Ethiopia
There appears to be some confusion arising from the documents in the WCPS Archives.
Firstly there is a document dated August 15th 1988
"proclaiming the formation of the Ethiopian Chapter of WCPS at a formal ceremony held at the National Management Development Center, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia on August 13th 1988 in the presence of Dr Krish Pennathur, Meber, International Advisory Committee of the WCPS and Capt. Ayele Haile, Chief executive of the Ethiopian Management Institute and officials of the EMI."
In the WCPS archive is a report produced - nominally for the 7th World Congress in Kuala Lumpur (1990) - by Asheber Aberra and Iyob Tesfu on behalf of the Ethiopian Management Institute entitled: "Productivity Movements in The industrial and State Farm Sectors" which asks for support from WAPS.
However, there is later correspondence between Tor Dahl (as President of WCPS in 1990 when his letter was written) and Wobayehu Tafesse, Co-ordinator of Foreign and Internal Relations with the EMI about establishing a Chapter of the WCPS in Ethiopia.
The next correspondence - from Brita Borge in June 1993 - congratulates Alemayehu Gesese, General Manager of the EMI on being co-ordinator of the Ethiopian Chapter.
The Certificate recognising the Chapter was finally issued in June 1995.
Subsequent contacts at the Ethiopian Management Institute, include
Bezabeh Bekele and Aster Abraham.
In August 1997, Bezabeh Bekele (as Assistant General Manager) wrote to Brita Borge with details of the new General Manager of the EMI - and therefore Chapter Co-ordinator: Mr. Afework Gima.
In 1996, WCPS records show Mrs. Aster Abraham having taken over as General Manager of the EMI and as Co-ordinator of the Chapter.
