New Business Ethiopia

The Customs Commission of Ethiopia seized worth 40 million birr (about $1.2 million) contraband goods including firearms in six days period before April 27, 2020.

U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Tibor Nagy has concluded his visit to Ethiopia, said the U.S Embassy in Addis Ababa.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia launches a 2.2 billion birr (about $69.3 million at current exchange rate) road construction project in Jimma, Oromia region of the country to be built by a Chinese company.

Cessna 172, a small plane owned by Abysinia Flight Services, a private aviation company, crashed in Jimma area of Oromia region of Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian Customs Commission said it has seized over 35 pistols from smugglers who tried to bring the weapons illegally into the capital, Addis Ababa.

Introduced over the past few years, the nine operational industrial parks in Ethiopia have created a total of 64,000 jobs.

The U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa launches the English Access Microscholarship Program, known as Access, in Jimma, Oromia region of Ethiopia.

The United States Government will continue its financial support to the restoration and maintenance of Ethiopia’s historic sites, said Ambassador of U.S. to Ethiopia.