Yesuf Ademnur (right), secretary-general of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations, and Genet Abegaz, owner and manager of Abka Leather, signed a financial support agreement as part of the Greening Ethiopian Manufacturing (GEM) project. Held at the Radisson Blu Hotel last week, the 40-month project was launched to improve the viability of the "green market" in the manufacturing industry by the European Union. The agreement was signed to support 11 textile, leather and handcraft micro and small-scale manufacturing enterprises, including Abka.