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Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations announced that Addis would hold The 11th Ethio-Chamber International Trade Fair for Six days starting from November one. The fair which is organized by Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations will be held at Addis Ababa Exhibition Center.

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, is pleased to announce that it will launch services to Moscow, Russia as of December 1, 2018.

With a view to sustaining the ongoing development, the Ethiopian government is set to establish 7,800 small and medium scale manufacturing industries. Metal and wood work, textile and garment, leather and leather products, agro processing, and construction inputs are some of the industries which are planned to be set up by the government.

An irrigation dam project worth 3.8 billion birr was launched yesterday by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The project which is named Rib is situated in South Gondar Zone of Amhara Regional State and has the capacity to hold 234 million cubic meters of water. Rib is expected to develop 20,000 hectares of land and benefit 40,000 farmers. It is also believed that it will protect Lake Tana from alluvial deposits, especially from soils formed in the river valleys.

The project which started with 1.3 billion birr in 2008 has a six year overdue irrespective of the initial plan included finalizing and delivering within four years of time.

Source: Ethiopian News Agency