Protesters burnt down corn farm owned by ELFORA Agro-Industries PLC, subsidiary of MIDROC Group. The farm was located in West Arsi Zone, Oromia State, Ethiopia. According to Fortune, the farm was torched on November 9, 2017 an hour after mid night.
Ethio Leather Industry PLC (ELICO), a subsidiary of MIDROC Ethiopia, inagurated a new shoes factory on September 7, 2013.
The factory, built at a cost of 83 million Ethiopian birr, is expected to produce 1,000 shoes a day.
Elily Hotel, one of the private hotels in Ethiopia, opened its 7 story smart parking building for customers. The building, that has the capacity to park around 254 vehicles at a time, is currently giving only partial service.
Ethiopian Ambassador to Pakistan Jemal Beker and Wube Mengistu, Deputy Head of Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA), agreed to work together with a view to assessing market opportunities in Pakistan. The two sides also discussed ways to make the Ethiopian business community globally competitive.
Ambassador Jemal noted that linkages between Ethiopia’s and Pakistan’s Chambers of Commerce should be created while the Deputy Head of Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce asserted that his association was committed to assist in developing the capacity of the private sector including the supply of quality products to the international market.
Emirates, the world’s best airline according to Trip Advisor, is offering Ethiopians the opportunity to explore all its 12 destinations in the United States with special Economy Class and Business Class fares.
