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China steps up production in Ethiopia with drill instructors,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
"Welcome to Huajian,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," they bellow in harmony under the mid-morning sun as they march to the orders of a Chinese drill instructor.
Welcome,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], indeed,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to the world of Huajian Group, a manufacturer of productive,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], disciplined workers - and shoes.
"They do this in the morning,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Vice President Helen Hai,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], herself a recent recruit,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], explains about the exercise. "This is how we train to have a military mind set."
China 'buying out' Africa: Top 5 destinations of Chinese money
Huajian is one of the latest Chinese companies to move into Ethiopia. While the government has long leaned on Western support to feed the needy and provide social services, it is increasingly attracting Asian finance and investment for industry and infrastructure.
"China's presence in Ethiopia is filling a huge gap,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," says Deborah Brautigam, an expert on the Asian giant's presence on the continent at American University. "The West sees Ethiopia as a country that needs to be saved. The Chinese see multiple business opportunities and a way to 'do well by doing good.' "
But while international actors from China to the World Bank see significant potential for Ethiopia to grow as a manufacturing hub,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], logistical challenges such as unwieldy customs procedures and costly transportation are preventing the country from realizing its potential.
100,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 workers making $4 billion worth of shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], clothesMeles Zenawi,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a former Marxist rebel and Ethiopia's leader for more than two decades,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], has long had practice soothing Western diplomats alarmed at a worsening trend of political repression. Now he's proving to be adept at wooing investors as well.
Before Prime Minister Meles headhunted Huajian on a September trip,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "We had never thought about Ethiopia," says Hai. Just over three months later, the first pair of shoes from Huajian International Shoe City Plc in Dukem town was boxed and on its way to the US.
Back in China's Guangdong Province,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the company produces 20 million pairs of footwear annually from operations that resemble small towns. Huajian Ethiopia plans to relocate to its own industrial zone on the fringes of the capital,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Addis Ababa, where it hopes that more than 100,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 workers will be employed producing $4 billion worth of shoes and clothes for export after a decade.
After 15 years, the master plan is for it all to be Ethiopia-run, says Hai. "We want to build a system for Africa to produce [goods] themselves," she says. "That's better than giving them [goods]."
Ethiopia: good potential,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but 30 years behind ChinaEthiopia's exports totaled just $2.8 billion last year, with coffee making up almost a third of that figure. Imports cost $4.5 billion more than the value of goods sold abroad over the past seven months,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], local newspaper Capital reported last month. The government hopes that new revenue streams from mining and electricity sales will soon help balance the economy of the landlocked country.
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