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Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) is said to open office in Ethiopia, according to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) announced 79 percent of the construction of Genale Dawa 3 hydropower project is completed.

The government of Ethiopia has decided to merge Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and Construction and Business Bank (CBB), Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported.

The first Omani Products Exhibition in Africa (OPEX 2016) is going to be held in Ethiopia from April 11 to 14, 2015, Times of Omani reported.

An Ethiopian Investment Seminar under the theme, ‘Manufacturing investment and Development of Industrial Zone in Ethiopia,’ was held on December 17, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan, according to Ethiopian Herald.

Ethiopia’s newly-appointed Minister of Finance and Economic Development Abdulaziz Mohammed has met with Elman Abdullayev, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and have discussed on the possibilities of economic cooperation between the two countries.

French Foreign Trade Minister Matthias Fekl expressed his country’s and French investors’ interest to invest more in Ethiopia.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is to hold a business forum on December, 21, 2015, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, The Daily Monitor reported.

Goda Bottle and Glass Share Company is going to construct bottle and glass factory in Adigrat with 600 million Birr cost, according to Fana Broadcasting Corporate.

Ethiopia is going to end importing sugar by the end of this Ethiopian year as new sugar factories that have begun testing production will become fully operational, according to Ethiopian Sugar Corporation.