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The problem with these sachets is that, due to their easy
availability and cheapness, they are attractive to both children
and drunks. For this reason, and the adulteration of some
sachets, the Malawi government has recently banned them.
However, Malawi has porous borders and the police are playing
a game of ‘Whack-a-Mole’ with both smugglers and illegal
retailers. There are certainly hundreds, possibly thousands, of
brands of these sachets across Africa. If other countries follow
the lead of Malawi they are likely to get much less common, so if you want any start looking
now before it is too late.

And so on to some of the others I found. We have already
started with West Africa so next we go to Ghana. 1 Ghana
Industries made Striker Gin and Mafia Whisky in these 50ml
sachets. These are commonly found in Ivory Coast (next
door, so to speak). Chelsea Dry Gin is from UDV Nigeria,
part of Diageo. Sticking with Nigeria we have two sachets
from Nigeria Distilleries, a 3cl Regal Dry Gin and a 6cl
Seaman Schnapps. Both are also made in the other size.

Next stop, Cameroon, where I have identified three
makers. Safrel makes Djaraba Rhum Café. This is
5cl – love the lions. Lions are obviously big in
Cameroon as shown by our next sachet, Lion d’Or
Whisky, another 5cl sachet. Fermencam made this
and I have also identified another sachet they
made of King Arthur Gin. Our final Cameroon
sachet is Megore Sambuca, 50ml.

Next we will go to East Africa, working
north to south, starting with Uganda.
Judging by the number of photos I
have found, Uganda appears to have
a lot of companies making sachets,
all of the ones I have found being
100ml. Empire Cane Spirit is from
Blue Nile Distilleries (I love that name), Beckham Gin is one of a large assortment of sachets
I have found from Boss Beverages & Coffee Spirit is from Premier Distilleries. Finally we
have Chief Waragi (waragi is a local type of gin) from Chief Distilleries.

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