AFRICA

The Africa Group continued its steady growth, led by our carbonated soft-drink brands. Unit case volume grew 6 percent for the year. In 2005, we successfully launched new Fanta flavors, including strawberry, pineapple and apple in Angola, Ghana and Nigeria, respectively. Double-digit unit case volume growth in Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was led by Trademarks Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite.

The country of South Africa, the largest market in our Africa Group, achieved 8 percent unit case volume growth in 2005, on top of 7 percent unit case volume growth in 2004. Innovative marketing campaigns for Trademark Coca-Cola and strong execution with our bottling partners contributed to the year's results.

The Company provides leadership in areas such as education, water stewardship, PET recycling, employee well-being and professional development.

In Uganda, the Company and our bottling partner collaborated on a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant that reduces water usage and returns treated water to the community for irrigation. This is just one example of our many water-sustainability projects.
Unit case volume in the Africa Group has increased for 13 consecutive years.