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eBiz Africa Review
Summer 2013 /
Été 2013
The second base of interest is
Semera Port/Terminal, located
318km from Djibouti port, which is
the main outlet for Ethiopia’s import
and export trade and about 592km
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port has 100 hectares of land for
the loading, unloading, and multi-
modal transferring of import and
export goods and an additional 60
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Already in a healthy position,
Ethiopia’s maritime logistics are
due for great improvement thanks
to a great extension of port facili-
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Mekelle, Diredawa, and Kombolcha
dry ports are all currently under
construction and are set to open in
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Beyond ESLSE’s self-interests,
company CEO, Dr Ahmed, has a
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broader vision for the country as
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and only maritime transport com-
pany, he has a special responsibil-
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Ahmed sees as realistically reach-
able, is for Ethiopia to achieve mid-
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Already in a healthy
position, Ethiopia’s
maritime logistics are
due for great
improvement thanks
to a great extension
of port facilities
To achieve this, Dr Ahmed is ada-
mant that HR development alone
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‘’it’s not the natural resources that
we have, or the number of people
that we have; it’s the technological
capacity that we build, that makes
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the area, which Dr Ahmed believes
will be the key in propelling Ethiopia
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happen though, without foreign
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service ESLSE is providing’’, Dr
Ahmed believes his is the perfect
agent for interested investors to
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rather uncharacteristic for a CEO,
he sees his company’s primary
objective as adding value to their
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ESLSE may be a newly formed
company, but with the philosophy
held by its CEO, it is clearly well
prepared for this exciting time in
Ethiopia’s development
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Photo: Antonio Fiorente