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Ethiopian products were dominate at the second ISE Construction and Housing Exhibition held from the 12th-16th of January in Ethiopia. Fifty local and international exhibitors were represented at the exhibition.

It took two months to organize the exhibition which aimed to correct mistakes made in the first one and to include a wide range of industries with a majority of participants being from the construction industry explained Mekdela Mekuria, Marketing and Outreach Executive at Lexicon Promotion Service plc.

A specialized construction exhibition will be held for five days in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, starting from the 25th of January, according to an announcement made by Century Promotion Service. The exhibition will be conducted in collaboration with the Metal Engineering Corporation.

More than 53 companies including 11 international ones have confirmed their participation in the upcoming event said Zewge Jemaneh head of CPS. A further 120 companies are expected to attend pending final confirmation he said.

Admassu Tadesse, President and Chief Executive of the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank has won the 2012, ‘Up and Coming Future Leader of the Year Award’ from Investor Africa.

Admassu was awarded in the category of investment professional under 45 years of age demonstrating potential for leadership.

The Award ceremony was held at the Courtyard Marriot Hotel in Tokyo Japan in an event which took place during the course of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund annual meeting for 2012.

The Ethiopian Ministry of Communications & Information Technology launched 49 e-services in order to enable seven governmental institutions to offer online services. The office announced the launching of the e-service on at event held at the Churchill Hotel.

The e-service installation and development was conducted by two private IT solution providers at a cost of 3.8 million Birr. Africom Technologies Plc developed 33 of the e-services portal for 2.8 million Birr while E-System Africahad supplied the remaining 16 at a cost of 1 million Birr it was said at the time.

It is to be remembered that the two companies won the tender for the project last year.

Ethiopia's public notary, Documents Authentication & Registration Office (DARO) signed an agreement with DQS Management Service PLC –a management systems and certification company on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, Fortune reported.

The DARO is aiming to qualify for ISO 9001 2008 Quality Management System, a certification focusing on service providing institutions.