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New Brewery Joins Market

Mar 30 , 2019

Kangaroo Plast Plc, in partnership with Mauritius-based United Africa Breweries, has launched a new brewery with a capacity of 1.6 million hectolitres a year. The plant has an investment of 88 million dollars and will be operational in a month. “Our family had to work hard to make this dream a reality,” said Ephrem Yirga, chairman of the board of Kangaroo Plast. “The economic growth in the country and the good investment climate has enabled us to be successful.” Kangaroo Industrial Group is a family-run business founded by Yirga Haile and involved in real estate, manufacturing, agriculture and commerce.

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Digital Heights for Coop Bank, Profits Dip

The Cooperative Bank of Oromia (CBO) announced that a total transaction volume of 1.36 trillion Br was made through 489.5 million transactions on its digital platform, Coopay E-Birr. Fuel payment transactions alone reached 1.15 billion Br across 105,500 transactions. The platform added 8,959 agents, 32,840 merchants, and 3.85 million new subscribers in the year. However, at 2.51 billion Br, the Bank's gross profit before tax declined by 26pc from last year's 3.39 billion Br. Board Chai...

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AI-Powered, Sharia-compliant Digital Financing for MSMEs, Consumers Debuts

ZamZam Bank, in partnership with Kifiya Financial Technology, has launched a Sharia-compliant digital financing service, "Ansar Digital Financing". The service, which the Bank asserts is Ethiopia's first, aims to transform access to financial services for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), particularly women and informal sector workers. The announcement was made during a formal launch event held at the Haile Grand Hotel last week. Melika Bedri, president of ZamZam Bank, stated that...

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Local, International Firms Cooperate to Bridge Skill Mismatch

In a bid to address the pervasive skill mismatch, Geez Education & Training Plc (GET) has allied with International financial and management institutions to bridge the gap. Three international institutions, the Global Academy of Finance & Management (GAFM), the American Academy of Project Management (AAPM), and California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), have entered into a cooperation with GET at an event held last week at Skylight Hotel. Officials believe the move will con...

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