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A road research center (RRC), which serves Eastern and Central Africa, is being built in Addis Ababa by Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA).

The Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the Addis Ababa City Administration have  entered into an agreement to establish a state-of-the-art startup city.

A steel manufacturing industry is set to be constructed in Mekele city through a collaboration between Ethiopian and Chinese investors, with an estimated cost of Birr 6 billion.

The Ministry of foreign affairs stated that a symposium aimed at increasing trade and investment ties between Ethiopia and China was opened in Addis Ababa yesterday. Ato Anteneh Alemu, Deputy Commissioner of Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), said Ethiopia wanted more Chinese companies to invest in priority sectors adding that the Chinese investors would be provided with all the necessary support from the Ethiopian government.

A trade fair focusing on agriculture, food processing, and plastic printing and packaging technologies is set to take place for three consecutive days from June 1 to 3, 2015 at Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa.