Dilla Industrial Park Construction Concludes

Jan 9 , 2021


The construction of Dilla Industrial Park, located in Southern Nations, Nationalities & People's Regional State (SNNPR), has been completed. The Park, whose construction commenced two years ago, lies on 20ha of land and consumed 400 million Br. Dilla Industrial Park, which is expected to create thousands of jobs, is ready for investors and associations engaged in coffee processing, animal husbandry, fruit and honey production, according to Birru Wolde, CEO of the region's Industrial Park Development Corporation. The regional Industrial Park Development Corporation is also constructing another park in the region, Yirgachefe Industrial Park, which is reaching its completion. Currently, there are 24 industrial parks in the country; seven of these parks are privately owned, while four are agro-industrial parks developed by regional governments.


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