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ETHIOPIA PERSONAL CARE SECTOR EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
WITH Africa’s second largest population – around 85 million – and one of the world’s fastest-growing economies (expanding 7% annually over recent years), the potential of Ethiopia as a market for cosmetics products is beginning to be realised by the personal care products sector worldwide.…
ETHIOPIAN PHARMA SECTOR GROWS - WOTH DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING TAKING OFF
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
WITH Africa’s second largest population – around 85 million – and one of the world’s fastest growing economics, expanding annually at 7% over recent years, opportunities in Ethiopia for both domestic and overseas pharmaceutical manufacturers are increasing rapidly.…
STEADY GROWTH FOR ETHIOPIAN TOBACCO SECTOR - HELPED BY CRACKDOWN ON ILLICIT TRADE
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
THE TOBACCO market in Ethiopia is set for significant growth over the coming years, due to rising incomes and a range of measures designed to reduce the volume of contraband cigarettes being consumed in the country.…
CONCERN OVER CHINESE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE DOMINANCE GROWS IN AFRICA
BY WACHIRA KIGOTHI, IN NAIROBI, AND WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
China’s powerful clothing and textile industry is looking for continued growth in sub-Saharan Africa, whose local manufacturers and brands are worrying about how to deal with the competition.
According to William Gumede, a senior research fellow at the University of Witwatersrand’s school of public and development management in South Africa, Chinese domination of Africa’s textile markets and its industry has promoted significant job losses.…
ETHIOPIA'S GOVERNMENT PRESSES AHEAD WITH AMBITIOUS TEXTILE AND CLOTHING EXPANSION PLAN
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
A GROWING number of major retailers are sourcing textiles and clothing from Ethiopia, as the country’s industry undergoes a major expansion programme. Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) became the latest high street giant to begin purchasing textiles and garments from Ethiopia in November.…
ETHIOPIA HAS ITS SIGHTS SET ON FULL CAR MANUFACTURING BY 2015
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
IN the latest sign that Ethiopia has a robustly expanding auto manufacturing sector, China’s Lifan has said that it is to double its assembly capacity in the country. The manufacturer revealed to wardsauto that it is to open a new plant with a capacity of 1,500 to 2,000 cars per year in Ethiopia in the middle of next year.…
ETHIOPIA'S NASCENT ACCOUNTING SECTOR BEING BUILT UP FROM THE GROUND
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
THE ECONOMIC potential of Ethiopia, with Africa’s second largest population at around 85 million, is beginning to be realised, and the accounting sector is benefiting. While still poor, with GDP per capita at USD1,100 per person, GDP has been expanding at around 7%, faster than any other non-energy economy in Africa.…
ETHIOPIA PLOTS MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CAPACITY EXPANSION
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
A NEW airport in Ethiopia is to become the main international hub in the country. With rapidly growing traffic at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport over recent years, plans are underway to build a major new airport that would supersede Bole as the country’s main international airport, while Bole itself would be expanded.…
SOUTH KOREA TEXTILE AND CLOTHING COMPANIES TO ESTABLISH BASE IN ETHIOPIA
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN ADDIS ABABA
The leader of Ethiopia’s clothing and textile sector has claimed eight South Korean companies are to open textile and garment plants in his country, in a new industrial park close to the capital Addis Ababa.…
PHASE OUT HARMFUL FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES SAYS RIO+20
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO
THE WORLD’S energy ministers are pondering policy responses to ‘The Future We Want’, a document summarising recommendations from the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) which ended June 22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…