Ethiopia's National ID Program has extended its partnership with MOSIP (the Modular Open Source Identity Platform) via the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The partnership enables the NIDP to perform extensive field tests and a pilot rollout with a goal of 100,000 registrations using the Ethiopian National ID solution.
Ethiopia’s oil import bill for the current fiscal year is going to go down by USD 600 Million, which is an estimated 21 percent of the overall import bill.
Aba Samuel Hydroelectric Power Plant, the oldest hydroelectric power plant in Ethiopia, is going to restart operation in two years time after 40 years.
Ethiopia’s Omo Kuraz Sugar Factory II is planned to go operational by 2017, according to the report of Walta Information Center (WIC).
Ethiopia’s lower house, House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR), approved budget of 320.8 Billion Birr budget for the 2017/2018 fiscal year. When compared to the previous fiscal year, the budget shows 16.9 percent (46.4 billion Birr) increase.
