Tag: Sugar
Gov’t initiates modalities to privatize Sugar projects
The Ministry of Finance has released initial documentation for the purpose of inviting local and international investors to express their interests in relation to the privatization of scores of sugar factories, both already commissioned and still under construction, The Reporter has learnt.
Chinese firm wins USD 95 mln contract to complete Tana Beles-I sugar plant
The Ethiopian Sugar Development Corporation (ESDC) has awarded a USD 95 million contract for China CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd (CAMCE) – a Chinese construction firm - to undertake the construction of the unfinished Tana Beles-I sugar plant project, The Reporter has learnt.
Pakistani company looking to invest in sugar production
Shakeel & Company, a Pakistan-based company is looking to invest in sugar production in Ethiopia, The Reporter has learnt.
Coca Cola’s sugar consignment commandeered
East Africa Bottling SC, local bottler of Coca Cola, Fanta, Sprite and similar beverage brands in Ethiopia, announced that a sugar consignment destined to its plant in Bahir Dar was intercepted and confiscated by security forces in the town of Goha Tsion, in North Shoa Zone of the Oromia Regional State, starting late last month.
Imported sugar to relieve chronic sugar shortage
Chronic sugar shortage, one of the immediate causes for the recent violent clashes in Ambo that led to loss of lives and damage to property, is to be ameliorated thanks to the Ethiopian Sugar Development Corporation (ESDC) importing this week of 700,000 quintals of the commodity from Algeria and Thailand for a total of close to USD 30.5 million.
