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Heineken Submits Highest Bids For Ethiopian Brewing Companies

The world’s third-largest brewer has offered US$85.2m for Bedele Brewery SC and US$78.2m for Harar Brewery SC, with no competing bids for the latter so far. Ethiopia is selling state-owned companies, including the two breweries, to private investors in an effort to diversify its economy.

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