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Aug 10 , 2019

Vital Events Registration Lags Behind: Study

A study conducted on the performance of the Immigration, Nationality & Vital Events Agency has found birth, death and marriage certificates in the country are issued by churches, hospitals and mun...

Aug 10 , 2019

Commodity Transaction Hits 2.9b Br

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) traded 2.9 billion Br worth of commodities in July 2019. Coffee took top billing in volume and value, followed by sesame, soya beans and white pea beans. E...

Aug 10 , 2019

Ethio-Djibouti Railway Generates $20m

Ethio-Djibouti Railway has secured 20.4 million dollars in revenue from its freighter and passenger train services over the past eight months. The freighter earned revenues of 19.9 million Br, whil...

Aug 10 , 2019

Ethiopia Formulates Entrepreneurship Strategy

The Ministry of Trade & Industry, with the support of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), has formulated a National Entrepreneurship Strategy. The Strategy aims to d...

Aug 10 , 2019

Industry Parks Generate $142m

The eight operational industrial parks in the country generated 142 million dollars from exports in the just-ended fiscal year, showing a 50pc increase from the preceding year. The manufacturing se...

Aug 10 , 2019

Corporation Moves Laboratory

Ethiopian Mineral, Petroleum, & Biofuel Corporation inaugurated its Central Mineral Analysis Laboratory & Gemstone Workshop, which taste and analyse mineral samples. The Corporation tasked...

Aug 3 , 2019

OUTDOOR CAFE

This open air cafe located next to the railway power station in Mexico Square serves coffee, tea and light snacks at affordable prices for customers waiting for the train, as well as the many construc...

Aug 3 , 2019

POINTING TO NOWHERE

This road sign near Edna Mall is half-buried in debris, blocking the sidewalk entirely and the road partially, forcing pedestrians to compete with cars for the little space that is left. Most constr...

Aug 3 , 2019

SILVER?

Haile G.Sellasie (left to right), renowned athlete and buisnessman, received a silver cup from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at the National Palace on July 27, 2019, at an awards ceremony organised...

Aug 3 , 2019

Electro Mecce Exports Machinery to Somaliland

Electro Mecce Engineering Service for the first time exported six animal feed machines to Welthungerhilfe, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Hargeisa, Somaliland on July 23, 2019. Electro Me...

Aug 3 , 2019

Ethiopia Joins Renewable Energy Project

Ethiopia has partnered with Sri-Lanka and China in the Trilateral South-South Cooperation that will focus on enhancing access to renewable energy at a cost of 2 million dollars. The project seeks t...

Aug 3 , 2019

Parliament Legislates Land Compensation Bill

In its emergency meeting, the parliament has approved a proclamation that privileges property owners relocated from their land for investment purposes to own shares in the investment project. Draft...

Aug 3 , 2019

Export Revenues Slump

Ethiopia's earnings from exports in the current fiscal year stood at 2.67 billion dollars, a 5.98pc decline from the previous year. This was well below its target of 4.32 billion dollars. Politi...

Aug 3 , 2019

Banking Industry Allows Diaspora Investors

Lawmakers legislated a proclamation that allows Ethiopian natives of foreign nationalities to invest in the banking sector. The bill was legislated last week during the emergency parliamentary sess...

Aug 3 , 2019

City Issues 59,416 Trade Licenses

Addis Abeba Trade & Industry Bureau has granted 59,416 trade licenses of the planed 64,567 in the past fiscal year, meeting 92pc of its target. During the reporting period, the Bureau also rene...

Aug 3 , 2019

Bottlers Association Gets New Executives

Ethiopian Bottled Water, Soft drink, Fruit & Vegetable Processing Manufacturing Industries Association in its general assembly on August 1, 2019, elected Getenet Belay, manager of Aqua Addis bottl...

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