ETHIOPIA – As a major coffee producer in Africa, Ethiopia, is seeking interventions to intensify coffee exports to China in a quest to supply the growing demand of the commodity in the East Asian nation. This comes as Ethiopian based coffee roastaries and cafes in China record good performance and significant growth arising from the…
ETHIOPIA - European investors have pumped US$12.44 million into the establishment of a new liquor factory, Komari Beverages Plc in Amhara Regional State, reports the AddisFortune. Komari Beverages Plc, the 13th liquor processing plant in the country will have a production capacity of bottling and packaging 27,000 bottles an hour, processing whiskey, rum and vodka.…
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian liquor producing company, Ponu Monu has invested US$1.91 million (54 million Br) in establishing a new aluminium and plastic bottle cap factory in Gerji. According to AddisFortune, the investment was part of an expansion project to meet the growing demand for the materials in both the local and export markets. Equipped with…
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia is holding an international conference on pulses, oilseeds and spices to liberate on strengthening and expanding potential of the commodities in the market destinations, reports ENA. Jointly organized by Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ethiopian Pulses, Oilseeds and Spices Processors-Exporters Association (EPOSPEA), the conference seeks to help low quality exporters to…
ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian oldest sugar estate, Wonji Shoa Sugar Factory has started negotiations with the government to sell the company to a private buyer, Ethio-Sugar Manufacturing S.C in a deal valued at US$393.41 million (11 billion Br). According to AddisFortune, Ethio-Sugar has written to the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation and the Office of the Prime Minister…
ETHIOPIA - Ker Water S.C has invested about US$3.23 million in a new water bottling facility in the Southern Nations, Nationalities & People’s regional state, Ethiopia. According to AddisFortune report, the new product, branded Ethio Water will be available on the market by the end of this month. The new plant sits on a 2,700Sqm…
ETHIOPIA – Iodized-salt producing companies in Ethiopia have established a new association in bid to help combat iodine deficiency in the country. According to AddisFortune, the association was formed by the Ethiopian Food, Beverage, & Pharmaceutical Industry Development Institute. The Ethiopian Iodized Salt Producers Association, made of close to 15 salt producers plans to introduce…
ETHIOPIA - Nared General Trading, an Ethiopian pharmaceuticals import and wholesale company has invested US$5.01 million (140 million Br) to set up a new water bottling company in Chacha Wereda, Amhara Regional State. According to AddisFortune, the plant was constructed at a cost of US$2.15 million on 20,000Sqm land and is expected to be fully…
ETHIOPIA – The Federal Cooperative Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the heads of regional cooperatives to construct 25 silos to be used by agricultural cooperative unions involved in teff and wheat value chain in four regional states. The bid aims to alleviate the shortage of warehouses and help cooperative unions with a reliable…
ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian Sugar Corporation is set to inaugurate Omo Kuraz Sugar Factory Three on October 14, built with US$286.12 million loan from China Development Bank. According to the state corporation, the new factory will have the capacity of upto a thousand tonnes of sugar per day, producing three types of sugar with modern technology…
