EABL resumes dividend as profit doubles

Jane Karuku, EABL Group Managing Director. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

East African Breweries Plc (EABL) #ticker:EABL more than doubled its net profit to Sh8.7 billion in the half-year ended December, helped by increased sales on the reopening of bars and pubs.

The company had made a net profit of Sh3.7 billion a year earlier. The performance saw the brewer return to paying dividends, declaring an interim payout of Sh3.7 per share or an aggregate of Sh2.96 billion.

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