-Cola Coke Studio Promotion. The promotion, unveiled early this month in Namanve, will also see thousands of consumers …

Coca-Cola, Pepsi tout plastic recycling in rare joint appearance Davos, Switzerland | AFP |  The bosses of Coca-Cola and Pepsi promised Thursday that “huge progress” would be made by 2030 to reduce plastic waste, which contaminates humans, wildlife, and oceans. Soft drink archrivals James Quincey and Ramon Laguarta participated in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Enhanced water company Vitaminwater, Coca Cola-owned company, recently launched a contest challenging entrants to give up their smartphones and tablets for a whole year. That’s a tough thing to do in this day and age, but the company is ready to make it worth your …

Limoges, France | AFP | The father of two boys, aged three and four, has been jailed in France for feeding them nearly exclusively on Coca-Cola, the children’s lawyer said. The father, who can “neither read, nor write, nor count, doesn’t realise the seriousness of the situation and spent all …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another lucky winner, Geofrey Madira from Arua joined previous winners in the ongoing Under The Crown Promotion dubbed ‘Samba Ne Coca-Cola’ promotion by winning Shs 10 million, the company said in a May 4 notice. “I am so grateful,” Madira said upon receiving the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coca-Cola Beverage Africa’s subsidiary, Plastic Recycling Industries (PRI) has unveiled a campaign of collecting plastic waste in Kampala and surrounding areas in a move to conserve the environment. The waste will be used to make other products such as chairs. Speaking at the launch …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ibrahim Karyoowa, a Bukoto-based generator mechanic was the first lucky winner in the recently launched Under the Crown promotion, Samba ne Coca-Cola. Karyoowa was handed a brand new 32-inch flat screen TV by company officials on April 20 in Kampala. “I have been drinking soda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 200,000 customers are expected to win cash worth Shs108 million and other prizes in the ongoing 12- weeks promotion as part of this year’s World Cup taking place in Russia. Dubbed ‘Samba Ne Coca-Cola’, Coca-Cola has partnered with World Cup official broadcaster Multichoice and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The  FIFA World Cup trophy is in Uganda, as it continues its world tour ahead of Russia 2018. The tour, sponsored by Coca-Cola, one of the World’s largest beverage companies, serves as one avenue of cementing their relationship with their customers and the soccer fans. President …