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The Ethiopian Maritime Authority (EMA) has officially granted licenses to five new multimodal transport operators (MTOs), marking a major shift in the country’s logistics sector. This move comes one year after the government ended Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics’ (ESL) 15-year monopoly, allowing new players into the market.

Preparations are in full swing for the INVEST ETHIOPIA 2025 High-Level Business Forum, set to take place on May 12-13, 2025, at the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel in Addis Ababa. The event, jointly organized by government institutions, the private sector, and development partners, is expected to draw over 1,000 global participants, according to the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance.

Ethiopia’s dairy sector has experienced growth through the “Bounty of the Basket” (Yelemat Tirufat) initiative, nearly doubling milk production to 12 billion liters in three years, the Ministry of Agriculture reported. The number of crossbred cattle has also increased eightfold.

African Farming Industries has announced a USD 2 million investment in the Bole-Limi Industrial Park Special Economic Zone to cultivate and export strawberries and saffron.

The Ethio-Djibouti Railway Standard Gauge Share Company (EDR) has officially entered Ethiopia’s competitive logistics sector after securing a Multimodal Transport Operation (MTO) license from the Ethiopian Maritime Authority (EMA).

The South West Ethiopia Peoples’ Regional State's Mining and Energy Development Agency has revoked the licenses of 32 gold mining producers in the region during the current fiscal year. The decision follows a monitoring and inspection process that identified poor performance among several licensed operators.

The Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics (ESL) has officially launched the re-construction of the Kality Dry Port and Terminal following the signing of an agreement with the Ethiopian Engineering Corporation. The agreement was signed by ESL CEO Beriso Amelo (PhD) and Ethiopian Engineering Corporation CEO Shimelis Eshetu.

Here is the daily commodity trade data from Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for items traded on 06 March 2025.

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has announced that it has generated more than USD 61 million from the sale of electricity to neighboring countries over the past six months while undertaking infrastructure upgrades to enhance power supply reliability.

The Oromia Regional State Industrial Parks Development Corporation has announced that 10 investors will begin production at the Bulbula Integrated Agro Industrial Park by the end of the fiscal year.