Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Innovation and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the intent of advancing a coffee trade system. Omer Hussien, Minister of Agriculture, and Abraham Belay (Ph.D.), Minister of Innovation and Technology, inked the MoU on behalf of their minister offices.
The Ethiopian Ministry of Urban Development & Construction (MoUCD) has drafted a regulation to establish the Ethiopian Construction Project Management Institute.
The draft regulation, which will be submitted to the Council of Ministers in few weeks time, is said to ensure the effective implementation of construction projects in Ethiopia.The Ethiopian Ministry of Urban Development and Construction had finalized a draft directive to make changes on the fixed rate pricing system currently applicable to all contractors working on government projects.
The directive will shorten the revision period of prices of construction materials and labor to three to six months, unlike the current practice where adjustments takes between nine month to a year and half.The Ethiopian Ministry of Urban Development & Construction is planning to draft a law that will regulate rental home provision, by private home owners and the government.
“The law will set minimum standards for living conditions in rented houses,” Mekuria Haile, the MoUDC’s minister, told Fortune.Members of the Trade and Industry Affairs Standing Committee of the Ethiopian Parliament said Ethiopia is "keen" to join the World Trade Organization (WTO).
