By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – The government of Ethiopia has privatized 290 companies in 14 years from 1995-2015, according to the information obtained from the agency in charge of supervising and selling state enterprises.
Heads of major companies from the United States that are on official tour in Addis Ababa said they will help and accelerate Ethiopia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
In a major policy shift, the Government of Ethiopia decides to liberalize major state monopoly companies including Ethiopian Airlines, Ethio Telecom, Ethiopian shipping Lines and Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation.