Total Cements New Partnerships

May 26 , 2021


Total Ethiopia has launched new partnerships with the seven-decade-old Tomoca Coffee Plc and Sefa & Family Plc, a tyre services provider with over a decade of experience. Total Ethiopia has inaugurated integrated services at its stations in the Kera Bulgaria are and in Mesqel Square, where customers can now enjoy a cup of Tomoca coffee or get their tyres serviced by Sefa & Family. "These partnerships are one of many others to come soon to innovate with new services in our stations all over Ethiopia, and also to renovate our shops in the city of Addis,” said Thibault Lesueur, managing director of the company. Total Ethiopia operates over 160 service stations and five depots across the country.


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