Ethiopia Plans to Generate Electric Power from Sugar By-Products
Ethiopian Sugar Corporation announced plans to produce 950 mega watts of electric power from its sugar development projects by the end of GTP II period.
Ethiopia Plans to Harvest 2.6Mn Hectares in a Year Using Cluster Farming
Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) announced that plans are underway to harvest 2.6 million hectares of land using cluster farming in the coming harvest year, and also implement market-led farming.
Ethiopia Plans to Irrigate Over a Million Hectares till September
Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture announced plans to irrigate 1.2 million hectares of land until September 2020. This shall enable Ethiopia to harvest 120 million quintals of crops and vegetables.
Ethiopia Plans to Raise Birr 171 Billion Through T-Bill Auctions to Cover Budget Deficit
The Ethiopian government plans to raise Birr 171 billion through biweekly Treasury bill (T-bill) auctions in the first quarter of the new budget year, marking a shift from relying on direct central bank advances to market-based financing.
Ethiopia Plans to Replace Imported Transformers and Electric Cables with Domestic Products
The Ministry of Industry announced that it was working to replace imported electric cables and transformers with locally produced products during a discussion forum with Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) and other stakeholders. The institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding which enables them to work together.
