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Ethiopia will begin producing 5.5 million face masks per day to meet the growing demand in face masks that resulted from the recent spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country.

Lotus Energy Cooperative, the Australian community-owned clean energy firm, has won the bid to build in a complex which combines solar, battery storage, and waste-to-energy capacity.

Ethiopian coffee exhibition, along with a culinary diplomacy event, has been held in Jerusalem, at Empress Taitu Memorial Building. The event, which aimed to promote Ethiopian coffee in Israel has been organized by the Ethiopian Embassy in Israel.

Forbes predicts Ethiopia to be one of seven countries it said, "have potential to become major tourist destinations in a post-COVID world."

The Ethiopian public has raised over $17.7 million (605 million birr) for the continuation of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile in a year.

The Ethiopian Parliament, the House of People’s Representatives, has approved a supplementary budget of $1.45 billion (49.6 billion birr) the federal government requested to deal with "prevailing problems".

Ethiopia has purchased fuel worth over two billion dollars during the nine months since July 8, 2019, the Ethiopian Petroleum Supply Enterprise announced. The amount was used to purchase over 2.9 million metric tons of benzene, kerosene, aviation fuel, and diesel during the period.

Ethiopia and Kenya are the leading countries in making use of the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) treaty in the East African region, it has been reported.

Ethiopia's Amhara region disclosed that a granite deposit amounting to over 23 million tons has been discovered in three districts of the East Gojam zone.

The Ethiopian government, via its Communications Authority, has extended an invitation to telecom companies to submit their interest for the acquisition of two nationwide full-service telecommunications licenses.