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Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa is launching the much anticipated new service to Manila, in the Philippines from July 09, 2015. Ethiopian will be offering the service thrice weekly to Manila.

Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority (FMHACA) is preparing a new directive that compels food processing companies to secure competency certification from the authority before they release their products to the market.

The eighth Information and Communication Technology (ICT) organized by Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Ethiopia (MCIT) will be held at Addis Ababa Exhibition Center on June 4, 2015, Addis Fortune reported.

Nigma Motors and Spare Parts Plc, a sister company of Nigma Agro Industry has begun assembling automobiles with 57 million Birr capital, Addis Fortune reported.

The first fertilizer blending plant built in Tigray Regional State with the cost of Birr 30 million was inaugurated on May 28, 2015, according to Ethiopian News Agency.

Ethiopia and China have concluded an industrial expansion agreement on May 19, 2015 in Beijing, China, MoFA reported.

HEINEKEN Breweries S.c. launches Buckler, its first Non Alcoholic Beer. Buckler 0.0% alcohol, as the label indicates, is brewed in Harar Brewery and will initially be available in Harar, Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa.

The Journey, South African based tourism consulting and marketing firm has concluded an agreement with Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Tourism under the ‘Ethiopia Sustainable Tourism Development Program’ to set up a national tourism marketing strategy and tourism brand for Ethiopia.

Catering and Tourism Training Institute with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced that Tourism and Hospitality week is going to be celebrated from June 01-05, 2015 for the third time with the theme, “Tourism is our language, Hospitality our culture.”

Qatar delegation led by Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister, Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi held talks with Ethiopia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Berhane Gebrekristos on May 27, 2015, according to Ethiopian News Agency.