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A national stakeholder forum on the Warehouse Receipt System was held today, highlighting the system’s potential to transform Ethiopia’s agricultural economy, improve access to finance, and strengthen market stability.

The Institute of Ethiopian Standards (IES) has launched IES Verifier, a digital application designed to verify standard marks and support product quality assurance.

The Addis International Convention Center Share Company (AICC) has approved a second-phase expansion project valued at Birr 7.537 billion, less than a year after inaugurating its first phase in February 2025.

Several coffee companies and commodity traders are launching a new satellite based system to track deforestation linked to coffee cultivation around the world, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by JDE Peet’s, one of the companies involved in the initiative.