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The England based consumer products manufacturer, Unilever, has opened its factory in Ethiopia. The factory is said to be located in Easter Industry Zone, Dukem.

Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, will receive its first bike taxi service by next month. Such was disclosed by the city’s transport coordination office.

Ministry of Trade (MoT) disclosed Ethiopia might reach a record high volume of annual coffee export by the end of the current fiscal year. During the past 11 month Ethiopia exported 174,000 tons of coffee, which is 96 percent of the intended 180,000 tons.

Ethiopia has signed an agreement with African Road Maintenance Fund Association (ARMFA) enabling the later to open a regional office in Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia’s flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, disclosed it will start to fly to New York from Enugu, Nigeria, 3 days a week.

2,415 small and micro enterprises (SMEs) found in Ethiopia are to be awarded by the Federal Job Opportunity and Urban Food Security Agency.

Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) disclosed it will inaugurate roads it built at an outlay of over 10 million Birr. The roads are found in states of Amhara and Oromia and they will be inaugurated this week.

The Chinese electric company, Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited (DECL), concluded an agreement with Ethiopian Electric Power Utility (EEPU) for the development of wind farm in Aisha area of Somali State, Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) CEO, Getachew Betru (Dr. Engineer) disclosed the Sebeta-Mieso-Dewele railway line will commence operation by September 2016. According to him the railway that will ultimately link Ethiopia with Djibouti is now 95 percent complete.

Ethiopia’s flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines is set to order 10 to 15 regional jets that will deploy on short haul flights.