1998
With the opening of the Sheraton Addis in February 1998, Novis substantially contributed in helping with the arise of the hotel by supplying them with food and beverages of all types, obviously with the great help and support of the Sheraton management.
In 1999 Novis opened the first whole sale in Ethiopia, and called it 3C (cash and carry center). The warehouse offered good prices for quality goods in bulk, with consistency that was not available anywhere elseEven though many other supermarkets were opened between these times, none could ever compete with the quality items sold at Novis. Now, almost all supermarkets in Addis buy supplies from Novis. Visit any supermarket and you can see that if not all, most of their products for sale on their shelves are imported by Novis. 

2002
At the end of 2002 Novis ventured into something new and started importing all cleaning materials for hotels, and is now proudly the sole distributor and representative of Ecolab. Not only, but we are now specializing in marble cleaning, and have been very successful in this new adventure.

Novis has ventured down another new road. At the new Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, we opened two stores. One shop sells international souvenirs that come from all parts of Africa. The second, smaller, elegant shop sells silver from all parts of the world: ranging from Italy, Nepal and obviously Ethiopia.

Novis has a fleet of five trucks that deliver goods in the entire town, and within a one hundred-kilometer radius, as well as two refrigerated trucks that bring our goods directly from Djibouti.  One of our trucks goes every day to handpick fresh vegetables in Debrezeit, guaranteeing freshness and quality of vegetables for the clients.

Novis is now one of the biggest import companies in Ethiopia, employing more than 150 people. Novis’s success has the perfect balance between price and quality. Even though many try to imitate Novis, no one has ever been able to come close to the seriousness, consistency and quality that we have.