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Djibouti signed a 15 million euro ($21.7 million) financing deal with the European Union for the development of an electricity interconnection project with neighbouring Ethiopia.

The Bahir Dar Textile Factory is undergoing a 500 million birr renovation which is expected to enable it to produce three times as much as it currently does and make it competitive in international market, Abay Melaku, general manager of the factory, said.

Proceeds of increase to expand Acazis's peanuts cultivation in Ethiopia

The board of ACAZIS AG has decided, with the consent of the Supervisory Board of Directors, to raise the company’s share capital by issuing up to 3,136,314 new shares. The current share capital will therefore grow from €1,568,157.00 to €4,704,471.00 in exchange for a cash contribution.

The House of People's Representatives July 5, 2011 yesterday approved 118 billion birr budget for the 2011/2012 fiscal year. The budget approved yesterday is greater by 30 billion birr than the budget for the 2010/11 fiscal year.

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said that the budget was prepared based the country's interest and capacity.

Dangote is planning to build factories and import terminals in Ethiopia

Dangote, Nigeria's biggest cement producer, is set to start setting up a 400 million dollar cement factory in Zambia this month, Felix Mutati, Zambia's commerce, trade and industry minister said on Monday.

The corporation will assemble cars for sale in Ethiopia

Toyota Corporation is set to upgrade and expand a Kenyan motor vehicle assembly company after buying 50 percent of its shares, Dennis Awori, chairman of Toyota Kenya said this week.

The Corporation's investment in the expansion of the motor vehicle assembly company reaches about three billion shillings.

Ethiopian Airlines launched on Saturday, 2 July 2011, flight services to Milan, the Italian city of entertainment and fashion. Ethiopian said that the new service would offer clients easy and convenient access to Italy five times a week on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. 

The launching of the new flight services to Milan Ethiopian Airlines's 63rd international destination. And it is the airlines's second destination destination in Italy, next to Rome and seventh in Europe. 

Ethiopia’s economy may double in size over the next nine years, African Development Bank Chief Economist Mthuli Ncube said in a speech in Johannesburg today. Ncube predicted that Ethiopia’s economy mig

ht expand 10 percent this year and East Africa would expand by about 6.7 percent in 2011 and 2012.

Ncube’s prediction stands in contrast to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) prediction, made on 30 May 2011, of lower economic growth at 6 percent for Ethiopia in the 2011/12 fiscal year.

Tullow Oil, a British company, which recently launched oil exploration activities in the South Omo valley, hired BGP Geo Services PLC, a Chinese company, to carry out a seismic survey in the concession area.

Tullow Oil started the oil exploration work in the South Omo valley after it bought a 50 percent stake in the South Omo valley from Africa Oil.

The Ministry of Trade said Friday that Ethiopia earned more than 2.4 billion dollars from the export sector over the last 11 months.

Amakele Yimam, director of public relations and communications directorate, said that the income was greater than that of the same period last fiscal year by 693.9 million dollars. However, he said that the amount fell short of the ministry's projection for the period which was 2.9 billion dollars.