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Fitch Ratings had rated Ethiopia’s credit and kept it at a “highly speculative” B expecting the government to meet its fiscal deficit target of 2.9 percent of gross domestic product in 2015, Bloomberg reported.

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has won the Airline of the Year Award for the second time in a row at MICE Magazine’s 8th Annual Industry Golden Chair Awards held in Beijing, China on April 1, 2015. The annual Golden Chair Award is one of the most influential awards in China and ranks airlines, hotels, travel agencies and tourism destinations with the best performance.

Addis Ababa City Administration’s Land Development and Management Bureau had has temporarily halted receiving manufacturing industries’ land requests, according to Addis Fortune.

Ries Engineering S.C. (RESCO), which is thean importer and distributer of Ford vehicles and various machineries in Ethiopia,, had has launched its first Quick Lane Vehicle Tier and Auto Service Center in Bahir Dar, Amhara, at a cost of 60 million Birr.

Ethiopia’s inflation rate had risen to 8.5 percent in March from 8.2 percent in February, Central statistics Agency said on Monday, April 6, 2015.

Addis Ababa Transport Bureau is to construct the first of six smart parking facilities with 80 million Birr cost in Kirkos Sub-city, Addis Fortune reported.

Arjo Dedessa Sugar Development project is to begin trial production this month with an initial crushing capacity of 5,000 tons of sugar per day, according to Addis Fortune.

The Ministry of Industry of Ethiopia (MoI) had concluded a contract for the consultancy work of the Bole Lemi phase two and phase one industrial parks, which is worth 139 million Birr with DOHWA Engineering Co. Ltd as a lead firm on Wednesday, April 1, 2015.

The House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR) endorsed a draft proclamation which regulates the establishment, development, operation, management and regulation of industrial parks all over the country on Tuesday, March 31, 2015.

An international mining conference under the title “Ethiopian International Mining Conference” will be held in Addis Ababa from September 23-24, 2015, according to The Reporter.