HETRIIL – Higher Education, TVET & Research Industry Innovation Linkage System

Industry Information

Industry Type: Manufacturing Industry
Branch: East Branch Linkage Coordination Office (ምስራቅ ቅርንጫፍ የትስስር ማስተባበሪያ ጽ/ቤት): Haramaya University
Established: N/A
Region: harari
Email: adememekonnen2018@gmail.com
Phone: 0911278040

Adu Flour Factory . is located in Harar City in the eastern part of the country which is around 510 kms from Addis Ababa. The company started its operation in 2011 EC and it is one of the most modern food processing plants in Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia. Adu Flour Factory, commending their contributions to the region’s economic growth. He noted that the factory is playing a vital role in supporting corridor development and urban improvement projects in Harar and surrounding areas. Adu Flour Factory, meanwhile, is helping to strengthen food security by producing wheat and wheat bran flour and ensuring affordable access for the community through wholesale and retail channels. In Harari region a symbolic indicator in growing industrial and agricultural enterprises as practical models for Ethiopia’s broader national development, in the city and the surrounding.

Wheat four and wheat bran

Company Profile

Sector: Manufacturing
Company Size: Medium
Nearby City: —
Nearby University / TVET: Haramaya University
Contact Person: Adem Mekonnen
Technology Status: Semi-automated

Academia–Industry Partnership

Linkage: Yes
HETRIIL Plan: Yes
Internship Capacity: Automotive=5; chemical=2; food processing 2
Externship Capacity: Flour quality standard and control, flour production processing;
Cooperative Training Capacity: 7
Linkage Achievements: Awareness creation in factory management not specific.

Industry Demand

Externship Demand: Professional education on quality control and machine operation
Cooperative Training Demand: product Quality control training assisted by Laboratory
Technology Gap: Loader
Joint Applied Research: On Raw material shortage and quality production/ supplies for sustainable availability of flour and wheat bran production
Consultancy Demand: On Raw material shortage and quality production solution for sustainable availability of flour and wheat bran production
Priority Collaboration Theme: Strategy on business field and how to solve the raw material shortages and quality at the primary grain production level

The factory need to solve raw materials shortage and quality through partnership with stakeholders such as different contract farming/ cooperatives signing MOU on the product quality and quantity required for its effectiveness