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Allana Potash Corp. (TSX: AAA)(OTCQX: ALLRF) ("Allana" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the issue of its Mining Licence for the Danakhil Potash Project (the "Project") by the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines, after receiving approval of the Ethiopian Council of Ministers.

"Allana is proud to have achieved this major milestone in the development of the Project and very much appreciates the extensive work done by Ethiopian government staff and Allana's consultants and employees in reaching this goal", said Allana President and CEO, Farhad Abasov, further noting that, "Allana is now positioned as one of the leading mining companies in Ethiopia and is committed to working with the Ethiopian government, our communities, investors, lenders and contractors to deliver on the significant potential of Ethiopia's potash resources."

Sidel, the international supplier of liquid packaging solutions to the drinks industry, has won another contract with Moha Soft Drinks industry S.C., operating in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The turnkey project involves installing the entire production line for Moha’s new Greenfield site in one of Ethiopia's principal economic and educational centres in the north of the country.

The plant at Mekele, the capital city of the Regional Government of Tigraye, is continuing the success achieved by Moha at its other plants. The new plant, sited around 780 kilometres north of the capital Addis Ababa, is where the Pepsi bottler aims to meet the rising demand with the new Sidel line for carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and water. Previously, supply to the region had necessitated the trucking of products from Addis Ababa. The new line will be mostly producing carbonated soft drinks at a rate of 36,000 returnable glass bottles (RGB) per hour.

An Ethiopian business delegation is attending a business forum organized by the American Corporate Council, in the United States.

The delegation consists of a number of both private companies and public enterprises and government officials.

Ethiopia's Metal and Engineering Corporation (MetEC) is planning to sell the two vessels, ‘Abay Wonz’ and ‘Abyot’, it acquired last year from the Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise (ESLSE).

Initially, MetEC planned to use the ships to transport its own cargo before using them as scrap metal, however, the corporation changed its plans after experts confirmed that the vessels are still operable, Brigadier General Kinfe Dagnew, Director General of MetEC, told Capital.

Government e-service portals developed by Africom Technologies PLC will be submitted the Ethiopian Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MoCIT), according to Fortune.

The Ministry awarded the project for the development of 88 e-service portals to Africom in May 2013 for 1.95 million Ethiopian birr.

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, is pleased to announce the start of four weekly services to Niamey, the Republic of Niger, as of 20 November 2013. These new flights will operate with Ethiopian’s Boeing 757-200 aircraft with 16 seats in Ethiopian’s Cloud Nine business class and 151 seats in economy class.

This new routing further solidifies Ethiopian's presence in Africa. Niger becomes the 47th Ethiopian destination in Africa. With its partner ASKY in West Africa, Ethiopian has service to 34 countries in Africa. No airline connects Africa to the world, as does Ethiopian.

Ethiopia's Awash International Bank (AIB) has purchased 100 Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) and 400 Point of Sale (POS) terminals, Capital reported.

The Lebanese company, Computer Business Machine (CBM), will supply the ATMs and the POS terminals will be supplied by S2M, a Moroccan company.

Hibir Sugar S.C, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ethiopian Metal & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 for construction of its factory Fortune reported.

The MoU, signed at the MeTEC’s Hotel in Nifas Silk Lafto sub-city, is expected lead to a final contract in six months to build the factory.

The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture is planning to revise the existing loan scheme for agricultural inputs, Fortune reported. 

The Ministry developed the proposed arrangement in partnership with the Agricultural Transformation Agency.

The Ethiopian Roads Authority awarded Enyi Construction to construct the 37 KM road linking the factories of Omo Kuraz Sugar Project, on September 17,2013, Fortune reported.

The design and construction contract of the 65.1 million Ethiopian Birr project was signed on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at the Authority's headquarters.