The State of Oromia is conducting a study in the aim of setting up an autonomous organ that will carry out the tasks of industrial development. If the organ is established it means the current structure, Industry and Urban Development Bureau (IUDB), will no longer be in charge of industrial developments.
Oromia Land Management Bureau disclosed it will start to accept applications from investors that request to lease land. The Bureau is going to start accepting applications starting from the next month. Oromia State, the biggest of the states in Ethiopia’s federal arrangement, halted giving lands to investors due to underutilized lands granted to investors.
The President of Oromia Regional State Shimels Abdissa announced that various activities were undertaken to promote Oromia tourism destinations internationally. The President said this during the opening program of Oromia Tourism and Technology Week.
The tourism and technology week opened today at Skylight hotel in the presence of Shimels Abdissa – the President of Oromia, Nasisse Chali – the Minister of Toursim, Lelisse Duga – Oromia Tourism Commission Commissioner, and other officials.
The Oromia Tourism Commission has announced a space tourism initiative in partnership with the Ethiopia Space Science and Geospatial Institute, marking a step to transform the region’s tourism sector.
The Oromo Diaspora Festival was officially launched for the first time on August 2, 2015, at the Oromo Cultural Center, Walta Information Center reported.
