The CEO of Ethiopian Shipping and Logistic Services Enterprise, Roba Megersa, said the enterprise was renovating dry ports including Kombolcha, Mekelle, and Semera ports, with a view to lodging import-export commodities which pass right through Assab and Massawa ports.
The Ministry of Mines announced that Ethiopia has fully replaced imported coal previously used by cement, steel, ceramic and other factories with domestically produced coal, a move expected to reduce foreign exchange pressure and stabilize industrial supply chains.
Ethiopia is said to be the second-largest flower exporter in Africa after Kenya, with over 100 flower growers on 1,700 hectares, Anadolu Agency reported.
The Ethiopian government has reported US$29 million in export earning from the textile sector for the first, quarter of the current fiscal year, Fortune reported.
The earning exceeded by over 50 percent the US$19 million earned during the same period a year ago.
Ethiopia's Ministry of Water, Irrigation, and Energy declared Ethiopia needs $6.5 billion to ensure universal access to electricity in the country by 2025.
