Ethiopia’s State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dewano Kedir held talks with a Thai delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister, Don Pramudiwinai on July 14, 2015, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Federal Ministry of Finance signed a new development partnership agreement with Ethiopia this week worth more than $230 million. Admasu Nebebe, Ethiopia's State Minister of Finance, and Sean Jones, USAID Mission Director, inked the development partnership agreement.
Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a $100 million grant today. The grant, it was learned, targets innovation and technology.
Gulf General Investment Company, a Dubai-based conglomerate whose net worth is about 3.7 billion dollars and M2K Business Services, a local company, are jointly planning to set up an aluminium extrusion plant at the outskirts of Addis Ababa.
The extrusion plant, which is planned to be constructed at Sululta in the Finfinne Special Zone, is estimated to cost 12 million dollars.
Ethiopia and the United Kingdom signed two grant agreements amounting to £105 million aimed at providing support development programs in four regions of Ethiopia.
