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Toner Assembly and Manufacturing plc launched its toner assembly and re-manufacturing plant in Ethiopia last week. The company is aiming to market its products on the domestic and regional markets.

The plant is geared towards the assembly and re-manufacture of toner cartridges, inkjet cartridges, and ribbon cartridges for Hewlett Packard, Epson, Cannon, Xerox, , Dell, Brother Lexmark, and Samsung products said Jazir Teja, Managing Director of the Company.

The products will all be branded as Cartridge King.

International and local consulting firms have expressed interest in undertaking a topographic survey of Lake Tana, Ethiopia. The topographic survey is expected to contribute to efforts to eliminate the dangers of flooding.

The topographic survey on the flood prone areas of the sub-basin is expected to identify landscape values and the nature of floods for the flood management system being designed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy.

It is expected that the survey will show the characteristics of the landscape including natural and manmade features said an expert at the Ministry.

Total Ethiopia inaugurated its first solar powered fuel station in Ethiopia on the 17th of December. The fuel station, found in Afar Regional Station, Djibouti Corridor, was refurbished for solar power use.

Total has been testing the fuel station after completing the outfitting of the fuel station for solar use. Tenesol, a subsidiary of the Total Group was charged with supplying the photovoltaic technology. The project was finalized by local partner, Vera International Business plc, at a cost of an estimated 1 million birr.

Total Ethiopia launches the Challenge « Startupper of the year by Total ». Initiated by the Total Group in 34 African countries simultaneously, this contest aims at identifying, rewarding and accompanying the best projects in enterprise creation or development (less than 2-year old) in Ethiopia. The winning projects will be granted the « Startupper of the year 2016 by Total » label, with a financial support and a coaching from Total Ethiopia.

Total Ethiopia in collaboration with the Labor and Social Affairs Bureau of the Addis Ababa city Administration, celebrated the ‘World Day for Safety and Health at Work’ on April 26 at Dreamliner Hotel.

The event's theme was “Total commitment to Safety for ME, for YOU, for ALL”, incorporated workshops attended by the management, employees, fuel transporters, contractors, customers and service station dealers to create awareness on accidents in Ethiopia.