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Ethiopia is said to host two major international conferences in the first two months of 2016, Ethiopian News Agency reported.

Vitol Group, a multinational energy and commodities trading company, has won the tender floated by the Ethiopian Petroleum Supply Enterprise (EPSE) for the supply of fuel to Ethiopia in 2016, according to The Reporter.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has inked a deal with Alemgenet Trade and Industry PLC to open Four Points by Sheraton in Addis Ababa. Four Points by Sheraton- a mid- scale brand- spearheads Starwood’s growth in the mid-market segment in Africa.

National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) will launch implementing check standardization system as of January 1, 2016, Capital reported.

The construction of Zarima-Mayday Dam has reached 42 percent, Welkayit Sugar Development Project Office disclosed.

China seeks to boost cooperation with Ethiopia in infrastructure development and transportation sector, Chinese vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming said on Tuesday December 29, 2015.

The Public Procurement and Property Disposal Services (PPPDS) has inked a deal worth 343 million Birr with 15 local companies for the procurement of stationery, toners and sanitary equipment for the federal offices, according to Capital.

Toronto and Addis Ababa, December 29, 2015 – Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Addis Ababa-based Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise (Ethiopian Airlines) announced today that they have signed a firm purchase agreement for two additional Q400 turboprop airliners that will bring Ethiopian Airlines’ Q400 aircraft fleet to a total of 19 aircraft, the largest total fleet in Africa.

The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) of Ethiopia has approved on December 29, 2015, the revised Overseas Employment Draft Proclamation, Ethiopian News Agency reported.

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) announced that the installation of power distribution and transmission lines for the Wolqait Sugar Factory in Tigray Regional State will be completed in April 2016.