RedSea Posted February 16, 2009 Somaliland’s Happy Days Gives Birth To Happy Cola Sun, Feb 15, 2009 Business, Featured News Aw Barkadle, 16 February 2009 (Somalilandpress) — Despite the turbulence in the global markets, Somaliland investors opened a new soft drink factory on Sunday called Happy Cola in Aw Barkadle, a small town 30 km south-east of the capital Hargeisa. Happy Cola has two production lines but plans to expand in the near future and will introduce other products such as snacks, cooking oil and processed food, which is already under construction. For now it will supply 8400 cartons of soft drinks and 6000 cartons of spring water per day to the market. Happy Cola will produce and distribute it’s own products and supply to the local market as well as neighboring countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti where the demand is very high. Happy Cola bottles for happy clients Happy Cola is expected to create new jobs even though it already employs over 140 people, some of them from India, China, Sudan and Yemen. The factory has been under construction for the past 5 years at a cost of more than $8 million so far and only half way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me Posted February 16, 2009 This piece should be moved to the business section. Good news and congratulations to the guys who opened this factory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
