Overview
KAKI PLC, in Ethiopia, was initially set up as a single business entity in 1997 engaging in freight transport sector as a sole proprietor owned by Mr. Kahsay Kidanu, now a major Shareholder of KAKI PLC. Later, it was incorporated as a plc in 2003 by Ethiopian family shareholders with a registered capital of ETB 13 Million. Since its establishment the company has been making continuous growth and expansion by engaging in diversified business.
Currently, KAKI is providing high quality products that are mainly tailored to import and export trading, manufacturing of dry land cargo bodies and parts, sesame, and cereal cleaning services, and dry Cargo transport services in Ethiopia.
Vision
To become the best importer, exporter and automotive engineering company in East Africa by 2025.
Mission
To provide brand new vehicles and spare parts, locally manufactured dry cargo body, heavy truck trailer fabrication dry land freight service and parts, assembled vehicles with the motto of quality customer service, and, export best quality organic coffee, sesame, pulses, grains and other oil seeds and thereby promote Ethiopian products in the international markets by establishing a partnership with our clients to understand, agree and meet their changing business requirements through our competent workforce and managerial skills.
Core Value and Principles
- Creating satisfied customers: Our primary responsibility is to our customers and forwards impeccable services and quality products at competitive prices with professional competence and integrity.
- Investing in people: We would be investing in our people in professional development, motivating talent, creating diversity in a team, appreciating effort and rewarding results.
- Reputation and good will: being legally responsible and long lasting relationship with stakeholders.
- Driving the market: Through frequent innovation, creating products with unique selling points and approaches in marketing our products through entertaining promotions.
- Open and transparent management style: We strive to create an empowered management and workforce with a high sense of ownership.
- Learning organization: we are open to accept new ideas since we believe in that there is always better way of doing things. We value most opinion of our customers since they are critical to our success.
- Environmental friendly: we care for the society welfare while doing our business.
Turnover Growth
The company has been showing a notable growth for the last years in terms of sales volume, profit, magnitude of business, capital and human resource. Thus, its total capital, asset, annual revenue, net profit and number of employees has reached ETB 343 Million , 525 Million, 879 Million, 37 Million and 202 respectively, ended of June 30, 2015.
Tax Payment Status
The company has paid a total of ETB 850 Million tax for the last 5 years.
Other Investment
The company is a shareholder of 8 Banks namely: Co-operative Bank of Oromia, Zemen Bank, Enat Bank, Berhan International Bank, Buna Bank, Abay Bank, Addis International Bank and debub global Bank. In addition to these Banks it has been working as partner with Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Dashen Bank, Lion Bank, Nib Bank, Wegagen Bank, Abyssinia Bank, Awash International Bank, United Bank and Oromia International Bank. It is also share holder of East west transport and Aleltu Dairy Farming companies.
Office and Other Facilities
- Head office: Four story building located around Megenagna-Gerji at Bole sub city with full office facility and sesame and cereal cleaning and processing plant and warehouses;
- Sales office: located in Legahar area at Tewolde building first floor;
- Legahar branch: located in Legahar area with facility of bonded ware houses, spar part warehouse, Dry cargo fabrication and after sales workshops;
- Alemgena branch: Car assembly and metal manufacturing plant having sales office, manufacturing shops, warehouse and after sales service is under construction.
- Kality branch: located at Akaki kality sub city with full facility of spare part and vehicle sales office and show rooms;
- Humera branch: located in Northern region of the country with full facility of sesame cleaning plant and warehouses.
- Offices abroad: We at Kaki have office and vehicle storage yard in Djibouti.
- Branch offices: We are accessible in 17 major towns and has 5 branch offices at regional cities: Mekele, Hawasa, Diredawa, Bahir dar and Adama.