Fast Market Research recommends "Africa Beer Market Insights 2013" from Canadean, now available

Boston, MA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/11/2014 --This report provides an overview of the African beer market, the key players and the drivers behind the growth in the region.

Introduction and Landscape
Why was the report written?
The African beer market is benefitting from the upturn in the region's fortunes. Markets such as Angola; Congo (Brazzaville); Ethiopia; Rwanda; Uganda; and Zambia have all witnessed double digit growth.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Monopolies are increasingly being challenged, as evidenced by the emergence of new competitors in Ivory Coast; Kenya; Madagascar; Rwanda; South Africa; and Tanzania. Within markets the dynamics are changing too with premium volumes growing faster than the overall market driven by new products and international brands.

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What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
According to a recent report by the African Development Bank, Africa is growing faster than any other region. One third of all countries in Africa are witnessing GDP growth rates in excess of 6%.

What makes this report unique and essential to read?
The Africa Beer Market Insight report is designed for clients needing a quality in-depth understanding of the dynamics and structure of the Beer market in the region. The report provides a much more granular and detailed data set than our competitors.

Key Features and Benefits
This report provides readers with an excellent way of gaining a thorough understanding of the dynamics and structure of the African Beer industry. Data includes volumes from 2009 to 2012, plus forecasts for 2013, enabling historical and current trend analysis. .

This report provides readers with in-depth market segmentation: mainstream, premium, super premium, discount, alcoholic strength, local segmentation and beer type.

This report provides data and analysis of the performance of both domestic and imported brands

This report provides an analysis of the industry structure, reports on company volumes and contains brewer profiles for major brewers

This report provides distribution channel data (on- vs off-premise) and packaging data including consumption volumes by pack material, type, and size.

Key Market Issues
The market is very consolidated with four companies (SABMiller/Heineken/Castel/Diageo) accounting for 90% of the African market. Historically the vast majority of markets have been effective monopolies. However, these monopolies are increasingly being challenged, as evidenced by the emergence of new competitors in Ivory Coast; Kenya; Madagascar; Rwanda; South Africa; and Tanzania.

Companies Mentioned in this Report: Castel, Diageo, Heineken, SABMiller

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