Addis Ababa, February 7, 2024 (FBC) – Ms. Semereta Sewasew, State Minister of Finance met with Ms. Carmen Magariños, Director General of Cooperation for Africa & Asia of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), and the newly appointed Spanish Ambassador Guillermo Lopez Mac-Lellan, along with other members of […]
Daily Archives: February 9, 2024
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Addis Ababa, February 7, 2024 (FBC) – The First African Coffee Week which is expected to bring more than 1000 local and foreign enterprises together begins in Addis Ababa. The Agriculture Minister, Girma Amente (PhD) and Director General of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, Adugna Debela (PhD) have attended […]
Addis Ababa, February 6, 2024 (FBC) – The Ethio-Russian business forum was held in Moscow, in cooperation between the Ethiopian Trade and Sector Associations, the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Coordinating Committee for Economic Cooperation with African Countries (AFROCOM), and the Ethiopian Embassy in Russia. The forum was […]
Addis Ababa, February 5, 2024 (FBC) – Gelila PLC, a firm engaged in the production of leather goods, is poised to commence operations with a substantial investment capital of 2 billion Ethiopian birr. In the course of his deliberations with Mr. Berhe, the proprietor and Chief Executive Officer of the […]
Addis Ababa, February 3, 2024 (FBC) – The African Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition, the largest coffee platform in Africa, would create great opportunity to link Ethiopian farmers and exporters with international traders, AFCA Ethiopia representative said. The 20th African Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition and the First African Coffee […]
Addis Ababa, February 3, 2024 (FBC) – The Ministry of Finance of Ethiopia and the World Bank Group jointly conducted a workshop on Energy Sector Reform, at Addis Ababa today, the Ministry indicated. The workshop brought together officials from the Ministry of Finance, the World Bank, the Ministry of Water […]
Addis Ababa, February 3, 2024 (FBC) – Sultan Wali, Minister of State for Energy Sector at the Ministry of Water and Energy stated that regional energy trading is important for bolstering socio-economic ties between African countries. The state minister made this remark at the fifth Tanzania Energy Cooperation Summit held […]
Addis Ababa, February 3, 2024 (FBC) – The Ministry of Agriculture asserted that it is working in collaboration with pertinent stakeholders to ensure the accessibility of the burgeoning Meher and irrigated wheat produce to the domestic market. In an exclusive interview with FBC, Isayas Lemma, the head of crop development […]
Addis Ababa, February 3, 2024 (FBC) – Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), a giant Japanese multinational integrated business entity, has articulated its keen interest in exploring investment opportunities associated with trading within the Dire-Dawa Free Trade Zone. Mr. Shigeyuki Ikeda, the General Manager of Mitsubishi Corporation, undertook visits to Hawasa, Adama, and […]
Addis Ababa, February 2, 2024 (FBC) – The first-ever Ethiopian largest bulk carrier vessel, ABBAY II, docked at Djibouti Port for the first time carrying Ethiopian cargo since its registration and started sailing under the flag of Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics confirmed this morning. ABBAY II has delivered […]
Addis Ababa, February 2, 2024 (FBC) – A consultative meeting on the National Action Plan for the implementation of Compliance Measures on European Union Deforestation-free Products Regulation (EUDR) was held on Thursday. Under the EU regulation, any operator or trader who places commodities like cattle, soy, beef, palm oil, wood, […]
Addis Ababa, February 2, 2024 (FBC) – Ethiopia and Pakistan on Thursday explored different avenues for economic cooperation during a bilateral meeting that took place here in Islamabad at the Finance Ministry of Pakistan. Eyob Tekalign, State Minister of Finance, led the Ethiopian delegation while the Pakistan side was led […]