Trading opens up northern Togo
Every Tuesday, Alemondji market in northern Togo swarms with people. Amid the throng, Burkinabe and Ghanaian traders offer…
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Ethiopia secures $1.33 billion from export trade
The government of Ethiopia has secured $1.33 billion from export of goods during the first six months of…
Ethiopia reactivates WTO accession negotiations
The government of Ethiopia said it has reactivated World Trade Organization (WTO) accession negotiations, which was stuck for…
Ethiopia gets $1.12 billion from export in five months
The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Ethiopia said during the first five months of the budget year…
Ethiopia launches electronic customs processing platform for traders
The Government of Ethiopia launches an electronic platform that will enhance efficiency in trade logistics landscape of the…
Ethiopia earns $916 million from export
Ethiopia has earned a total of $916 million from export of different commodities and electricity over the first…
How continental free trade benefits Africans
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Experts and senior government officials FROM EASTERN African countries have met in Asmara,…
African free trade can create 2 million jobs, doubles growth
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Asmara, Eritrea – The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)…
Ethiopia, Kenya to explore grain trade opportunities
Kenya and Ethiopia set to explore bilateral grain trade opportunities and investments to bridge cross border trade gap…
Forum discusses logistics challenges in East Africa
A forum by the Nairobi – based Africa Logistics Properties (ALP), discusses logistics challenges in East Africa mainly…
Ethiopia needs 15 years to implement Africa free trade deal
The government of Ethiopia needs to get 15 years of preparation in order to impliment the flat /…
Ethiopia earns $318 million from horticulture
Ethiopia has earned $318 million from the export of flowers and other horticulture products in the concluded fiscal…
Ethiopian Airlines begins cargo flights to Bangkok, Hanoi
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services, launches once weekly freighter service to Bangkok, Thailand and Hanoi, Vietnam as of…
Ethiopia imports worth $2.8 billion petroleum
Ethiopia has imported close to 81.8 billion birr (around $2.82 billion) fuel during the fiscal year concluded July…
Company to introduce refrigerated coffee to Ethiopian market
Zing Coffee, a local company engaged in coffee business, announced that it is set to introduce refrigerated and…
Ethiopia’s export earning continues to decline
Ethiopia’s export performance which has been declining since 2012, has dropped by $170 million for the fiscal year…
Ethiopia imports 135, 457 vehicles in a year
The total number of vehicles Ethiopia has imported and registered last year (the fiscal year ended July 7,…
Avocado set to become Ethiopia’s major export
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – A program launched by the Israeli and United States development agencies is set…
Ethiopia’s export income declines 9 percent
Continuing its decline Ethiopia’s export income for the first nine months of the fiscal year started July 8,…
Global e-commerce sales surges to $29 trillion
Global e-commerce sales grew 13% in 2017, hitting an estimated $29 trillion, according to the latest numbers released…
Egypt expresses support to regional integration
Egypt has affirmed its strong support for the African Development Bank as a development partner and is committed…
French multinational logistics companies enter Ethiopian market
Following the recent decision of Ethiopian Government to liberalization its logistics sector, Bolloré Africa Logistics and CMA/CGM Group…
Somaliland launches road project connecting Berbera Port and Ethiopia
President Muse Bihi Abdi Somaliland and Ethiopia officials from Somali region laid a cornerstone for the construction of…
Report suggests policies to boost Africa’s GDP by $134 billion
The 2019 African Economic Outlook by the African Development Bank (AfDB) suggests five trade policy actions that can…
Ethiopian Airlines gets gold prize for cargo service
Ethiopian Airlines gets gold prize as the top performing cargo transportation airline at the Customers Annual Meeting organized…
Ethiopia passes continental free trade deal
The Council of Minister of Ethiopia today approves the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which envisages creating…
Ethiopia export income drops 38%
Ethiopia earned export revenue of $1.21 billion in six months of the current Ethiopian fiscal year (July, 8,…
Ethiopian shipping urges government to use its idle ships
The Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise (ESLSE), the government company which has been in shipping business for…
Africa gets $32.6 billion deals for power, manufacturing, gas projects
Africa gets $32.6 billion deals for power, manufacturing, oil and gas, financial services, logistics projects at the Intra-African…
Mauritius tops Africa online shopping readiness ranking
Mauritius has been ranked the most prepared country in Africa for shopping online, according to UNCTAD’s Business-to-Consumer (B2C)…