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The Minister of Communication and Information Technology in Ethiopia has successfully introduced unified utility billing system. The Ministry has completed 79 per cent of client registration within a month for inclusion in the new billing system. The billing system is aimed at improving utilities billing systems in Ethiopia.

According to Debretsion Gebremichael, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communication and Information Technology, the confusion and long queues created in the initial stage of the system a month ago has now been cleared and solved. Add a comment Add a comment

Ethiopia's inflation rate for food items for the Ethiopian month of Yekatit (February 8th-March 9th) plummeted to a single digit 7.9 per cent. The overall national inflation rate also fall to 10.3 percent for the same period, according to the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), member of the World Bank Group is to cooperate with the Ethiopian Ministry of Trade (MoT) and Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority (ERCA) to help improve the country’s investment and trade environment.

The Ministry of Trade will launch an electronic business licensing and trade registration system shortly, while Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority will consider to revise its laws.

Avaya, a business communications solutions  provider, announced the launch of a business communications solutions company in Ethiopia on March 6, 2013, at the Sheraton Hotel.

At the launching ceremony, Avaya announced its plans of providing its next-generation business collaboration and communications solutions, unified communications, real-time video collaboration, contact centers, networking solutions and related services to companies Ethiopia. The company also has plans to expand its services in other African  countries.