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SERVIZIO NEWS
05.05.2016
Contents
ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia: Inflation Rate Stays Almost the Same for April .................................... 2
Ethiopia: Authority for Coffee and Tea Reestablished ........................................ 3
Ethiopia's manufactured goods export performance declines by 5.5 % ................ 4
Ethiopia to invest billions on green economy projects ....................................... 5
French Firm To Aide Ethiopia On Wto Accession ............................................... 7
Addis to Host East Africa’s Largest Building, Construction Trade Exhibition this
Weekend Featured .......................................................................................... 9
Ethiopia’s beverage industry booming with increased foreign investment Featured
................................................................................................................... 10
Arab Contractors in talks for new projects in Ethiopia..................................... 12
Ethiopian official calls for more S. Korean investment ..................................... 13
SOUTH SUDAN
S. Sudanese minister urges change to tackle economic crisis ........................... 14
DJIBOUTI
HDTL : Une culture de performances.............................................................. 16
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[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
Ethiopia: Inflation Rate Stays Almost the Same for April
Year
on
year
inflation
rate
of
Ethiopia has dropped
to 7.4 percent in April
from 7.5 percent in
March.
during
the month of
materials, firewood and
April,
food
household
increased
inflation
by
6.3
goods
and
furnishing.
percent while inflation
for non-food items rose
to 8.7 percent.
On
the
other
hand,
month-on-month
general consumer price
(04.05.2016 –
2Merkato)
Ethiopian
Statistics
Agency’s report noted
2
The reason behind non-
index (CPI) during the
food inflation is due to
April has declined to
the rise in the prices of
1.5 percent.
chat,
clothing
footwear,
and
construction
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
Ethiopia: Authority for Coffee and Tea Reestablished
In
the
aim
of
increasing
Ethiopia’s
benefit from tea and
coffee,
Ethiopian
Coffee
and
Tea
Development
and
Marketing Authority is
re-established. The reestablishment
took
place following the
promulgation
of
a
proclamation
in
December.
(04.05.2016 –
2Merkato)
3
According
to
the
Director General of the
Authority, Sani Redi, the
newly
re-established
Authority
is
accountable to Ministry
of Farming and Natural
Resources
Development. The move
would
enhance
the
sector’s
productivity
and make it easy and
accessible for investors,
he added.
The Authority would
work to boost coffee
and
spices
development,
Sani
explained. It will also
work to make Ethiopian
coffee and tea products
competent in the global
business arena.
According
to
the
Director General, at the
moment Ethiopia is 5th
coffee producer in the
world and the Authority
will work to take the
2nd spot in half a
decade time.
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
Ethiopia's manufactured goods export performance declines by 5.5 %
The
ministry
of
industry
has
registered
lower
performance in the
export
of
manufactured goods in
the past nine months.
(04.05.2016 - FBC)
The House of Peoples
Representative (HPR), in
its 27th regular session,
reviewed
nine-month
performance report of
the ministry yesterday.
Accordingly, the House
evaluated the ministry’s
nine-month
manufactured
goods
export performance as
poor.
4
Minister
of
trade,
Ahmed Abtaw, said the
failure is due to lack of
technological capacity
which shoulders the
falling price of textile
and leather products at
the global market.
Chairman
of
HPR’s
Industry
Affairs
Standing
Committee,
Berhanu Mekuye, said
the
performance
witnessed a 5.5 percent
decline compared to
same
period
the
previous year, showing
that the sector is at a
critical stage.
The House urged the
ministry to improve its
performance
in
the
remaining two months
of the budget year and
compensate the decline
in export earnings next
year.
Despite a target to
generate 103 billion US
dollars from export in
the first half of this
budget
year,
the
ministry managed to
mark only 53.5 billion
US dollars.
The
ministry
also
planned to create jobs
for 185,000 citizens
this budget year and so
far created jobs for only
20,000 people.
The House evaluated
the
ministry’s
performance in paper,
soap and
detergent,
ceramics and marble as
well as tyre and glass
industry
sectors
as
encouraging.
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
Ethiopia to invest billions on green economy projects
Ethiopia said it will be
investing billons of
Dollars
to
execute
various
Climate
Resilient
Green
Economy
projects
across the country.
(05.05.2016 – Sudan
Tribune)
The state minister for
environment,
Kare
Chawicha, said the Horn
of Africa nation would
invest $150billion to
implement projects in
the next two decades.
The
projects
are
expected to transform
the country’s economy
to a green one and
make them resilient to
the effects of global
warming.
The new target, the
minister said, seeks to
reduce greenhouse gas
emission,
advance
economic growth as
well
as
create
job
opportunities
for
women and youth.
According
to
the
minister, $ 50billion of
the to tal budget will be
allocated
to
the
construction of low-
5
carbon emission and
green infrastructures.
by
El
drought.
Citing
to
a
study
conducted
on
the
country,
she
said
Ethiopia annually needs
$7.5 billion for the
implementation
and
transformation of its
climate-resilient green
economy.
The drought which is
worst in decades led to
sharp deterioration in
food
security
and
massive
drop
in
agricultural
and
pastoral
production
forcing over 10 million
Ethiopians to depend on
food Aid.
Financial sources will
be secured from the
government
and
Ethiopian
people,
investors,
financial
partners
and
from
revenues collected from
trades in the carbon
market.
After mobilising a range
of financial sources to
cover funding needs for
the appropriate bodies
to carry on the Climate
resilient Green economy
activities, it will then be
run
fully
and
independently by the
Ethiopian government.
Ethiopia is one of the
many
nations
most
exposed to the effects
of global warming.
Due to its vulnerability,
Ethiopia is among some
African
countries
currently hit by severe
food insecurity caused
Nino-induced
Last month Ethiopia was
among the 170 world
nation which signed the
historic Paris climate
deal
at
UN
Headquarters .
Ethiopia
has
been
spearheading
Africa’s
common position on
climate change to make
sure
the
continent
speaks with one voice
in global climate change
negotiations.
Climate
change
generates various kinds
of
risks
and
opportunity for Ethiopia
that would affect all
sectors in the country.
Preliminary projections
suggest that climate
change can have a
sizeable
impact
in
Ethiopia’s
economy
amounting 7-8% of GDP
loss per year, with
stronger
impacts
in
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later decades
the poor.
and o n
Being a low emission
country
both
at
aggregate value and per
capita
Ethiopia’s
economy has generally
low carbon intensity.
However, if the growth
trajectory continues on
a same pace, UNDP says
Ethiopia’s
greenho use
gas
emissions
will
increase
from
the
6
current 155 Metric tons
of
carbon
dioxide
equivalent (Mt CO2e) to
almost 400 Mt CO2e in
2030 – an increase of
more than 150% and
roughly the amount of
green house gas South
Africa emits today.
Under a low carbon
growth
trajectory,
however, studies show
that
Ethiopia
could
offset in the order of
250 Metric Tonne (Mt)
of
carbon
dioxide
equivalent per annum .
At the modest carbo n
price, this has the
potential to generate
around 2.5 billion per
annum, which is twice
as much as Ethiopia’s
export
revenue
of
coffee today.
Ethiopia
intends
to
become
a
middle
income, carbon neutral
and climate resilient
economy by 2025.
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
French Firm To Aide Ethiopia On Wto Accession
DMI
Associates,
a
prominent
legal
consultancy
firm
based in Lyon, France,
has been approached
to assist the Ethiopian
Government
on
its
long overdue World
Trade
Organization
(WTO)
accession
process and on the
reform of the customs
management system.
(30.04.2016 – The
Reporter)
A small group of French
firms
from
Lyon
Metropolitan
city
including
DMI
Associates were in town
last
week
to
meet
business counterparts
and
government
officials. Among which
was DMI Associates, a
firm currently looking
to aid the Government
of
Ethiopia
on
its
belated WTO accession
process.
Francois Theoleyre, CEO
of
DMI
Associates,
The
Reporter that his firm
told
is in talks with the
government to render
7
its consultancy services
for
Ethiopia’s
WTO
accession
team.
In
addition to that, DMI
Associates
is
also
working to assist the
government
in
reforming the customs
management
system.
However, he declined to
give any specifics on
the grounds that the
contracts have no t been
signed yet.
The CEO also said that
DMI Associates would
open a representative
office in the capital in
the foreseeable future.
Accordingly, DMI runs
sister
companies
in
China,
Benin,
Kazakhstan and Latvia.
This is not the first trip
to
Addis
for
representatives of Lyon
Metropolitan business
community.
The
business
group
was
here
on
a
similar
mission two years ago.
This time around the
business
group
incorporated
seven
companies led by Max
Vincent, representative
of the Lyon Metropolis
Mayor.
In a related news, the
French
Development
Agency
(AFD)
has
announced the approval
of the disbursement of
loans for both private
and public run projects
in Ethiopia. According
to
Christian
Yoka,
regional director of the
agency
covering
Ethiopia, Sudan, South
Sudan,
Somalia
and
Eritrea,
AFD
has
recently
started
disbursing
the
80.5
million euros funding it
has extended to the
Addis Ababa Bus Rapid
Transport
(BRT)
in
2014. The BRT runs for
16km.
A French consulting
firm has been hired and
the project is about to
commence this year,
Yoka said. Yoka also
noted
that
BRT
compliments and to
some extent will serve
as a feeder to the light
railway transit system
already in place. When
the BRT is finalized,
Yoka
hopes
that
Ethiopia will perhaps to
be the first country in
Africa to have this mass
transport
system
in
place. Denis Fuentes ,
urban
and
regional
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
mobility unit manager
at Safege Consulting
Engineers—a company
that
has
been
contracted to oversee
the
construction
of
BRT—said that the bid
document
for
the
construction of the BRT
will be ready in two
months time and bid
will be floated for
international
contractors.
Another
70
million
euros in loan has also
been
disbursed
to
relocate the existing old
abattoir and equip them
with a new state-of-theart
technology.
The
project went through
with a three years of
feasibility studies. Yoka
recalled Ethiopian is
also
among
the
recipients of a loan
from the French agency
for the expansion of the
recently
inaugurated
aviation academy in
order of 30 million
euros. The expansions
of the Addis Ababa Bole
International
Airport
passenger terminal is
also another project
that benefited from a
loan from the agency .
ADF financed 70 million
euros out of the to tal
cost of 345 million
8
dollars for the entire
project.
In addition to the public
sector run projects, AFD
has
extending
its
funding to the Frenchbased Accor Group, one
of the biggest players in
the hospitality business
worldwide,
which
recently
signed
a
contract
with
Enyi
General Business PLC
for construction of a
330-room Pullman Hotel
in Addis Ababa. Pullman
is one of the wellknown up-scale Accor
brands
across
the
world. Accor Group has
secured a 20 million
dollars loan from the
French agency .
Operating since 1993 in
Ethiopia, AFD has been
involved
in
availing
finances mostly to the
public sectors. Back in
2013, AFD provided two
separate
sovereign
loans to the Ethiopia
government. The two
loans are concessional
financing by nature and
totaled
70
million
euros. The 50 million
was
earmarked
to
finance
the
construction of highvoltage
transmission
lines (400kv and 230kv)
and substations in key
areas
of
industrial
development near Addis
Ababa. The res t 20
million will also be used
for the construction of
new sanitary landfill (at
Sandafa 40kms from
Addis Ababa) and the
associated solid waste
management
infrastructure
that
includes access roads
and transfer stations.
AFD has co-financed the
Ashegoda wind farm
which is located near
Mekele, capital city of
the
Tigray
Regional
Government, where the
wind farm generates
120MW.
Novafrica
Developments, one of
the
French
firms
specialized
in
consulting has teamed
up
with
Tinsae
International Business
Enterprise,
a
local
private
business
engaged mostly in the
import-export business,
has been behind the
events which celebrated
the
sisterly
relationships
between
Lyon City and Addis
Ababa.
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
Addis to Host East Africa’s Largest Building, Construction Trade
Exhibition this Weekend Featured
Ethiopia will host East
Africa’s
Largest
Building
and
Construction
Trade
Exhibition
this
weekend,
Expogroup
Company said.
choose from about 14.3
This year will witness
million
25 percent increase in
business
prospects
with
10,000
over
products ,
equipment
and
machinery on display.
the
participation
Ethiopian
of
companies
and an expansion of its
exhibition
area
to
10,000 square meters, it
(02.05.2016 – WIC)
"Over
the
years,
we
was indicated.
The exhibition that will
have grown to cater to
The
take place from May 6-
the demands not just of
that
8, 2016 is expected to
the
infrastructure
attract exhibitors from
but of the East African
construction
over 22 countries and
region as a whole. This
value
visitors from 11 African
mega expo is the i deal
double
nations.
forum for international
and 2020. And there has
players
already been a s pike in
Ethiopian
their
Expogroup
Manager,
Exhibition
Neville
Trindade said the trade
attendees will be able to
9
services
to
market,
showcase
products
to
the
and
huge
market in Africa," the
manager added.
organizers
noted
Ethiopia’s
is
and
industry
expected
between
to
2016
the demand for building
material
and machine
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
Ethiopia’s
beverage
industry
booming
with
increased
foreign
investment Featured
Ethiopia’s
beverage
industry booming with
increased
foreign
investment.
(04.05.2016 – FBC)
Foreign investment in
Ethiopia’s
beverage
industry
is
showing
massive increase
as
multinational
companies are heavily
attracted
to
the
industry, according to
Ethiopian
Foo d
Beverage
and
Pharmaceuticals
Industry Development
Institute.
The
institute
says
investment in alcoholic,
non-alcoholic beverages
and soft drinks as well
as stimulants industry
have
shown
a
tremendous
progress
during the pas t decade.
Talking exclusively to
ENA, Aklilu Kefyalew,
Beverage
Processing
Directorate
Director
with the ins titute said
multinational beverage
companies
are
continuing to increase
their
presence
in
Ethiopia’s
rapidly
growing economy.
10
“Hence,
Ethiopia
is
attracting
more
investment
as
a
business
and
world
tourism
destination,
beverage
investment
has
become
the
lucrative market for the
wine
and
beer
industry,” he stated.
According to Aklilu, the
brewery companies are
helping
transform
Ethiopia's
business
landscape
with
alcoholic
beverage
industries
having
a
lion’s share in terms of
investment and market
coverage.
By the end of the fiscal
year,
the
country’s
export revenue from the
alcoholic
beverage
industry will hit USD 17
million. More than USD
six million has already
been secured during the
past six months, he
added.
In line with its policy of
encouraging
private
investment,
the
Ethiopian
government
privatized state owned
beer brewing companies
including Harar and
Meta breweries .
The
director
said
despite
the
rapid
expansion of brewery
investment,
the
inefficient capacity of
malt factories to supply
malt input is a major
constraint in the area.
European
companies
especially
from
Germany have shown
interest to invest in
malt
project
which
would help promote
agro-processing
and
stimulate
further
expansion
of
beer
industries
in
the
country.
Isayas
Hadera,
Marketing Manager of
BGI Ethiopia Brewery
Company for his part
indicated the emerging
middle income class
and
the
increasing
trend of the population
as key growth drivers of
alcoholic
beverage
companies in Ethiopia.
“The domestic market is
rising from 15 to 20
percent in every year.
We
are
the
real
witnesses of Ethiopian
rapid growth in the
previous decade which
has allowed us secure a
strong market in the
country”, Isayas said.
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
“We have investment in
more than 25 African
countries.
But
our
investment in Ethiopia
is different because the
development
is
not
artificial
like
other
African
countries
[whose]
economy
depends on petroleum”
the manager added.
11
With annual production
capacity
of
three
million hectoliters of
beer, BGI is exporting
beer to South Sudan,
Djibouti, USA, Israel and
Europe which shows
increase every year.
Dashen, BGI, Henieken,
Meta, Raya, Habesha
and Zebidar are the
seven beer companies
operating in Ethiopia
which collectively run
11 factories.
Four giant liquor and
two wine factories also
make part of Ethiopia’s
growing
beverage
industry.
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
Arab Contractors in talks for new projects in Ethiopia
Egypt-based
construction
firm,
Arab Contractors has
started serious talks to
implement
new
projects in Ethiopia, a
senior source in the
company told Amwal
Al Ghad Wednesday.
businesses
in
dollars.
coming few years, the
The Company’s volume
source added.
of businesses in Africa
Since
it
started
its
wants
12
to
expand
its
exceeds
3
billion
US
as
businesses in Ethiopia
dollars
distributed
in
road
and
2010,
Arab
has
implemented a number
of infrastructure, road,
The Egyptian company
worth 111 million US
African countries in the
Contractors
(05.05.2016- WIC)
the
and
bridge
projects
with total investments
housing,
bridge,
and
infrastructure projects .
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
Ethiopian official calls for more S. Korean investment
Ethiopia
has
an
attractive package of
incentives for foreign
investors including a
10-year tax holiday
under its ambitious
growth plan, a senior
Ethiopian official said
Tuesday,
stressing
that the African state
aims to become the
"next
manufacturing
hub."
04.05.2016 – FBC)
During an interview
with
Yonhap
News
Agency, Arkebe Oqubay,
special advisor to Prime
Minister
Hailemariam
Desalegn, urged South
Korea to invest more in
the country, noting that
the skilled, yet cheap
workforce, low energy
costs and free land for
factories make Ethiopia
an
ideal
investment
destination. "Ethiopia is
providing
(investors)
with the most attractive
package,
because
Ethiopia is now aiming
to
be
the
next
manufacturing hub," he
said. "For that, the
government has a very
clear policy and very
clear vision.
Arkebe arrived in South
Korea on Monday for a
four-day visit that is
focused
wholly
on
bolstering business ties
13
with South Korea, a
country which he said
Ethiopia now views as a
crucial
development
model.
Explaining
Ethiopia's
10-year growth plan,
Arkebe highlighted his
country's eagerness to
attract
manufacturers
from around the world,
particularly
those
specializing in textile,
footwear
and
other
labor-intensive
industries
where
Ethiopia can cash in o n
its
rich
human
resources. Ethiopia has
a population of nearly
100 million.
Under
the
10-year
growth
initiative,
Ethiopia seeks to see its
gross domestic product
grow by 11 percent
each year and the
manufacturing
sector
by 25 percent annually
over the next decade.
"Now, the country has
put the manufacturing
as
an
immediate
priority,
which
is
export-oriented
and
similar to South Korea
in the 1960s," he said,
describing the growth
plan as a "challenging
yet possible" initiative.
The African nation has
been
seeking
to
establish a favorable
business environment
for foreigners. It has
provided
land
for
foreign manufacturers
for free, allowed them
to import machinery on
a tax-free basis and
eased visa rules for
them. Above all, the
labor cost is cheap -below 100 US dollars
per month per worker,
Arkebe explained.
Casting the ties between
South
Korea
and
Ethiopia
as
"long
historical
relations
bound by blood and
sacrifice," he stressed
that now is the right
time for both countries
to
elevate
the
relationship "to a higher
level." Ethiopia is one of
the
countries
that
fought under the U.N.
banner in support of
South Korea during the
1950-53 Korean War.
"The best way to build
this (better
bilateral
relationship)
is
to
promote
investment,"
he said. "South Korean
companies
want
to
invest
overseas
and
they
have
the
technology
and
the
manufacturing
capability.
Ethiopia
wants this investment."
[Servizio News ] 05.05.2016]
S. Sudanese minister urges change to tackle economic
crisis
South Sudan’s finance
minister, David Deng
Athorbei has urged
ministry’s staffs to
embark on efforts to
address the country’s
current
economic
crisis.
(05.05.2016 – Sudan
Tribune)
Speaking
during
a
reception party at the
ministry headquarters
Tuesday, Deng vowed
to ride on his pas t
experience to uplift the
finance ministry. “I am
not new in the ministry.
I am old here but I have
to tell you that this time
is time of work. We
have to work very hard.
If we are committed,
our performance will
change
and
South
Sudan’s economy will
improve,” he said.
South
Sudan’s
new
Transitional
Government of National
Unity faces an uphill
task of reviving an
economy
largely
dependent
on
oil
14
resources to support its
budget.
The oil sector, which
accounts for over 90
per cent of government
revenues,
has
been
badly
affected
the
recent war, in addition
to the decline in oil
prices
on
world
markets.
Commodity prices also
shot up due to the
devaluation of the local
currency,
South
Sudanese pound, which
has gravely impacted on
the transport sector in
the country.
Deng said the current
economic
crisis
demands extra efforts
from
the
finance
ministry.
“If the ministry of
finance and economic
planning has to change,
every employee will
need to change and if
we do not do well, all
South Sudanese will be
angry with us. Let us
concentrate so that our
country goes ahead,” he
said without
details.
further
In June 2014, oil prices
dropped from $112 to
$30 per barrel. South
Sudan
currently
produces
160,000
barrels of crude oil
from 350,000 per day
before war broke o ut.
Analysts are optimistic
that donor nations like
the United States, Japan
and China will aid the
economy.
Such
assistance,
however,
will require that South
Sudan
to
initiate
economic reforms, fight
corruption
and
improving its humanright records.
Last week, the U.S.
government announced
more than $86 million
in
additional
humanitarian assistance
to help conflict-affected
people in So uth Sudan
and refugees in the
region. The fund will
reportedly
provide
much-needed
safe
drinking
water,
emergency health care,
nutrition
services,
shelter,
improved
sanitation
facilities,
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agricultural
training,
seeds and tools for the
most
vulnerable
families
and
communities.
15
South Sudan’s largest
single
donor
of
humanitarian
assistance, the US has
reportedly
donated
nearly $1.6 billion since
the start of conflict in
the
country
in
December 2013.
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HDTL : Une culture de performances
Enviro
n
30
million
s
de
mètres
cubes
de
pétrole ont transité au
dépôt
d’Horizon
Djibouti depuis 2006.
La société a enregistré
le
transit
de
4,5
millions
de mètres
cubes de pétrole en
2015.
(03.05.2016 – La
Nation)
Le volume est un record
établi par HDTL dans le
cadre du contrat de
performances,
passé
entre la maison mère et
chaque
filiale.
Le
constat faisait la fierté
du manager Houssein
Ahmed Houssein à la
tête de la filiale locale.
Encore plus quand il a
reçu le trophée du
meilleur
terminal
pétrolier
de
l ’année
2015 des mains du
directeur
des
opérations du groupe
Horizon Terminals Ltd,
Graig Garbutt. Et ce
sous
les
applaudissements
nourris de l’assistance
qui était réunie jeudi 28
avril dernier au palace
Kempinski.
16
Horizon
Djibouti
Terminals Ltd a célébré
jeudi 28 avril dernier
son 10ème anniversaire
au
Kempinski.
L’événement
y
a
regroupé les employés
et managers d’HDTL,
dont
le
directeur
général,
Houssein
Ahmed Houssein, le
directeur
des
opérations du groupe
Horizon Terminal, Graig
Garbutt, l’adjoint de
celui-ci, Paul Wright,
des représentants des
clients de la place, de
l’ambassade d’Ethiopie,
de la division logistique
et énergie de l’Armée
américaine.
Les uns et les autres se
sont retrouvés autour
des tables de banquet
dans
une
ambiance
festive. Tous ont vibré
ensemble au rythme des
pas de danses , exécutés
par
des
groupes
d’artistes djiboutiens et
éthiopiens.
Après les chorégraphies
folkloriques, place aux
discours
qui
ont
ponctué la cérémonie
commémorative.
Diverses leçons sont à
tirer des interventions
que le directeur des
opérations de la maison
mère et le directeur
général
d’HDTL
ont
successivement
faites
au micro de la tribune.
Il faut remonter à 2006
pour voir le terminal
pétrolier de Doraleh
devenir
opérationnel .
Avec le démarrage de
ses
activités
qui
couvrent la réception
des hydrocarbures, le
chargement
des
produits pétroliers à
bord des camions et la
livraison aux bateaux.
Environ 30 millions de
mètres cubes de pétrole
ont depuis transité au
dépôt
d’Horizon
Djibouti. La société a
enregistré le transit de
4,5 millions de mètres
cubes de pétrole en
2015. Le volume reflète
assez
les
capacités
opérationnelles
du
terminal pétrolier de
Doraleh. Lequel
s’es t
vu décerner en février
2016 le prix de «
terminal
de
l’année
2015 » par groupe
Horizon Terminals. La
décision
est
venue
récompenser le record
établi par HDTL dans le
cadre du contrat de
performances,
passé
entre la maison mère et
chaque filiale.
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Le constat faisait
la
fierté
d’Houssein
Ahmed Houssein à la
tête de la filiale locale.
Encore plus quand il a
reçu le trophée du
meilleur
terminal
pétrolier des mains de
Graig Garbutt sous les
applaudissements
nourris des femmes et
hommes
sous
son
autorité.
…2015,
une
année
faste.
Cette
consécration s’enracine
dans le programme de
formation
continue
qu’HDTL a démarré dès
2013 au profit de ses
salariés. Suite logique :
la compagnie a effectué
une
sélection
de
plusieurs
évaluateurs
en son sein au mois
d’octobre
2015.
Les
principaux
concernés
au nombre de 6 ont
ensuite
entamé
une
formation continue de
18
mois,
censée
s’achever
dans
le
courant de mars 2017.
Ils
sont
appelés
à
partager
les
compétences acquises
au reste du personnel
dans la gestion et
maîtrise des risques sur
les lieux du travail.
Autre info de taille :
Horizon
Djibouti
a
adopté en mars 2015 le
17
code international de
conduite des affaires.
Le choix visait une
appropriation collective
des pratiques éthiques
les plus élevées dans
l’accomplissement des
différentes activités de
la
compagnie.
Il
s’agissait aussi pour
son management de
créer par ce biais un
environnement éthique
robuste. Une double
ambition qui semble
suivie d’effets. Si l’on se
réfère au prix que le
groupe ENOC a attribué
en février 2016 au
terminal pétrolier de
Doraleh. Et ce, faut-il
ajouter,
pour
sa
contribution
et
son
soutien au processus de
mise en œuvre du code
de
conduite
des
affaires.
En
provenance
de
Dubaï, le directeur des
opérations du groupe
Horizon Terminals a
remis ce prix directeur
général de la filiale
djiboutienne, Houssein
Ahmed Houssein, lors
de la matinée de jeudi
dernier,
passée
au
Kempinski.
Sur
place,
Graig
Garbutt a officiellement
remis au management
du terminal pétrolier de
Doraleh deux autres
prix qui lui ont été
décernés
lors
d’une
cérémonie
qui
s’es t
déroulée en décembre
2015 à Dubaï. La raison
tient au score élevé
obtenu
par
Horizon
Djibouti Terminals au
terme des audits sur sa
gestion des ressources
et de l’énergie.
C’est dire combien 2015
a été une année faste
pour HDTL. Puisque ce
fleuron de l’économie
nationale a obtenu en
juillet
2015
3
certifications ISO pour
son management de
qualité, sa gestion de
l’environnement, et son
système de santé et
sécurité au travail.
Cette
cul ture
de
performances
laisse
entrevoir le sens de
l’engagement
des
salariés
de
la
compagnie. Les plus
anciens au nombre de
43 se sont vus remettre
des certificats et des
chèques
lors de la
cérémonie
de
célébration du 10ème
anniversaire de leur
employeur. Le geste
était
en
soi
une
reconnaissance
du
travail que les heureux
récipiendaires
ont
accompli au cours de la
décennie écoulée.