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Higher sales lift East African Breweries' pre-tax profit 36 pct

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya's East African Breweries reported on Friday a 36 percent rise in pre-tax profit to 14.15 billion shillings ($138.52 million) in the year ended June, helped by rising sales volumes in its key markets.

The company, which is controlled by Britain's Diageo , attributed the gains to higher revenue, which rose to 64.42 billion shillings from 60.75 billion shillings.

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