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Ethiopian Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) revealed that African Bamboo PLC would enter Hawassa industrial Park to manufacture wall cladding and indoor flooring from bamboo resources. 

African Bamboo, a company registered in Ethiopia and the Netherlands, has a bamboo based panel production project in West Arsi, Oromia Region. It received an approval of bamboo forest management for the project from the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Authority of the Oromia Regional State in 2019. 

Source: Sandokan Debebe's Twitter page and African Bamboo

Image source: Sandokan Debebe's Twitter page

The African Electronic Trade Group signed a $20 billion financial agreement with various parties to advance e-commerce in Africa, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the sidelines of the AU summit.

The African Electronic Trade Group, a multi-stakeholder group which works to implement e-empowerments with a view to developing electronic trade in Africa, is negotiating with the Ethiopian Government to open its East Africa Headquarters in Addis Ababa.

African Farming Industries has announced a USD 2 million investment in the Bole-Limi Industrial Park Special Economic Zone to cultivate and export strawberries and saffron.

The 20^th African Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition, along with the inaugural African Coffee Week, will be hosted by Ethiopia in Addis Ababa from February 5^th to 9^th, 2024. This significant event is jointly organized by three prominent African organizations: the African Fine Coffee Association (AFCA), the Inter African Coffee Organization (IACO), and the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority.