In a new move designed to reduce price and ease logistics inherent in the purchase of its products, the management of Dangote Cement Plc has signed a pact with the foremost e-commerce platform Jumia Nigeria to offer for sale its cement to customers online.
At the unveiling of the deal in Lagos, Dangote Cement, Key Account Director, Chux Mogbolu said Dangote Cement was happy to partner with online shopping giant, in a bid to make Dangote cement available with ease to customers.
According to the deal, Nigerians and corporate bodies wishing to purchase a minimum of 300 bags of 50kg of Dangote Cement and above can now order on Jumia from the comfort of their rooms at a reasonable price of N2,500 per bag as opposed to how much is sold in the open market and see them delivered to any place of their choice without any extra cost for transportation.
Mogbolu, however disclosed that the purchase would only be within Lagos, Port- Harcourt and Abuja for now.
He said: “Dangote Cement decided to work with Jumia Nigeria based on its credibility and excellent performance over the years in online shopping management”, adding that the new initiative would help arrest the scams perpetrated by online fraudsters who deceived the people by asking them to come and purchase Dangote Cement for N1000 per bag.
“For now, the pilot scheme is live in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, but we can extend to other cities depending on the level of demand and performance of the new deal”.

The Ministry of Science and Technology have signed an MOU with Synergy Habesha Films and Communications P.L.C. to work together for the Technovation Ethiopia 2018 project. Technovation offers girls around the world the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to become tech entrepreneurs and leaders.
Technovation Ethiopia also partners with UNESCO-IICBA committed to supporting this initiative, which aims to empower young women to take part in technology and entrepreneurship. More than 15 schools and 75 high school students (public and private schools) will participate in this competition.
Synergy Habesha Films and Communications call on all government, non-government, private companies and technology companies to participate in this great technological event and to create opportunities for girls to take part in technological innovations.
Technovation is the world’s largest and longest running tech competition for girls. Every year Technovation invites teams of girls from all over the world to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real world problems. Girls from ages 10 to 18 learn to identify a problem in their communities and to create a mobile app solution to address that problem; they learn how to communicate these ideas and translate them into a fully launched business.
Last year, Synergy Habesha Films and Communications P.L.C. collaborated with Ethio-Mosaic Events and Festivals P.L.C and UNESCO IICBA in bringing this world’s largest and longest running tech competition to Ethiopia.
Twelve teams of girls from ten different schools (60 girls) participated and presented their pitch. The mobile applications developed by the participating students focused on the goals set by United Nations; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which include Education, Health, Equality, Poverty, Environment and Peace.
The Ministry of Science and Technology will support the Technovation Ethiopia project by creating opportunities for girls in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Field.

Ethiopia hosts the Third International Dental, Medical and Pharmaceutical Exhibition Africa (IDEA) from December 14 to 16, 2017 in Addis Ababa, UNECA Congress Center.
IDEA aims at bringing the major manufacturers of dental and medical equipment sector in a one place and exhibit their state of the art technology and products.
The annual international exhibition is dedicated to potential start for the cooperation between the international and local dental, medical and pharmaceutical industries and their professionals. The conference is believed to be a platform of business-to-business discussion among importers, manufacturers and researchers on the dentistry.
FRDE Ministry of Industry state minster DR. Mebrheatu Meles noted that the Government of Ethiopia, currently, pays special attention to the pharmaceutical manufacturing and has launched and is implementing a 10 year National Strategy and 5 year Plan of Action for the development of pharmaceutical manufacturing in Ethiopia (NSPA-pharma) that will address the public health priorities and will bring economic development for the country.
Moreover, the Ministry of Industry and Ethiopian Investment Commission are conducting a detailed study on the possibility of creating a ‘Pharma Hub’ by attracting anchor investors from the global pharmaceutical markets.
IDEA official opening summit will be held on December 14, 2017 and will be witnessed by the FRDRE Minister of Industry, FRDRE Minister of Health, the Italian Embassy, and the Ethiopian Associations involved in the dental, medical and pharmaceutical.