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The Oromia Regional State has collected more than 484.5 Million Birr from tourism in the past nine months of the current fiscal year, Walta Information Center reported.

On Friday, April 25, 2014 Ethiopia marked the International Intellectual Property Day, The Ethiopian Herald reported.

Ministry of Mines has disclosed that Ethiopia secured 300 million dollar revenue in the last nine months from the export of minerals.

Ethiopia will be trying to improve its minerals quality as well as their quantity. This was said by Ministry of Mines on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 when discussing the Growth and Transformation Plan - Two (GTP-2).

Ebiz Online Solutions PLC has released a new tender app on its popular Ethiopian business portal, 2merkato.com. The app is mobile friendly and equipped with efficient filtering and searching functionalities and is valuable for researchers who seek to study the buying trend of government offices, NGO's and international organizations in Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian Parliament has passed a new law on petroleum licensing & conduct of petroleum operations on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The law passed with the support of all the attending MPs, Fortune reported.

Enat Bank announced special interest rates for women at press conference it called at its headquarters on Wednesday April 16, 2014, Fortune reported.

Representatives from Sakai Heavy Industries PLC visited Ethiopia to introduce the company's newly designed road stabilizer machine, The Reporter reported.

Ethiopia is going to host the African Energy Ministerial (AEM) Meeting, jointly organized by the Government of Ethiopia and the U.S. Government. The event will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 3 - 4, June, 2014.

3000 Ethiopian businesses are to benefit from a project that is aimed to develop market chains and offer training as well as marketing opportunities to the entrepreneurs. The project is going to be funded by the Ethiopian government and the EU and has its main focus will be on empowering women and the country’s youth population. It is expected to reach out to approximately 1,500 women and 500 young people.