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The flag carrier of Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Airlines, is showing the Logo of star alliance on all its aircraft. Star Alliance will officially welcome Ethiopian airlines in ceremony to held on December 13 in Addis Ababa.

The ceremony is expected to be attended by executives of the Star Alliance and CEOs from the member airlines.

Ethiopian Airlines will be able to access 21,410 daily flights to 189 countries as part of an existing network consisting of 4382 aircraft, 409,152 employees and 652.24 million passengers per annum and 160.3 billion US dollars in sales revenue.

The 4th Ethiopian Poultry Expo and Animal Tech Show was opened yesterday. It is expected that the Expo will play a role in promoting Ethiopia’s livestock resources to the international market according to Gidey Gebre-Medhin Director General of the Ethiopian Meat and Diary Technology Institute.

The Expo will provide all necessary information to investors interested in the sector explained Gidey.

The newly appointed head of Diageo’s African Regional markets, Ekwunife Okoli will oversee the conclusion the transaction for Ethiopian Meta Abo Breweries.

The company may launch other products into the Ethiopian market after finalizing its takeover of Meta Aba said Okoli.

Ethiopia and Kenya have signed an agreement allowing for cross border public transport between the two countries. Public transport across the borders of the two countries will commence when the road project is finalized according to Diriba Kuma, Minister of Transport.

Ethiopia expects to extend cross border public transport arrangements to include Djibouti and Sudan he explained. The document establishing agreement with North Sudan has been drafted and will be completed in the beginning of the coming year noted Diriba.