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Cyber Security Africa, a UK based company, in partnership with other Industry stakeholders is organizing the Ethiopia Banking and ICT Summit. The event will be held on August 2nd, 2013 at the Sheraton Hotel, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

The one day summit is designed to highlight the key Investment opportunities especially in the ICT Sector. The event is said to help all players in all sectors of business to interact with  both Public and Private sectors, Government officials, international organizations and other local business leader to discuss and identify the technical, environmental and business opportunities.

Ethiopia banned the import of plastic bags, as part of the national green growth initiative, on Monday.

A bill to ban the import of plastic bags was approved by the Parliament according to the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority.

The ban will also include the manufacture of plastic bags within the country noted the authority.

Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture announced that Ethiopia has become Africa's second-largest flower exporter, next to Kenya. Wondale Habtamu, horticulture state minister of agriculture, said Ethiopia has "done well" in the 2019/20 fiscal year exporting cut flowers.

Ethiopia is ranked the third most attractive investment destination in Africa for the 2023/24 fiscal year, according to the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC). This improvement in the investment climate is attributed to a series of reforms.

Addis Ababa Saving Houses Enterprise disclosed the beginning of construction of 18-storey, 11 blocks condominium houses.