Ethiopia: Construction Sector Key to Ensure Intended Development

The construction industry has been playing crucial role in expanding infrastructures such as roads, schools, health centres, real estates, irrigation, residential houses and the like. Hence, it created job opportunities for hundreds of thousands allover the country and established value chains through facilitating markets to cement industries and small scale enterprises. As rapidly growing economy, the nation aims at cultivating the sector so that it would meet its development ambition.

Recently, when the Ethiopian Contractor Association Celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its establishment, Minster of Construction Engineer Aisha Mohamed said that the construction industry scored tremendous achievements in the last 25 years in accelerating the nation's economic growth. Since the sector has considerable contribution in supporting the ongoing development endeavour, the government has given high attention to maximize its productivity. In addition to fully utilizing the sector's potential, addressing its inherent weaknesses is vital.

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