Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is going to get road address sign posts, house number and block plates that are worth over 34 million Birr. The city’s Integrated Land Information Centre concluded an agreement with Hibret Manufacturing and Machinery Construction Industry of Metals Engineering and Corporation for the effect of producing, transporting and erecting the said materials. The contract conclusion was done on Wednesday, March 11, 2015.

During the ceremony, Centre Director General Sahle Fersha said such modern address systems are crucial to make the capital city an ideal for it is a diplomatic hub of the nation, the continent and ecotourism city. The system would as well facilitate modern services such as land ownership registration, fire emergency, ambulance, postal delivery, election and census, among others,” he furthered.

According to the director general the service will be applied soon in the ten woredas in all the ten sub cities.

Mesfin Siyoum, the Industry’s Deputy General Manager, on his part said the company will work effectively in order to finish in three months, which is the due date.

Source: Ethiopian Herald