Yet again another Japanese business mission to Ethiopia ends with no significant investment commitments being made, except advising the authorities to consider easing business procedures and policies, putting in place environmental safety regulation and improve the pool of skilled manpower, The Reporter has learnt. 

The United Kingdom is set to hold a major investment conference in London later on this month, titled – Sub-Saharan Africa Investment Conference.

PepsiCo has joined Veris Investments, a growing and influential investment company, as a major shareholder in Crisps Company, Senselet Food Processing Plc. (Senselet), in Ethiopia.

A new draft bill, intending to amend the existing investment proclamation has been tabled before the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR). The latest bill proposes amending provisions that would offer more opportunities for foreign investors, who seek to jump into local investment areas including the ones preserved to local investors.

The Ethiopian government is to show case the country’s investment, trade and tourism potential at the much anticipated EXPO2020 Dubai.

A group of foreign businesses have echoed their frustration over the taxation and customs laws and procedures that are creating inconveniences in their day-to-day business activities and investment operations.

Cepheus Growth Capital Partners has invested in one of Hawassa's ceramic makers, Tabor Ceramics Products Share Company and is to hold a “significant minority stake” in the company.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has financially backed Soufflet Malt Ethiopia – a subsidiary of the French-based Gruope Soufflet – with EUR 20 million to help expand the company’s malt production and for its role involving some 40,000 smallholder farmers in the value chain.

ADDIS ABABA: Wuxi No. 1 Cotton Ethiopia Textile Plc., a Chinese textile manufacturer, has opened its textile factory in Dire Dawa’s Industrial Park. Found inside 52 hectares of land with over USD 220 million spent, it has, so far, created more than 1500 local jobs in the area and is expected to reach 3500 once it’s fully operational.