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The Ethiopian Quality Awards honored nine organizations with awards for quality in a ceremony held at the Hilton Hotel in the presence of Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hailemariam Desalegn.

The excellence awards were given to Biruh Tesfa Irrigation and Water Technology, Bishoftu Hospital, Dashen Brewery, Harar Brewery, Kality Metal Factory and Kombolcha Textile SC, while Betel Teaching Hospital and Mekelle University and Kombolcha Steel Products Industry were the recipients of merit awards.

The Ethiopian Quality Award announced that it has finished its preparations to start the registration of organizations for the third national quality award at the end of the year.

The registration will start in the mid of December 2012 according to Michael Melaku, managing director of EQA.

Manufacturers, constriction companies, service providers, profit making and non-profit making organizations are all invited to compete. EQA has also prepared a self assessment manual for competitors for the first time this year according to the announcement.

The Ethiopian Quality Awards organization will honor nine organizations selected for excellence in Ethiopia. The award ceremony will be held on Sunday April 8 at the Addis Ababa Hilton Hotel.

The nine organizations to be awarded the excellence trophy will be announced on the day of the event said Dr. Admasu Tsegaye, Board Chairman of EQA.

150 organizations expressed an initial interest in the competition this year and took application forms he noted. The competition was open to those in manufacturing and construction sectors as well as both for profit and non profit service providers.

Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding With Ethio-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railways S.C. (EDR) to work together on railway sector development, railways resource management, and commerce. The agreement is expected to enhance the railway sector.

EDR was established in 2017 with an initial capital of USD 500 million based on the bilateral investment agreement between Ethiopia and Djibouti which was signed in December 2016.

Source (including image): EDR

The Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC) plans to expand public services, lessen project delays, and increase resource utilization by presenting opportunities for public private partnership (PPP) to take part in railway.

The corporation’s CEO, Dr. Berhanu Beshah said though Ethiopia successfully constructed the first Light Rail Transit in East Africa and the Addis Ababa-Djibouti cross-border electrified standard gauge railway, the country still struggles with serious challenges including lack of capacity noting that “we need to further strengthen our capacity in planning, implementation, and maintaining various projects as well as expanding existing projects, and building new partnership to realize our ambitions.”