After operating in Nigeria since 1950, Guinness
Nigeria, looks to be exiting Nigeria after selling its 58.02% stake to Tolaram Group, the consumer food giant. Tolaram paid N81.60 for those shares, implying around a 60% premium on Guinness Nigeria’s Monday closing price of N50.
After operating in Nigeria since 1950 and enduring a torrid economic climate on the back of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Guinness has announced it will exit the Nigerian market and sell off its controlling shares to Singaporean conglomerate Tolaram Group on Tuesday.
The brewery brand recorded a staggering N61.9 billion loss after tax between July 2023 and March 2024, just a few months after Mr Tinubu floated the naira in an effort to unify the currency’s value on the official and parallel foreign exchange markets.
But the move backfired and caused many multinational companies to suffer huge financial setbacks including Guinness Nigeria whose N61.7 billion loss after tax in Q3 was a 1000 per cent increase from the N5.9 billion revenue generated in the same period last year.
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