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Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) disclosed it has planned to carry out 43 road projects worth 30 Billion Birr for the current fiscal year.

Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) concluded road construction and upgrade agreements with two contractors for the different roads in Oromia State and Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples State (SNNP).

The design, supervision and contract administration work of the new stadium to be built around Bob Marley roundabout in Addis Ababa has been awarded for MH Engineering Plc by the Federal Sports Commission. The Stadium is dubbed Adey Abeba Stadium and said to accommodate 60,000 people, which actually is double the capacity of the Addis Ababa Stadium.

Ethiopian Airlines disclosed it has finished preparations to commence flights to Dublin and Los Angeles starting from June 2015.

Documents Authentication and Registration Office (DARO) is planning to add three branches this budget year to its 11 offices.

ZTE, the Chinese telecom, and Hidassie, an Ethiopian firm, concluded an agreement to import and assemble ZTE smartphones here in Ethiopia.

Diageo’s Meta Abo Brewery disclosed it is on the final stages of its U.S. $ 1 Billion expansion work that will enable it in a few months time to double its production.

Tullow Oil, the British oil company exploring for oil in the South Omo basin, decided to move its staff as well as equipments out of Ethiopia.

A data released by Ethiopian Central Statistics Agency (CSA) revealed the nation’s year-on-year inflation rate fell to 5.6 percent in September from 7.2 percent in August. This is said to be due to a slower sdrise in food and other prices.

The Tenth eLearning Africa Conference has been decided to be held in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, from May 20 – 22, 2015. The announcement was made by Rebecca Stromeyer, CEO of ICWE GmbH and Founder of eLearning Africa, and Dr Debretsion Gebremichael, with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communication and Information Technology of Ethiopia.