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Ethiopian footwear manufacturer soleRebels has launched the first of a series of stand-alone retail stores in Kaoshinug, Taiwan, according to a company press release.

The opening of the store is an extremely exciting opportunity in a vibrant market allowing the brand to showcase it products said Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Founder and Chief Executive of the company.

The opening of the store anchors the company in Asia which has a significant booming Asian retail footwear market according to the company press release. The company expects to open 30 soleRebels retail stores in Taiwan with three of these stores to be opened by the end of this year.

SoleRebels, Ethiopia won 50,000 US dollars as one of the finalists at the Africa Award for Entrepreneurship. Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, Founder and Managing Director of soleRebels accepted the award on behalf of the company at the event held in Nairobi.

“I am elated by this award. It is recognition that soleRebels is at the forefront of a new business paradigm on the continent, one where African driven businesses and brands are elevating Africa’s global competitiveness by winning in the global marketplace” said Bethlehem.

Somali Regional State of Ethiopia has inaugurated on January 5, 2016, Karemarda Sponge Factory built in Jigjiga town at a cost of 60 million Birr, Ethiopian News Agency reported.

Somali Regional State of Ethiopia is to host the celebration of this year’s World Tourism Day at a national level on September 28, 2015, according to Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Somalia has become the top destination for Ethiopia's exports during the fiscal year that ended on July 7, 2021, nudging the Netherlands to the second-largest importer of Ethiopian products.