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Deputy Managing Director and Foundry and Hydraulic Villages Director. • There was construction of another gas terminal in Cote d’Ivoire
The AMSCO Managers’ assignments were to define the policy and
strategic direction of the company, identify new markets and to implement
engineering and quality control among others. They were also expected
to lead and contribute to training and development programmes and
effectively train successors to take over their responsibilities at the end of
their contracts. • Expansion within the sub-region of Africa with the opening of a branch
in Congo
Through the support of the African Training and Management Services
(ATMS) Foundation - a foundation that provides support on behalf of
donor agencies to qualifying Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
in the AMSCO portfolio - GEMA’s training costs were subsidised with
US$43,978.
Integrating management and skilling solutions with financial and
continuous advisory aided the success required.
The team of managers set up an industrial construction unit in Cote
d’Ivoire offering professional and technical services to the agro-industrial,
logistics, oil, gas and mining sectors, which are pillars of the national
economy.
Following a general decline in business due to the 2011 post-election
war, the managers embarked on a drive to expand GEMA’s activities
at national, sub-regional and international levels, including the Congo
Brazzaville.
Development impact emanating from balancing human and financial
impact resulted in the following:
• GEMA won international tenders in Congo Brazzaville to build 2 gas
terminals in the country
• Delattre Levivier Morocco, a leader in heavy metal construction in
Morocco has acquired 51% of the shares of GEMA and by this will
bring its expertise to GEMA Construct and facilitate the company
expansion plan
• 12 Ivorian youth were recruited under the World Bank programme
• Several training programmes were implemented and have resulted in the
improvement and development of staff skills
• Under the President’s Emergency Programme for the rehabilitation of
1,045 village wells in Cote d’Ivoire, five staff from GEMA were designated
and trained in order to ensure the rehabilitation and supply of parts to the
programme. The project was successfully achieved
Over the years, considerable strategic and technical contributions have
been made to guarantee GEMA’s business success. AMSCO is confident
that GEMA Construct will continue to register further growth and success.
AMSCO’s integrated service offerings of Recruitment, Expatriate
Management, Training & Development and Development & Advisory
Solutions enable systemic growth of sub-Saharan Africa businesses in
multiple sectors.
AMSCO works to identify human capital bottlenecks to enterprise and
industry growth with the ultimate goal of assisting companies to be
globally competitive, profitable and sustainable. The AMSCO footprint
covers Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone countries. Q