Gafat Endowment has announced plans to invest 7 billion birr in Ethiopia to establish a paper and pulp project, Tana Paper and Pulp Factory S.C, in the Amhara Regional State
The project will also include a pulp wood farm for a variety of Eucalyptus trees especially adapted to produce pulp.
Gambella Regional State supplied 973kg gold to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) during the last nine moths, the regional mines agency said. The agency told Ethiopian News Agency that over USD 48 million was earned from sale of the of gold. 
Ethiopia signed a deal with Djibouti for the construction of a gas pipeline from the Ogaden Basin in eastern Ethiopia to the port of Djibouti.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation opened its new regional headquarters office on November 17, 2015, at the International Livestock Research Institute in Ethiopia, according to The Daily Monitor.
GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for radio and TV broadcasters, has been awarded a contract to provide turnkey equipment and services associated with Ethiopia’s national digital TV (DTV) network. In support of the contract, GatesAir will design, supply, install, test and commission a DVB-T2 over-the-air network solution for 26 new transmission sites, and upgrade systems at 74 existing facilities. In addition, GatesAir will provide a financing solution through one of the world’s most prominent financial institutions, J.P Morgan, with support from Export Development Canada (EDC).
