Institutions Join Hands for Service Efficiency

Jan 4 , 2020


Sixteen public institutions and private organisations signed an agreement to launch a single-window electronics service provision to facilitate business activities. The Ministries of Revenues, Trade & Industry, Agriculture, Science & Innovation, Transport, and Mining & Petroleum are among the public institutions that signed an agreement to launch the service. The National Bank of Ethiopia, the Customs Commission, the Ethiopian Investment Commission and the Information Network & Security Agency are also among the signatories. While these institutions used to give services separately, now all the services will be provided at one location. The system is expected to reduce the 44 days the service had been previously taking to three. The agreement is also expected to facilitate services to the business community.


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