Nairobi — Anheuser-Busch InBev has agreed to build a $100m brewery in Tanzania as the world’s biggest beer maker steps up investment in Africa to meet booming demand. The plans for a facility in Dodoma, the East African nation’s capital, were agreed following a meeting between President John Magufuli and Ricardo Tadeu, AB InBev’s head of Africa. The company is also building a brewery in Nigeria, and said earlier this month that the continent was among its fastest-growing territories. Bloomberg

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