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The fifth International Multi-disciplinary Conference and Workshop is to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia starting from December 14-18 December 2015, Ethiopian News Agency reported.

A joint venture company of Rifeng China and Rifeng Ethiopia is to construct the first aluminum pipe factory in Ethiopia with a 380 million Birr capital in Debre Brehan, Amhara Region. It is expected that the factory, which will be built on a 10,000sqm plot of land with a plan to expand to 15,000sqm after the beginning of production, will produce 381,000m to 211,000m of pipe a month. It will produce pipelines that are 60m to 100m long along with their fittings. The company plans to finish the construction of the factory within a year’s time and to start production in 2019.

The Holland Africa Poultry Partners in partnership with the Netherlands – African Business Council, are organizing the first “Ethiopian poultry mission to the Netherlands” from October 6 – 12.

The mission, organized with an aim to bolster the collaboration between all important stakeholders in Ethiopian poultry sector, is expected to bring together the key players from the Ethiopian and Dutch poultry sector.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc declared that it would introduce its growing Four Points brand in Ethiopia with a new- build property developed by an Ethiopian company, Alemgenet Trade and Industries PLC, Walta Information Center reported.

The Global Entrepreneurship Week with more than 13 events planned to provide inspiration for up and coming entrepreneurs was launched in Addis Ababa.

The GEW is being held for the second time in Ethiopia and the fifth time internationally. The event will be held between 12th and 18th of this is month.

The GEW has expanded to 125 countries including Ethiopia this year with the aim to help an increasing number of people to engage in business it was noted at the opening ceremony held at the UN/ECA Conference Center.