SIMAT : Projet de Bases Logistiques à Abidjan par Stéphane Eholie
Stéphane Eholie, PDG de SIMAT (Société Ivoirienne de Manutention et de Transit), présente son projet de bases logistiques à Abidjan.
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Stéphane Eholie, PDG de SIMAT (Société Ivoirienne de Manutention et de Transit), présente son projet de bases logistiques à Abidjan.
Yao Maxime Kre, PDG de GEBAT, évoque les réalisations de l’entreprise dans le domaine de l’adduction d’eau potable en Côte d’Ivoire et explique ce que GEBAT a apporté de plus dans ce secteur, par rapport à d’autres acteurs.
Prix d’Excellence 2017 : le prix de la meilleure entreprise dans le secteur de l’eau potable remis à GEBAT par le Président de la République de Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara.
“We came to the realization that job opportunities abound in the agribusiness sector yet graduates from agricultural related programmes are unemployed and/or mostly rely on government for employment instead of doing something on their own to employ themselves.”
“Government should introduce more programs to encourage youth to get into agriculture. That is where we come in as a centre. Our target sector is mainly the youth. Each year about 3,500 students come out from agriculture related programs, but where do they go? How many jobs are being created?”
“The renewables is a great area for us now and we would really like to do it through a private partnership arrangement. So far, those that we have in the pipeline, we have been lucky enough to have funding for from KFW which is the funding arm of the German government.”
“As far as the power crisis is concerned, it started in 2012 when we had difficulties with the gas supply from Nigeria. That was the genesis of the power difficulties that we had and it went on for a while until the then government intervened in 2014, 2015, and 2016. They brought in some emergency solutions with what we call emergency power plants.”
“La Villa Boutique started in 2011. This premises used to be the former Russian Embassy and the promoters of this business took it up. They are people who have travelled extensively. They took the building and turned it around. We started with about 10 rooms in 2011 and gradually we have expanded.”
“The hotel as a company has won these awards but personally I have won an award too, about two months ago I was listed among Africa’s 100 most influential people in tourism, not just in Ghana, but in Africa!”
“We are looking at expanding again; we want to add about 12 rooms. We have had requests from people who want us to replicate this in their areas. We have had requests from Takoradi, Tema, Kumasi, and even from outside of Ghana in Liberia, Nigeria, Ivory Coast etc.”