[1] Founded in 2010 by Ahmed Osman Guelleh, a local businessman.

[2] Based on the revenue, SBI is the largest beverage business in Somaliland.

[3][4] In early 2010, SBI was awarded a license to build & operate a Coca-Cola bottling factory in Somaliland.

SBI is the country's single biggest investment to date.

[5] The opening of the $17 million Coca-Cola production plant took place on 22 May 2012 and was presided over by then-president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud.