Ethiopian regional officials are demanding that foreign cement producers including Dangote Cement Plc hand control of some parts of their businesses to groups of unemployed youths. Pumice is an additive used in cement manufacturing and its extraction is overseen by local bureaucrats, rather than Ethiopia’s central government. Dangote Cement was among several businesses attacked during the unrest, which caused foreign investment to slump. Oromia has 1.2 million unemployed youth, according to the Addis Ababa-based Walta Information Center news service, which cited a local youth affairs office. The disruptions haven’t forced Dangote to stop output, CEO Onne van der Weijde said in an interview.

Source: Ethiopian News March 20, 2017 05:07 UTC