[3] Already after the independence of Angola, on May 26, 1976, the Government confiscated and nationalized Cuca, after taking possession of the Commission for Restructuring the brewing industry.

It is manufactured in Luanda[1] and in Catumbela, in the municipality of Lobito, Benguela province.

[2] Besides Angola, Cuca beer is also sold in Portugal, Mozambique, United States, Namibia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

In Namibia, Cuca beer was illegal from the mid-1970s to the 1980s, yet it was widely available in the northern parts of the country, in Ovamboland and Kavango.

Around the time of Namibian independence, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance was said to have offered free beer in Cuca shops, in an attempt to lure voters to its side.