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Bracongo is a
brewery A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...
in the
Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
with its headquarters in
Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ), formerly named Léopoldville from 1881–1966 (), is the Capital city, capital and Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-grow ...
. Bracongo belongs to the
Société des Brasseries et Glacières Internationales Groupe Lactalis S.A. (doing business as Lactalis) is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier S.A. Lactalis is the largest dairy pr ...
(BGI) that maintains breweries in several African countries. BGI belongs to the French Groupe Castel. Bracongo was founded in 1949 and fused with three other breweries in 1961, then named Unibra - Congo. The company was renamed Bracongo in 1997. Bracongo's major brand is ''
Skol Skol is an international lager brand produced by different companies in different parts of the world. The name is the English language variant of the Scandinavian drink toast "skål". For a time, the Hägar the Horrible cartoon character wa ...
'', a brand also brewed in many other countries. Other beers are ''Beaufort Lager, Doppel Munich, 33 Export, Tembo, Nkoyi, and Castel Beer''.Ratebeer: Beer information
/ref> The company also sells other drinks such as wine, soft drinks, and mineral water. Its main competitor in the DRC is
Bralima Brasseries, Limonaderies et Malteries SARL (Bralima), established in 1923 as the Brasserie de Léopoldville, is a brewing company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which operates six breweries. It has been owned by Heineken International ...


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{{portal, Beer, Companies
Bracongo homepage, in French
Breweries of Africa Drink companies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Manufacturing companies of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Companies based in Kinshasa