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 Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of Ethiopia (MOFED) signs a credit facility agreement worth 50 million Euros (approximately 1.07 billion Birr) with French Development Agency on Thursday, April 16, 2015 at its office.

Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) has signed contracts with three companies for road constructions in various parts of Ethiopia, here in Addis on April 15, 2015 at its head office. ERA’s acting director, Sisay Bekele signed contracts with China Railway Seventh Group Limited Company, China's First High Way Engineering Limited Company and Ethiopia’s Defense Construction Enterprise.

Jacobs Engineering SA (JESA), says it will host the first international symposium, “Engineering Symposium for Africa” under the theme “Engineering and Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Development” in Marrakesh, Morocco next month.

TAP, Portugal’s leading airline and Ethiopian Airlines, the largest African airline, both Members of Star Alliance, have signed a code-share agreement and will be soon introducing code-share services between Portugal and Ethiopia.

Nathan Associates Inc., an American Company which has been entrusted with the exhaustive study of Ethiopia’s logistics performance and logistics strategy has submitted the final report of its study.

Initial customs agreement had been signed between the UAE Federal Customs Authority (FCA) and Ethiopian Revenues and Custom Authority (ERCA) for mutual technical support concerning custom related issues, The Daily Monitor reported.

Ethiopia, besides Kenya and Tanzania, will develop into the flagship of China Africa Cooperation, said Chinese Official.

Merile-Marsabit-Moyale road that is built to connect Kenya and Ethiopia is near completion, according to Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) official.

KEFI Minerals, London-listed mining company signed a contract with the Ethiopian government on Monday, April 13, 2015 to mine Gold and Silver in Ethiopia, Reuters UK reported.

Africa Oil, a Canadian Oil company with oil exploration projects in various parts of Ethiopia, disclosed it will withdraw from the Adigala block in eastern part of Ethiopia.