Monthly Archives: July 2008

The latest from Tanzania

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Simon Berry

I’ve just found this fantastic set of photos by tielmann on Flickr with images of Coca-Cola’s ‘Manual Distribution’ from around the world. Meanwhile, here’s the latest note from Adrian Bristow, who’s now working with Coca-Cola in Tanzania, where he’s collecting … Continue reading →

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Text of the Coca-Cola Newsletters

Posted on July 19, 2008 by Simon Berry

Note: There is an error in this graph – there was no 2nd Newsletter. Ignore that label. Here is the text of the newsletters sent. 17/7/08 – 6th Newsletter Simon Berry sent a message to the members of Let’s talk … Continue reading →

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Ethiopia – innovation against the odds

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Simon Berry

This message comes to us from Adrian in Addis Ababa, where he recently spent a day meeting some of the independent local distributors working on the Manual Distribution Centre (MDC) model that Coca-Cola has promoted. Although their main focus for … Continue reading →

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BBC World Service Interview – 13/7/08

Posted on July 13, 2008 by Simon Berry

Here is today’s interview on the BBC World Service. I was expecting something much more linked up. During the week we’d talked about linking it to the WaterAid publication (Tackling the silent killer) that came out last week to coincide … Continue reading →

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Coca-Cola Campaign to be discussed on the BBC World Service

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Simon Berry

On Sunday (13/7/08) at 5am (BST) I’ll be on my bike on my way to BBC Bush House for the Weekend edition of The World Today on the BBC World Service. I’ll be discussing the Coca-Cola Campaign with a panel … Continue reading →

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So, what is the intrepid Adrian up to?

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Simon Berry

Last week, we heard from Adrian Ristow, an independent contractor now working with Coca-cola in Africa, doing some on-the-ground research into what makes local distribution models work. He’s now going to look at whether there is mileage in our idea … Continue reading →

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One reason why WaterAid are reluctant to engage

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Simon Berry

There has been a lot of activity going on behind the scenes recently in our efforts to get an international NGO to engage with the Coca-Cola Campaign. As I have indicated on the Facebook Group this is going to be … Continue reading →

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Meet Adrian Ristow

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Simon Berry

The research into Coca-Cola’s distribution network in Ethopia and Tanzania, first mentioned here, is now underway and Adrian is the man on the ground. Despite the inevitable connectivity issues that we will face, Adrian has undertaken to keep a dialogue … Continue reading →