Company Profile

Company Name &Address (Head Office):

Gift Trading Pvt. Ltd.company
P.O.Box 2522, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
Tel. 251-1-655580/655433, Fax: 251-1-652154
E-Mail: gifttrading @telecom.net.et

Year of Establishment: March, 1990G.C.
Initial Capital Invested: Birr 6,100,000
Total Annual Turnover (In Year 2002): Br. 90 Million
Total Annual Turnover (In Year 2003): Br 110 Million
Name of President of the Company: Mr. Gebreyesus Igata

Department Segments Accountable to the General Manager:

  1. Marketing
  2. Project& Hardware
  3. Import
  4. Export
  5. Administration& Finance
  6. Internal Audit

Bank References:

  • Commercial Bank Of Ethiopia, Teklehaimanot Branch
  • Awash Bank.S.Co. Stadium Branch

Number Of Employees:

Permanent: 2 M.A.Holders, 8 B.A., 42 Diploma Holders,
  26 Certificate Level, 15 Below Certificate
Temporary Staffs: 2 M.A.Holders, 8 B.A., 42 Diploma Holders,
  TOTAL Employees = 93

Company's Current Major Activities:

  1. Import& Distribution of Construction Materials such as Nails, Reinforcement Iron Bars, uPVC Pipes, PVC Tiles and scarting, and Consumer Goods such as Tires, Batteries, Glue, Food Stuffs, etc.
  2. Distribution of Local Products: Personal care products, Paints, etc.
  3. Tender Participation for major products like Agricultural Machinery, Bitumen, C.R. Steel Sheets, Industrial Raw Materials, etc.
  4. Export of Coffee and other major Oil Seeds and Pulses using its own cleaning plant.
  5. In its Real estate development Activity, the company has so far owned three complex buildings in Addis Ababa, which is available for rental purposes. The company in Nazareth Town is also building 5 Story Building.

Company's Additional Businesses:

  • Has shares in Awash International Bank and Awash Insurance Share Co.
  • Has share in Nib International Bank, Nib Insurance Share Co, Yenegew Sew College, United Bank S.C., and Agar Micro Financing Ent.
  • Has its own sister company called "GNM Industries PLC." located in Addis Ababa and producing mainly Various Nails & Barbed Wires at a capacity of about 90 percent in two shifts at moment.


Distribution Outlets and Branch Facilities:

  • Addis Ababa: Various Distribution Centers for central parts of the Country.
  • Shashemene: Branch Office with Sales Outlet serving as a main distribution center for most Southern parts of the Country.
  • Bahir Dar: Branch Office with Sales outlet serving as a main distribution center for most Northern parts of the Country.
  • Nazareth: Branch Office with Sales Outlet for Eastern Parts of the Country.
  • Jimma: Branch Office with Sales outlet for Southwestern parts of the Country.

Advertising and Sales Promotion activities: The company is using various effective means of advertising ranging from public advertisement through TV & Radio as well as participation of Exhibition and Bazaars.