East African Cables Limited

Our Company

East African Cables is a premier cable manufacturer, with a footprint that spreads across East and Central Africa. The company has four manufacturing facilities; two in Nairobi, Kenya, one in Dar es Salaam Tanzania and one in Eastern DRC. In addition, EAC is present in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Sudan and Ethiopia, through a distribution network.

Products Overview

EAC manufactures an extensive range of cables for applications in domestic and Industrial lighting, as well as transmission and distribution of electricity. The company also offers Data, Telecommunication and Fiber Optic solutions with requisite accessories.

Product portfolio includes;

§ Copper electrical cables and conductors for domestic as well as industrial applications - PVC and XLPE based products.

§ Aluminum conductors and cables used for power distribution and transmission over national gridlines - AAC, ACSR and ABC Products.

§ Telecommunication and data cables;

o LAN cables

o Fiber optic cables

o Related accessories.
Achievements

In keeping with the commitment to world-class standards, EA Cables has recently commissioned a new manufacturing plant in Kenya. The plant has been optimized to meet specific quality standards and is benchmarked against the best cables manufacturing facilities in the World.

In addition, EA Cables has consistently maintained internationally accredited Quality Management Systems, currently based on the ISO 9001:2008 standard. The certification was first awarded in 2003. The products have also been certified by Kenya Bureau of Standards and have attained the KEBS diamond mark of quality
Business Performance

As a business, EA Cables has consistently managed to post record returns and maximum value for its investors. Last year, the sales revenue grew to Kshs 3.6 billion (USD 45 million). To this end, EA Cables shall continue to deliver its promise - "Connecting Lives" within the region and beyond by providing Safe, Reliable and Economical cabling solutions.

The People

From humble beginning in 1966, the workforce has steadily grown through the years. EA Cables continuously enhances its human resource talent through; engagement of key skills and staff training both at local and international level.

Quality Assurance

EA Cables is committed to maintaining superior quality standards (KEBS & TBS) and maintains British Standard manufacturing processes. The company improves its operations through adherence to ISO 9001:2008 quality management system as well as IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission).

Capacity Enhancement

EA Cables is committed to enhancing capacity to meet the dynamic customer needs, in this regard, specific capacity enhancement programs such facility upgrades remain key.


Our Vision & Mission

Our Vision

To be the leading and preferred provider of cabling solutions.

Our Mission

To be a dynamic company committed to exceeding customer expectations and increasing our market share through the provision of high quality products and services.
Our Core Values

    Employees and customer safety comes first.
    Being ethical and acting with respect, integrity, fairness and care in our dealings with all our partners.
    Pride in what we do and continuosly pursuing maximum productivity in a safe environment.
    Getting it right the first time and consistently pursuing excellence.
    Freedom with responsibility and accountability in all we do.

Our Board of Directors
   
Mr. Zephaniah G. Mbugua – Chairman

Zephaniah Mbugua is a graduate of Makerere University where he attained his Bsc. He is currently the CEO of Abcon Group of Companies whose principal business is supply of industrial raw materials. He was appointed a Director of the EAC Board in March 2004. He holds directorships in several other companies.

Mr. George Mwangi - Chief Executive Officer

George Mwangi is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the ICPAK. He is also a Certified Public Secretary and holds a bachelor's degree in International Business Administration. He has substantial experience in the industry, having worked with the Company for over 12 years at senior levels.

Mr. Bruno Thomas

Consultant, Bruno Thomas, formerly of the Nexans Group, has a wealth of experience in the energy sector having been, the executive vice president of Nexans Group for the rest of World Area. In addition he was previously President of the Energy Cables Division, President of the board of Alcatel Kabel KG and Director of Industrial strategy.

   
Mr. Peter Kanyago

Mr. Kanyago is a fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya, member of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya and holds an MBA in Industrial Management. As an entrepreneur, he holds directorships in companies he has built, including East African Courier Ltd and East Africa Elevator Company (ThyssenKrupp). He is the Chairman of Ecobank Kenya Ltd and Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Ltd, and holds directorships at Kenya Tea Packers (KETEPA), Corporate Insurance Company Ltd and East African Cables Ltd. His contribution to the nations has been recognized in his being awarded the Moran of the order of the Burning Spear (MBS) and Elder of the order of the Burning Spear (EBS) of the Republic of Kenya. He is a fellow of Kenya Institute of Management (KIM).

   
Mr. Michael G. Waweru

Michael Waweru is a graduate of University of Nairobi where he attained his Bachelor of Commerce Honors Degree. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Accountants (FCCA), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (FCPA) and a member of the Institute of Directors and Certified Trainer on Corporate Governance. Mr. Waweru was awarded the Chief of the order of Burning Spear CBS, by H.E The President of Kenya, due to his work in the revenue administration. He was the Commissioner General – Kenya Revenue Authority from 2003 – 2012.

Ambassador Dennis Awori

Amb. Dennis Awori earned his BSC with Honors degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Manchester in 1977. He began his career with Cooper Motor Corporation Ltd, and later moved to Motor Mart Group (later Lonrho Motors East Africa) where he rose to the position of Managing Director in 1995. He was later appointed the Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to Japan and during his tenure he spearheaded the establishment of the Kenyan Embassy in Korea, as well as built strong relations between Kenya and the two countries. He currently sits in a number of boards including Toyota Kenya Limited where he is the Chairman, Bank of Africa and Kenya Airways. Amb. Awori is a keen sportsman and has been Chairman of both the Kenya Rugby Football Union and the Uganda Rugby Football Union in consecutive terms between 1990 and 1997.

   
Dr. Gachao Kiuna

Gachao Kiuna joined the Trans-Century group from Mckinsey & Company in Johannesburg, where he was involved in advising corporate clients in emerging markets on corporate finance, strategy, operational excellence and organizational effectiveness. At Mckinsey he focused on economic development (e.g country strategy) and electric power (particularly generation). He was also the principle consultant that led the Mckinsey assignment to develop the Vision 2030 project for the Government of Kenya. Gachao holds a PHD from the University of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College in the UK and also holds a first Class Honors BSc degree from Imperial College, London in Biochemistry.

   
Virginia Ndunge

Virginia Ndunge is a Certified Public Secretary and a member of the ICPSK. She holds a Bcom. Degree in Finance and Dip. In Project Management. She has substantial experience in Company Secretarial having worked with Emu Registrars, Certified Public Secretaries (where she is the proprietor) for over 13 years.


Corporate Social Responsibility

As a dynamic company committed to exceeding our customer expectations and taking the lead in the marketing of high quality products and services in the sub Sahara region, East African Cables Ltd continues to reinforce our processes, systems and operations to ensure we remain a socially responsible organization.

Our CSR is pegged on our strong belief that our employees and customer safety comes first. We also strive to ensure that we maintain high ethical standards as we take practical steps to ensure that we mitigate potential adverse effects from our commercial or environmental aspects of operations.

We take pride in sharing the society's general concerns by facilitating positive social development amongst the regions in which we operate and derive our income.

In the year under review, we set off by having health awareness drives for our employees. We had a free medical check-up for all our staff conducted by medical insurance services provider AAR.

We also continued with our efforts to increase awareness on HIV/Aids and Breast Cancer by organizing a series of workshops for the staff.

As part of team building efforts, we organized an event dubbed, "The Navigator" where all our employees spent half-a-day in challenging their physical and mental activities. In line with our belief that freedom comes with responsibility in all what we do, the staff had the opportunity to mingle freely during this informal session.

The company also entered into a number of contracts with the Directorate of Industrial Training to offer apprenticeship to students in order to learn their occupations and gain practical experience. This will help the students acquire relevant practical skills and equip them in order to build a meaningful career in the future.

We are constantly pursuing excellence by actively engaging in training programmes for a number of urban and rural based electrical technicians.

We have also taken it upon ourselves to raise the public awareness levels on the negative impact of using fake, counterfeit and substandard cables.


Message from the CEO


Welcome to the virtual home of the East African Cables Group.

As part of our commitment to enhance our corporate communications and customer relations service, the virtual home of the East African Cables Group has recently received a facelift. This facelift features a new easy to navigate design and provides an interactive platform to engage with all our stakeholders online.

From the heart of Sub Sahara Africa, East African Cables Group has for more than four decades now maintained a heritage for the production of quality cables and conductors. We have tremendously expanded our production capacity to cover the full range of aluminium and copper cables and conductors.

As a manufacturing group firmly anchored on world class benchmarks and with production facilities in Kenya and Tanzania, the East African Cables Group is today a total cabling solutions provider. We pride ourselves at being in a coveted position to manufacture and supply a broad spectrum of cables and conductors in a number of African countries.

Our range of products effectively helps, in connecting lives via quality cables for just about any type of electrical or telecommunication application. We have also established mutually beneficial alliances with global peers to enable us provide specialized cables such as data and fibre optic cables.

Such alliances also help us deliver world-class electrical accessories to complement our manufactured range as part of our commitment to provide value for our customers.

To find out more about us, please surf through the pages. We also welcome all your online queries while thanking you for your continued support!

George Mwangi
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER



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