Vasari Beverages has increased the capacity at two of its breweries in Ethiopia, in a bid to expand the footprint of its Dashen Brewery brand. The expansion has increased the beer maker’s annual production capacity by 1.6m hectolitres to 4.4m hectolitres, according to a report by Food Beverages Africa. The ETB1.7bn (US$33m) development at the Debre Berhan and Gondar breweries was made possible by a 2019 fundraising drive from Vasari, which owns 98% of Dashen’s controlling parent company. The largest gains are at Vasari’s brewery in the city of Debre Berhan, where annual capacity has leapt from 3.2m hectolitres to 4.4m hectolitres. The company’s Gondar brewery will see a more modest jump in capacity from 800,000 litres to 1.2m hectolitres. The group – lead by the former head of Whyte & Mackay, Vivian Imerman aims to launch new Dashen products following the investment, as well as increasing the distribution and sales of its brands in Ethiopia. !function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r