The House of Peoples' Representatives heard detailed clarification on the progress of negotiation Water, Irrigation and Energy Ministry entered with lower Nile riparian countries on the Grand Renaissance Dam issues.
Ethiopia has secured 164.7 million US dollars in revenue from the manufacturing sector during the past five months, according to the Ministry of Industry (MoI), WIC reported.
The Ministry of Industry and Allanasons Ltd, India's largest exporter of processed food products, signed an agreement that enables the latter to build a meat processing plant at a cost of 371 million birr, WIC reported.
The Sudanese capital Khartoum will host a new round of tripartite talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on Saturday to discuss issues related to Ethiopia’s new Nile dam, Egypt's Ahramonline reported quoting the state news agency MENA.
Preparations are underway to begin the construction of the 4-lane dual carriageway Modjo-Hawassa highway project, according to the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA), WIC reported.
Authority Communication Directorate Director told WIC that the 210-km highway project will be implemented in four phases.
The first phase consists of the construction of Modjo-Meki new asphalt road and the second phase includes the construction of asphalt road between Meki-Zeway, he said.
Habesha Cement S.C. has secured a letter of credit (LC) for its Chinese contractor from the Eastern & Southern Africa Trade & Development Bank, known as the PTA, just five weeks after signing a long-awaited loan agreement for 660 million Br with the development bank of Ethiopia (DBE).
