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Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced an agreement to double wire harness production at Ethiopian Airlines’ Wire Harness Facility.

The Wire Harness Facility, based in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, opened in 2009 and currently supplies seat-to-seat wire harnesses for all Boeing commercial airplane programs. Following today’s announcement Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines will place additional work at the facility, which will double its output by the end of 2014. With support from Boeing, Ethiopian will manufacture more varied and complex wire harnesses, expanding its value as an aerospace supplier.

Allana Potash Corp. (TSX: AAA)(OTCQX: ALLRF) ("Allana" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the issue of its Mining Licence for the Danakhil Potash Project (the "Project") by the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines, after receiving approval of the Ethiopian Council of Ministers.

"Allana is proud to have achieved this major milestone in the development of the Project and very much appreciates the extensive work done by Ethiopian government staff and Allana's consultants and employees in reaching this goal", said Allana President and CEO, Farhad Abasov, further noting that, "Allana is now positioned as one of the leading mining companies in Ethiopia and is committed to working with the Ethiopian government, our communities, investors, lenders and contractors to deliver on the significant potential of Ethiopia's potash resources."

Sidel, the international supplier of liquid packaging solutions to the drinks industry, has won another contract with Moha Soft Drinks industry S.C., operating in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The turnkey project involves installing the entire production line for Moha’s new Greenfield site in one of Ethiopia's principal economic and educational centres in the north of the country.

The plant at Mekele, the capital city of the Regional Government of Tigraye, is continuing the success achieved by Moha at its other plants. The new plant, sited around 780 kilometres north of the capital Addis Ababa, is where the Pepsi bottler aims to meet the rising demand with the new Sidel line for carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and water. Previously, supply to the region had necessitated the trucking of products from Addis Ababa. The new line will be mostly producing carbonated soft drinks at a rate of 36,000 returnable glass bottles (RGB) per hour.

An Ethiopian business delegation is attending a business forum organized by the American Corporate Council, in the United States.

The delegation consists of a number of both private companies and public enterprises and government officials.