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Du Pont, an American Fortune 100 company, is set to expand and diversify operations in Ethiopia.

The company aims to provide what Ethiopian farmers need by providing selected seeds as its revenue in the region said Jim Borel, Vice President of Du Pont.

The company has meet with Tefera Derbew, Minister of Agriculture and is in the process of enhancing its seed production and conditioning facilities in Ethiopia for maize production explained Borel.

Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag carrier, has won the “The Annual Airline Reliability Performance Award” from Bombardier Aerospace, for the second time in a row.

The airline earned the highest total dispatch reliability to place first overall in the Q-400 product category for the African and Middle Eastern Region.

The award was received by Mesin Tassew, Chief Operating Officer of Ethiopian at the annual Airline Reliability Performance Awards Gala dinner which was held in Florida, USA on the 30th of April.

The Ministry of Trade, Ethiopia awarded exporters of oilseeds, pulses, cereals and spices that registered better performance. The award was given by Kebede Chane, the Minister of Trade.

Ethiopia has secured 461 million US dollars from the sector in the past nine months said Kebede at the award ceremony.

Oilseeds, pulses, cereals and spices exporters need to work in a coordinated manner to enhance the income that the country can get from the sector he noted.

Micro and small enterprises have earned more than 15 million US dollars on the international market in the last nine months according to the Federal Micro and Small Enterprise Development Agency.

A range of exports produced by small enterprises including textiles and handicrafts have been able to meet international standards set by foreign markets said Assefa Ferede, Director of the Public Relations and Communications Directorate with the agency.

All regional bodies are working together to identify and register enterprises that have the capacity to export to the foreign markets while the agency is working towards creating networks with various embassies to promote their products in foreign markets he said.