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Ethiopia: Ethnic Conflict Could Unravel Ethiopia's Valuable Garment Industry
The Conversation Africa, 20 January 2021
Ethiopia has long been considered one of Africa's economic wunderkinds. Until recently, it had relative political stability in comparison to other countries on the continent. And,… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Ten-Year Plan to Industrialize
Ethiopian Herald, 29 December 2020
The Ministry of Trade and Industry recently announced that it is planning to enable the country earn as much as nine billion USD in the coming ten years from the export of… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Task Force Emerges to Reinvigorate Investments in Tigray
Addis Fortune, 26 December 2020
A task force made up of six members from the Ministry of Trade & Industry has been set up to assess the cost of damage to businesses in Tigray Regional State due to the recent… Read more »
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Africa: Free Trade Deal Could Boost African Manufacturing
ISS, 8 December 2020
Industrialisation has become one of the most talked about issues among African policymakers. A vibrant manufacturing sector is crucial to transforming economies on the continent,… Read more »
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FSD Africa, 2 November 2020
A landmark fund set up between the UK and Germany in collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia could save thousands of jobs in Ethiopia's textile and garments industry, while… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Park Spurs Textile Industry Expansion in Bahar Dar
Ethiopian Herald, 8 October 2020
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated yesterday Bahir Dar Industrial Park which could accelerate textile industries' expansion at the capital of Amhara State, Bahir Dar. Read more »
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Ethiopia: PM Abiy Inaugurates Bahir Dar Industrial Park
ENA, 7 October 2020
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today officially inaugurated the Bahir Dar Industrial Park which is constructed with an outlay of more than 53 million USD. Read more »
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Africa: AfDB Charge On Fashion Industry in Africa
Ethiopian Herald, 13 September 2020
The disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic on global value chains and its impact on African businesses is already evident. As factories close their doors and border closures and… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Chinese Company Embarks On Hawassa Textile Park Construction
Reporter, 12 September 2020
A Chinese construction firm, SINOMA Engineering, has started constructing a new industrial park in Hawassa town, the regional capital of the newly formed Sidama regional state. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Textile Sector Moves Promising Step Amid Challenges
Ethiopian Herald, 5 September 2020
The Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI) disclosed that the nation earned over 171.7 million USD during the just ended budget year from textile and garment… Read more »
Ethiopia's Textile Sector Hangs By Thread Amid Conflict
In December 2020, the Ethiopian ministry of trade and industry announced its plan to enable the country's manufacturing sector to earn U.S.$9 billion from the export and manufacturing sectors in ten years, largely by attracting foreign direct investment. Since then, the past two months has seen conflict in the northern Tigray region that has been fuelled by ethnic power politics, threatening Ethiopia's stability writes Dorothee Baumann-Pauley for The Conversation. The conflict may well scare off potential investors, many of whom are South and East Asian manufacturers. The garment industry is vital to the Ethiopian economy and it has been able to simultaneously boost the agriculture sector toward prosperity, by providing clothing to international consumers.
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Prime Minister Abiy's struggle for full control of Ethiopia has come at a huge cost with considerable bloodshed - for which he blames the Tigray People's Liberation Front. He has ... Read more »
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Some people in the Tigray region have resorted to eating leaves and others have reported that camps for the displaced have been infiltrated by armed actors , a UN Refugee Agency ... Read more »
