Made in Ethiopia

[abesha]

Ramsay Signs $1.3m Deal for Italian Shoes

Factory must produce 60,000 pairs of Geox Respira for export

Following a 1.3 million dollar deal that was signed with Geox, an Italian shoe and apparel manufacturer, on July 16, 2010, Ramsay Shoe Factory is to start production this month for 60,000 pairs of shoes that are to be shipped from November 31.

The shoes to be produced are called Geox Respira and are designed to breathe by letting moisture out and keeping water from getting in. Once produced, the shoes will be sold in Geox outlets, carrying the label, “Made in Ethiopia by Ramsay.”

The company, which was established in 1990, has the capacity to produce 2,000 pairs a day.

“Due to the design specifications of the Geox Respira shoes, we will produce only 1,500 pairs,” Zelalem Habte, managing director of Ramsay, told Fortune.

After Geox reviewed 24 samples that were sent to it, it awarded the deal to Ramsay. The shoes will be manufactured from 25pc locally produced leather, thermoplastic rubber for the soles, and reinforcement material that are imported from abroad, according to the deal.

“The leather used is to be bought from Sheba, Batu, and Afdel Tanneries which Geox specifically selected,” Zelalem told Fortune.

The shoes, for which Ramsay will be paid 19 dollars a pair, take about 20 days to reach Italy and have to be delivered to Geox by January 31, 2011.

Geox, which was established in 1995 and has its headquarters in Rome, Italy, sold shoes worth 5.4 million dollars during the first half of 2010.

Recently, local shoe companies have increasingly been commissioned to produce products for foreign brands and ship the goods to the companies. Local companies have created links with United States (US) shoe companies via the Agribusiness and Trade Expansion Program (ATEP), an initiative of United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

The programme, which began in 2006 and is to last five years, linked seven local companies with three US companies in June 2010. One of the three US companies was Brown Shoe Company Inc, one of the biggest shoe retailers and wholesalers in the US, which recorded sales of 2.3 billion dollars in 2009.

Brown has reviewed three samples and a deal for 20,000 pairs of shoes is expected to be signed soon, according to Zelalem. Brown is expected to pay an average of 14.50 dollars per pair, depending on whether it orders ladies’ or men’s shoes or a combination of both.

“Although the recent devaluation of the Birr increased Ramsay’s profit margin of Ramsay, the recent global crisis has affected our market reach over the past couple of years,” Zelalem said. “The good thing is that when companies like Geox come to Ethiopia, others will soon follow in their footsteps.”

Ramsay was established with an initial capital of two million Birr which has since increased to 13 million Br. The company produces shoes for export on its 5,000sqm plot of land, located in the industrial zone next to Kadisco Square on the Ring Road in Addis Abeba.

http://addisfortune.com/Ramsay%20Sig...an%20Shoes.htm


It seems we are finally starting to export finished goods. There are several shoes producers I've heard of now.
If you go to Barney's in NY, you will also see finished goods like Ethiopian scarves from Sammy Handmade in Ethiopia.

[Simfan34]

Geox? They advertise for these shoes in the US!

[abesha]

They have stores here. http://www.shopgeox.com/store-locations.aspx -- List of stores

Plus they sell through Nordstrom as well.


Brown Shoe operates the Famous Footwear chain, so it's pretty huge to clinch a deal with them.

[rasta55]

it's about time that we retain the value added reseller's profit in-country......
We've had to buy back Ethiopian leather as high end Italian shoes for so many years...at gazzillion times whatever the price we charged them when we exported the raw hide in the first place...

[abesha]

Some relevant news:

Indian leather processing chemical factory goes operational

From Ethiopian Business, Featured, News Jul 18, 2010
Ethiopian Leather Products

Ethiopian Leather Products

Indian leather processing chemicals PLC known as Adorn Chemicals PLC established with 25 million Birr officially started operation on Saturday.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Indian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi said the establishment of the company would make Ethiopia self sufficient in leather processing chemicals.

He said the company supplies its products mainly to local leather manufacturing firms. Fat liquor, pigment emulsion, spray paints and chromium sulphate are among the chemicals that are produced by the company.

Trade and Industry State Minister, Tadesse Haile on his part said the opening of the leather chemical factory would enable the country to save much needed foreign currency.

Ethiopia has good governance, stable political and macro economy which attracts dozens of Indian investors.

Many Indian companies have invested in manufacturing, chemical, agriculture and food processing industries, among others.

He called upon Indian investors to exploit the vast investment potential Ethiopia has.

Adorn Chemicals PLC is a joint venture between three leading manufacturing groups from India.

http://www.ethiopian-news.com/indian...s-operational/

So every step, from raw materials to end product can be all Made in Ethiopia.

Did you know we have among the best leather and suede in the world? We are only just starting to exploit that potential.

[Simfan34]

Originally Posted by abesha

Some relevant news:

Indian leather processing chemical factory goes operational
http://www.ethiopian-news.com/indian...s-operational/

So every step, from raw materials to end product can be all Made in Ethiopia.

Did you know we have among the best leather and suede in the world? We are only just starting to exploit that potential.

We do?

[abesha]

This is a thread to post products made in the country. Obviously the manufacturing sector is getting some real attention for the first time, so a lot of investments are starting to go into it. The Chinese industrial zone should also be ready soon, which will rapidly increase the variety of goods produced.

To give you some ideas, textiles, shoes and automobiles are some of the sectors that have seen a big jump in investments.

I'll post some stuff later on.

[abesha]

Electronics

Smadl D61 - assembled locally



Features:

Band: GSM900/1800
Dual SIM Dual Standby
Dimensions: 109.1x46.5x14.2mm
LCD screen: 1.8'' TFT Screen
Amharic software
1.3M Camera
MP3/MP4 Player
Voice Recording
FM Radio
Bluetooth
T-Flash Slot
Flash Torch
Super Metal Feeling
Die-casting Metal Front Cover
Stainless Steel Back Cover
Universal Accessories


Smadl D56




Features:

Band: GSM900/1800
Dual SIM Dual Standby
Dimensions: 108x46.5x14.2mm
LCD screen: 1.8'' TFT Screen
Amharic software
1.3M Camera
MP3/MP4 Player
Voice Recording
FM Radio
GPRS/WAP
Bluetooth
T-Flash Slot
Flash Torch
Metal Housing
Universal Accessories

[FKebede]

Originally Posted by abesha

This is a thread to post products made in the country. Obviously the manufacturing sector is getting some real attention for the first time, so a lot of investments are starting to go into it. The Chinese industrial zone should also be ready soon, which will rapidly increase the variety of goods produced.

To give you some ideas, textiles, shoes and automobiles are some of the sectors that have seen a big jump in investments.

I'll post some stuff later on.

Whoo!!! Whoo!! I expect to see thousands of manufacturing and assembly plants opening up in Ethiopia in the next 5-10 years, we have all the ingredients ready for our industrial revolution, we have millions of young skilled graduate's, we provide tax brakes for manufacturers and duty free import for industrial machinery, we are investing on motorways(highways), airports, a tarns-national fright carrying railway network( that would reach to the port of Djibouti and the new Tadjura port under construction), and the main ingredient of them all is, we will be able to provide cheap electricity for factories, you have to remember that the manufacturing industry uses a lot of electricity, if our nation is able to provide thousands of mega watts of clean renewable energy, with all the other things i listed above added to it, we will expect to see not only Chinese or Indian but Western companies coming in mass to open their factories and assembly plants. Lets wait and see I say 5-10 years it will happen.

[qweads]

Are the letter on the dialpads chinese or amharic script? The pics are too small.

Anyways here are some pics of Ethiopian-made cars. I'm sure some of these have been posted in other threads.


image hosted on flickr

[abesha]

I took the pics from the Chinese website - the Ethiopia-based factory obviously doesn't have one

FKebede, I agree with you - I don't know about thousands of factories in a decade, but hundreds, yes.

[Simfan34]

They look a bit like Arabic, actually.

[FKebede]

Originally Posted by abesha

I took the pics from the Chinese website - the Ethiopia-based factory obviously doesn't have one

FKebede, I agree with you - I don't know about thousands of factories in a decade, but hundreds, yes.

Abesha*** hundreds is my list optimistic view, if you have noticed the current green movement in Europe or America you will definitely agree with me, Ethiopia is building all this huge dams which will generate green renewable energy, so the so called ethical green investor from Japan, Europe or america will definitely choose a country like Ethiopia for their investment. it is the new Western obsession, all Western companies are striving to get the title of a "green company",by cutting their carbon emission, you can Imagen what kind of a blessing Ethiopia will be for those companies with all the clean and green energy which is also cheap. At the same time, the investment on the railway line to the ports, will also make it easy for those companies to transport their manufactured goods, out of Ethiopia on schedule and in time, that is what westerners like, time keeping, speed and reliability, and that is what railways can provide. seeing all that development, I think 5-10 years, because most of this projects will be complicated by that time, we will definitely see an influx of foreign manufacturers to Ethiopia.

[peace11]

MIE











http://www.effortgroup.org/mie/mie_product2.htm

[peace11]

Almeda products













http://www.almedatextiles.com/index.html

[peace11]

made in ethiopia bags








http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keyw...thiopia&page=1

[FKebede]

I found this article from the reporter web site pleas read it and have your say, this is what I think that is holding our innovetors from doing anything that is beneficiary to our country,

የጤፍ መውቂያ ማሽኑ ትኩረት ይሰጠው!

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በኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን በተከታታይ በመተላለፍ ላይ ከሚገኘው የንግድ ተወዳዳሪነት ክህሎት የውድድር ፕሮግራም፣ በቅርቡ ከ80ዎቹ መካከል 60ዎቹ ተወዳዳሪዎች ወደሚቀጥለው ዙር ማለፋቸው ሲታወቅ፣ ከእነርሱም 79.3 ከመቶ ነጥብ ያስመዘገበው ከፍተኛውን ሪከርድ እንደያዘ ተገልጿል፡፡ ቀደም ሲል በኢቲቪ በተላለፈው ማስታወቂያ ላይ እንደተገለጸው፣ ለአሥር አሸናፊዎች ከ1,500,000 ብር በላይ ተመድቧል፡፡ ባለፈው ዓመት ሐምሌ ወር ላይ ለኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ የአዕምሯዊ ፈጠራ ንብረት ጥበቃ ክፍል አቅርቤው የነበረውን የግል የፈጠራ ሥራዬን ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ እንዲያስችለኝ፣ ለዚሁ የውድድር ፕሮግራም አቅርቤያለሁ፡፡ የፈጠራ ሥራዬ የመጀመሪያዎቹን ሁለት የውድድር ዙሮች ማለፉን ያዩ ጓደኞቼም ሲያበረታቱኝ ቆይተዋል፤ እኔም ሥራዬ ተመራጭ እንደሚሆን በመተማመን ፕሮግራሙን ስከታተል ቆይቻለሁ፡፡

ባለፈው ሐምሌ ወር ለሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ አቅርቤው የነበረው ይህ የፈጠራ ሥራዬ ያተኮረው በአገራችን ብቻ ለምግብነት የሚመረተውን የጤፍ እህል መውቃት የሚችል የጤፍ መውቂያ ማሽን ፕሮፖዛል ነበር፡፡ እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ ጤፍን ሜካናይዝድ በሆነ መንገድ ማምረትም ይሁን መውቃት የሚያስችሉ ቴክኖሎጂዎች አለመገኘታቸውን በማስተዋል፣ በኤሌክትሪክ ወይም በጋዝ ኃይል የሚሠራና በሁለት ሰዎች አንቀሳቃሽነት በቀን ከ80 እስከ 120 ኩንታል ጤፍ መውቃት የሚችል የጤፍ መውቂያ የፈበረኩት፣ በግብርናው ዘርፍ ለግልጋሎት ይውላል በሚል ተስፋ ነበር፡፡ በተመሳሳይ ሁኔታ ባለፉት ዓመታት ለሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ የተለያዩ የፈጠራ ሥራዎች አቅርቤያለሁ፡፡ ካቀረብኳቸው ጥናቶቼ መካከል አንደኛው በ2001 ዓ.ም. አቅርቤው የነበረው ለሕክምና የሚያገለግል የኤሌክትሪክ መሣሪያ ሲሆን፣ በሚመለከተው ክፍል ተመድበው የነበሩት ባለሙያ በወቅቱ እንደገለጹልኝ፣ በምዕራባውያኑ አቅም ራሱ ለማምረት አስቸጋሪ ነው በሚል ውድቅ ተደርጓል፡፡

ወደ ዋናው ነጥቤ ከመግባቴ በፊት፣ አንባብያን ልብ እንዲሉት አንድ ጥያቄ ላንሳ፤ እሱም፣ ለምን የጤፍ መዝሪያ፣ ማጨጃ፣ መውቂያ እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ በዓለማችን አልተፈበረከም? ምክንያቱም ጤፍን ለሰው ልጅ ምግብነት በዋነኛነት የምትጠቀመው ኢትዮጵያ ብቻ ነች፤ ጤፍ እንኳን በባለሞተር ማሽን ሊታጨድ ቀርቶ፣ ከፍ ያለ መኪና በአጠገቡ ከተነዳ ፍሬዎቹ የሚረግፉ ዓይነት አዝርዕት ነው፤ የጤፍ እህል ቁመት አጭር እንደመሆኑ በኮምባይነር ለማጨድ በጣም አስቸጋሪና የምርት ብክነት የሚያስከትል መሆኑ ነው፡፡

እነዚህን ነገሮች ሁሉ በማገናዘብና አገራችን አሁን የምትመራበትን ዋነኛውን የኢኮኖሚ ዋልታ፣ የግብርናውን ክፍለ ኢኮኖሚ መሆኑን በመገንዘብና መንግሥትም ለዚሁ የሚሰጠውን ልዩ ትኩረት በመተማመን ከፍ ሲል የጠቀስኩትን፣ የምርት ብክነትን አስቀርቶ በቀን ከ80 እስከ 120 ኩንታል ጤፍ መውቃት የሚችል ኤሌክትሮ ሜካኒካል ማሽን ለዚች ድሃ አገራችን ለማበርከት በንቃትና በትጋት ተንቀሳቅሼ ነበር፤ ትኩረት ሳይቸረው ቀርቶ ተጨናገፈ እንጂ፡፡

ይህን የምለው የቀልዴን እንዳልሆነ ለአንባብያን ደግሜ ላረጋግጥ እፈልጋለሁ፡፡ እንደእኔ አመለካከት፣ በአሁኑ የዕድገት ደረጃችን ለአገራችን እጅግ አንገብጋቢ የሆነው ጉዳይ በምግብ ራስን የመቻል ጉዳይ ነው፡፡ በመሆኑም በዚሁ ዙሪያ ለሚሠሩ የፈጠራ ሥራዎች ልዩ ትኩረት ሊሰጣቸው ሲገባ፣ አዋጪ የመሆናቸው ጉዳይ በጣም አነጋጋሪ ለሆኑ የፈጠራ ሥራዎች ትኩረት የመቸሩ ጉዳይ ሁኔታውን አሳሳቢ ያደርገዋል ባይ ነኝ፡፡ ከ690 በላይ ከሆኑ ተወዳዳሪዎች መካከል፣ በአወዳዳሪዎቹ ዕይታ ሚዛን ከደፉት መካከል የሚከተሉትን እንደ ማሳያ አቀርባለሁ፡፡

1. ኤሌትሪክ አልባ ቀለም መቀቢያ
ይህ ሐሳብ ሲቀርብ ከአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ቴክኖሎጂ ፋኩልቲ ተወክለው የቀረቡት ግለሰብ፣ «ይኼማ ፈጠራው አዲስ አይደለም፤ ልክ እንደ ተባይ ማጥፊያ ማሣሪያ ነው፤» በማለት ተቃውሞ ማቅረባቸው ይታወሳል፡፡ ከአወዳዳሪዎቹ አንዱ የሆኑት ከቅድስተ ማርያም ኮሌጅ ተወክለው የመጡት ግለሰብ ግን «ባንጠላው!» በማለታቸው ብቻ አልፏል መባሉ ያስገርማል፡፡

2. ቫንበን የቤቶች ጣራ ማምረቻ ባቀረቡት የፈጠራ ሥራ ላይ ከአወዳዳሪዎች የተሰነዘሩ አስተያየቶች የሚከተለውን ይመስላሉ፡፡ «ጣራዎቹ ደስ ይላሉ»፣ «በአገር ውስጥ የሚመረት የቆርቆሮ ጣርያን በመርገጥ የሚገጥም ስለሆነ ቢያልፍ?»፣ «ተወዳዳሪው ቴክኒካሊ ኤፊሸንት ባይሆንም፣ ቢያልፍ?» አንባቢያንን ለማስታወስ ያህል፣ የጤፍ መውቂያ ማሽኑ ነጥብ ግን በሁለተኛው የውድድር ዙር ተረስቷል፡፡

3. ሌላው ተወዳዳሪ ያቀረቡት ደግሞ የደረቅ ቆሻሻ ማንሻ መሣርያ ነው፡፡ አወዳዳሪዎቹ በወቅቱ የሰጡት አስተያየት፣ «በማናቸውም ተሽከርካሪ የሚጎተት ስለሆነ፣ ቢያልፍ?» የሚል ነበር፡፡ ስለ ውድድሩ አቅጣጫ እንደ መንግሥት አቃቤ ሕግ በመሆን ብቻቸውን የሚከራከሩት ግለሰብ፣ «አዲስ ፈጠራነቱ ምኑ ላይ ነው? ራሱ የሚገለብጥ ነው ወይስ ..? ይኼ እኮ ያለና የነበረ ነው፤» ብለው ሲከራከሩ፣ «ሊበረታታ ይገባዋል» በማለት ሌላው ግለሰብ የፈጠራ ሥራውን ደግፈዋል፡፡


4. "የፈጠራ ሥራ" በመባል የቀረበው የመኪና ዘይትና የንፋስ ፊልትሮን በአገር ውስጥ ማምረትና በብር መሸጥ የሚል ነው፡፡ ነገር ግን ለዚሁ የማምረት ሥራ ከውጪ አገር ሦስት ማሽኖችን ማስገባት እንደሚያስፈልግና ሌላ አራት ማሽኖችን እዚሁ መሥራት እንደሚጠይቅ በጥናቱ ላይ ተጠቅሷል፡፡

5. ሌላ የፈጠራ ሥራ ተብሎ የቀረበውና ውድድሩን ያለፈው ደግሞ በጋዝ የሚሠራ የሙቅ ውኃ ሻወር ተጠቅሷል፡፡


የውድድር ፕሮግራሙ እንደተጀመረ በኢቲቪ በይፋ እንደተገለጸው፣ የማወዳደሪያ ዋነኛ ነጥቦች በመባል የተጠቀሱት የሚከተሉት እንደ ነበሩ የሚታወስ ነው፡፡
1. ሐሳቡ፣ ፈጠራ ነክ መሆኑ፤
2. በገበያ ላይ የሚኖረው ተፈላጊነት፤
3. የውጪ ምንዛሪ ማዳኑ፤
4. በአገር ውስጥ ተግባራዊ መሆኑ የሚል ሆኖ ሳለ፤
ለተጠቀሰው ተወዳዳሪ የተሰጠው አስተያየት ግን ለመንገድ ሥራና ለኮንስትራክሽን ብዙ መኪኖች ወደ አገር ስለሚገቡ፣ «በጣም ሊበረታታ ይገባዋል» በሚል ነበር፡፡


ይኼን ከዘረዘርኩ በኋላ አሁን እጅግ ግራ ወዳጋባኝ ጉዳይ ልመልሳችሁ፡፡ ወደ 85 በመቶ ያህሉ ሕዝቧ ገበሬ እንዲሁም በገጠራማ አካባቢዎች ነዋሪ በሆነችዋ በዚህች ድሃ በሆነች አገር፣ በቀዳሚና በዋነኛነት የሚያስፈልጓት እንደ መኪና ፊልትሮ፣ የሙቅ ውኃ ሻወር፣ የቆሻሻ ማንሻና ማጓጓዣ ተሳቢ፣ እንዲያውም የሕፃናት መንከባከቢያና ማባበያ ነው ወይ? መልሳችሁ «አዎ፣ ነው!» የሚል ከሆነ፣ የአገሪቱም የአምስት ዓመት የትራንስፎርሜሽን ዕቅድ በዛው መሠረት ተለውጦ፡-
ሀ/ የመኪና መለዋወጫ አቅርቦትን በአገር ውስጥ ምርት መተካት፤
ለ/ ለሕዝቡ በሙሉ የተሟላ የሙቅ ውኃ ሻወር አገልግሎት ማድረስ፤
ሐ/ በገጠርና በከተማ የደረቅ ቆሻሻ መጎተቻዎችን በስፋት ማዳረስ በሚል ዕቅድ ይተካ ማለታችሁ እንደሆነ ላስገነዝባችሁ እወዳለሁ፡፡
የግብርናው ክፍለ ኢኮኖሚ በአገር ውስጥ በሚሠሩ የቴክኖሎጂ ማሽኖች እየተገለገለ ምርቱን በማሻሻል የምግብ ዋስትናን ከማረጋገጥ ጋር ለውጪ ንግድ የሚያቀርባቸውን ምርቶች በተሻለ ጥራት ማቅረብ እንዲያስችለው ለማድረግ በሚያግዝ መንገድ የፈጠራ ሥራዎች እንዲደገፉ የማይደረግ ከሆነ፣ በእኔ አስተያየት ይህ 1,500,000 ብር ለሕዳሴው ግድብ ማሠሪያ እንዲውል ቢደረግ የተሻለ ይሆናል፡፡
(አቶ አንተነህ ታዬ፣ ከአዲስ አበባ)

[Vildana]

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[yosef]

Arki Pure Drinking Water is produced in Bahir Dar with the capacity of 80,000,000 litres per annum, in three types of PET bottles: 0.5 litre, 1 litre and 2 litres. The Arki brand meets the most stringent international standards.

Ashraf Edible Oil Factory is equipped with state-of-the-art technology from one of India’s most prestigious technology providers with a capacity of refining 16,500 tons per annum of various edible oils such as niger, groundnuts, sesame, rapeseed etc.

The final products are packed in 0.5 litre, 1 litre and 3 litres PET bottles and 10 litres and 20 litres jerrycans under the Bahir Dar Cooking Oil brand.

TGMD Tradeworks (an Access Capital company) launches Real Springs Vitamin Water

[abesha]

Arki is a nice name for a water brand! This is what we need from local companies - no need to use foreign names.

Originally Posted by Vildana

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I completely forgot about those: