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The Privatization and Public Enterprises (PPESA) is going to sell Wabi Shebelle Hotels Enterprise located at the shores of Langano Lake, Capital reported.

Public Procurement and Property Disposal Service (PPPDS) on behalf of the Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise (EGTE) has awarded two companies for the purchase of 2.4 million quintals of wheat with 1.08 billion Birr.

Prana Events, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ethiopia, and Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PACCI), organized the Ethio Poultry Expo (Ethiopex) and African Livestock Exhibition and Congress (ALEC) which kicked off at Skylight Hotel on Thursday.

Ethiopex and ALEC are expected to create market linkage between participants who are actively working in the poultry and livestock rearing and animal products processing industries. According to Meeuwes Brouwer, Agricultural Counselor at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ethiopia, several companies from the Netherlands are keen to create market linkage with Ethiopian companies who are in the dairy sector.

Precise Consult collaborates with the Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands and the Ministry of Water and Energy to expand irrigation development in Ethiopia. The consulting firm announced a program called Solar Appliance Manufacturing Program which was aimed at assembling and manufacturing 250,000 Solar Home Systems (SHS) and 25,000 Productive Use Energy (PUE) appliances. The project which is funded by Shell Foundation is expected to address key bottlenecks of the off-grid manufacturing sector by participating pertinent stakeholders.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Dessalegn, disclosed the government has decided to base its fuel pricing on the global market rates. The moves was made in order to stabilize the market following the 15 percent devaluation of Birr against USD. The announcement was made when the Premier addressed the legislature to answer to queries raised by the MPs.