Tiret, an Ethiopian endowment fund is finalizing its new malt production plant in Gonder, Ethiopia. The factory is scheduled to go operational in June this year.
Gondar Malt Factory has been under construction for the past two years, on four hectares of land. The factory is expected to produce 16,200tns of malt a year, 12,000tns of which will be supplied to Dashen Brewery, one of the sister company in the endowment fund.The Google team announced the first g|ethiopia to be held in Addis Ababa on 7-8 February. 
The event is planned to engage business leader, entrepreneurs and community of developers interested in technology.
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, opening the 2015 Hortiflora Expo, International Trade Fair at the Millennium Hall on Saturday, March 27, 2015, said even if the horticulture export industry is a newborn, it had recorded astonishing growth in few years, Walta Inforamation Center reported.
Ethiopian government is planning to establish Construction Industry Council to regulate the construction sector. A draft regulation prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development and Construction for the past two years is set to be tabled to the Council of Ministers in a month time.
The regulation is drafted drawing on the experiences of countries such as, the U.S, China, India and Korea.
Ethiopian government has dropped plan to tax dividends which remain undistributed to shareholders. Tax on dividends should only be paid after part of the net earnings are paid to shareholders, Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance & Economic Development, said reassuring the business community attending the annual Public-Private Dialog, held at the UNECA, on Thursday, June 27, 2013.
