Damola Timeyin together with Chris Frederick co-founded Spearhead Spirits Group in 2021 at the height of the pandemic. Yet the South Africa-based business is growing its portfolio of premium brands, such as Bayab Gin and Vusa Vodka. It has also successfully obtained funding from investment platform Pendulum to the tune of US$3m.
“I go into bars asking ‘have you got anything from Africa?’ A fair few times, the answer’s no” – Spearhead Spirits on ambitions to take African spirits worldwide
Spearhead Spirits is keeping its manufacturing on the African continent.