The Ghanian pharmaceutical company mPharma has signed an agreement with Ethiopia's Belayab Pharmaceuticals PLC to launch Haltons Pharmacies. Haltons Pharmacies will operate as a franchisee of mPharma.
An increasing number of local investors have shown interest on Ghion. The local investors were seen buying bid documents from Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency starting from last month.
As it to be remembered the agency issued the tender on November 23, 2012, for Ghion hotel with other four government agency.
Nine different companies have bought the bid document for Ghion Hotel, which the starting price set to be 1.7 billion birr according to sources.
The Ethiopian Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency is to lower the indicative price set for Ghion Hotel, Addis Ababa on the basis of recommendations received from external consultants, SAB Management and Development Consultancy according to sources.
The exact amount of the new price was not disclosed by the PPESA although officials confirmed that the indicative price will be lower than it was in the previous tender.
It is to be remembered that the agency had successfully offered a tender for joint venture for the hotel several times before putting it up for full privatization in the last financial year. The indicative price set at the time was not based on current research but extrapolations on the basis of research conducted at the time the hotel was being offered for joint ownership according to Wondafrash Assefa, Head of Public Relations with the PPESA.
The bid tendered by the Ethiopian Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervising Agency for Ghion Hotel is expected to attract many investors.
The bid for Ghion will open on August 9th 2012 according to Wendafrash Assefa, Head of Public Relations with the EPPESA.
The auction to privatize the hotel has attracted several investors and more are expected until the final day of the bid said Wendafrash.
Ghion Hotel, Ethiopia is up for sale after a bid to attract joint venture investors issued by the Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervisory Agency failed to attract interest.
PPESA will also be revising the estimated minimum price set for the hotel according to Wendafrash Assefa, Head of Public Relations with the agency.
The Ghion hotel has been up for joint investment with the government for some years but the deals that have been arranged failed a couple of times.
