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The Indian company Akshay Jay Oil, which produces avocado oil at Jimma Industrial Park, is increasing its investment by building a facility to create solid and liquid compost from waste materials. New investors will use the factory, which should be finished in five months, to save the environment.

Oromia Investment and Trade Bureau plans to increase the number of agro-processing industries in the region. Bureau Head Ahmed Idris made the announcement while signing an agreement with local investors to launch 11 projects in the Bulbula Agro-Processing Industrial Park.

Ethio Engineering Group (EEG) and YTO-CAMAC have signed a memorandum of understanding to construct a tractor factory in Ethiopia. The factory is expected to be completed in 11 months and will be capable of producing 50 tractors per day, or over 10,000 tractors annually.

The Belayneh Kinde Group has commenced the assembly of electric vehicles at its plant in Debre Berhan city. The factory has started producing electric minibuses, light buses, and city buses, according to the group's Director of Communications.

The Busan Economic Promotion Agency (BEPA) Footwear Industrial Promotion Center has announced its intention to launch a footwear production capacity-building project in Ethiopia. The project, which will be funded with a USD 10 million grant from the Republic of Korea Official Development Assistance (ODA), aims to enhance the competitiveness of Ethiopia's leather and leather products industry, particularly the footwear sector. The project will begin in 2023 and continue until 2027, providing the necessary training and assistance to local footwear producers and officials to improve their productivity and effectiveness.