Ethiopia's Awash Bank Inks Deal with Discover Global to Extend Card Acceptance
Ethiopia's Awash Bank signed an agreement with Discover Global Network, a US-based e-commerce services partner with cardholders in over 200 countries and territories, to help extend merchant acceptance across Ethiopia. The agreement will enhance access of the Ethiopian business community to global payment card systems, it was learned.
Bahir Dar Industrial Park, located in Ethiopia's Amhara region, has started exporting textiles. One of the 13 industrial parks in Ethiopia, Bahir Dar Industrial Park is fully dedicated to textile production.
The Beles-Jawi electric power transmission line project in Ethiopia's Amhara region was inaugurated yesterday. The project is built at a cost of built with a cost of 387 million birr and sports nine power transmission lines. Inaugurating the project were Seleshi Bekele, Ethiopia's Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, and Agegnehu Teshager, Chief Administrator of the Amhara region.
Ethiopia's Bishoftu Electric Power Distribution Station Project, built at a cost of $25 million, is now ready to go operational. The station is endowed with a potential of 400/230/15 kilovolt.
