Ethiopia is going to host Origin Africa/Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW) 2015 from Wednesday, October 21 to Friday, October 23, 2015 at the Millennium Hall. The event is one of the biggest textile and garment events in the entire African continent.
Ethiopia was selected to host the “Origin Africa’ textile exhibition because of its conducive investment and trade policy according to Rajeev Arora, Director of the African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation.
The exhibition will be held in Addis Ababa from April 25-28 2012.
Ethiopia should enhance the competitiveness of its textile and garments sector on the international market said Arora.
Ethiopia is going to host the 10th Biennial US Africa Business Summit to be held from February 1-4, 2016, according to Corporate Council on Africa (CCA).
The 8th African Space Leadership Congress (ASLC) on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development themed "Prospects and Challenges of African Space Development," will be conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 2 – 4 December 2019. The congress is aimed at capitalizing efforts of African nations on space technologies to address key socio-economic challenges and harnessing the opportunities that space science and technology could provide.
Ethiopia is to host the 2013 African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum. Ethiopia is to host the event after senior 
government lobbied for the opportunity for the last four years.
Hosting the upcoming AGOA forum is an important opportunity for Ethiopia to create a platform to promote the country said Addis Alemayehu, ex-Chief of party of VEGA Ethiopia which assists Ethiopian exporters to the AGOA market under the auspices of USAID.
Ethiopia has invested more than any other African country in the AGOA sector as a result of which it has been selected to host the forum he said.
