Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa

Local bottling partner, Coca Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA), has rolled out 16 shipping container businesses in townships around Gauteng as part of the company's Youth Empowerment Programme, which works to foster entrepreneurship and economic opportunities in underprivileged communities. The programme comprises of the company's successful Bizniz in a Box initiative, which aims to create an ecosystem of viable micro-businesses offering complementary products and services operating out of repurposed shipping containers, with a spaza shop as the anchor. Each business operates out of a custom-designed container, covering various core needs of the local community, such as grocery stores, car washes with a shisanyama, bakeries and internet cafes.