Ghana’s top total beverage manufacturing company, Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC has declared dividend to its shareholders, after the company’s 47th Annual General Meeting in Kumasi.

The financial year under review delivered GH¢9 million in dividend, which translates into a dividend payout of GHc0.0293 per share, which was approved by the shareholders on Wednesday 13th November 2019.

This is the second time in a row Guinness Ghana is paying dividend to shareholders after 6 six years. 

Board Chairman of Guinness Ghana, Dr Felix Addo, said the company has had another positive performance and the ambition to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products company in Ghana is on course.

“Bottom line growth was challenged by the significant Ghana Cedi devaluation, VAT regulation change which increased all our cost base by 5% and broader commodity inflation. However, in the next financial year, we hope to do even better. We have the right people and a clear strategy to deliver another impactful year”, he said.

The board chairman was proud of the gains the company has made with local raw material sourcing, which has seen Guinness Ghana increase its local raw materials usage from 12% in 2012 to 55% in 2019. He revealed that a 2019 study conducted by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) into the company’s socio-economic impact across the country, showed that the company is working directly with 30,000 farmers, and was impacting over 200,000 livelihoods particularly within the communities in which it sources local raw materials.

He added that beneficiary communities where Guinness Ghana sources its local raw materials according to the study have seen significant improvements in their livelihoods in areas such as investments in children’s education, housing, water, sanitation, healthcare and nutrition.

This, coupled with its shareholder value creation positions Guinness Ghana on a sustainable growth trajectory.