Business

Norway’s first business conference focusing exclusively on Africa, the Norwegian-African Business Summit, will be held in Oslo on Thursday 29 September. Business people and entrepreneurs from Ethiopia are welcomed Read more

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Abeba hosts a Norwegian clean energy delegation to Ethiopia in conjunction with the International “Hydropower for Sustainable Development 2011” conference to be held in Addis Abeba on 31st March and 1st April 2011. Read more

The Embassy of Norway in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has added Ethiopian coffee from Tomoca in Adduis Abeba to its lunch-menu. Read more

Hovedpunkter: • Kraftig devaluering av valutaen for å styrke konkurranseevnen. • Ethiopian Airline blir medlem av Star Alliance. • Development Bank of Ethiopia vil begynne å selge statsobligasjoner for å stimulere innenlandsk sparing. • Det indiske selskapet; Karaturi Global Limited, har kjøpt ett landområde av størrelsen 300 000 hektar som tilsvarer seks ganger strørrelsen av Addis Abeba. •... Read more

Sudan has emerged as one of the top ten nations importing from Ethiopia. While Norway still has a way to go in this regard, the country is exploring business opportunities in both Ethiopia and the Sudan. Read more

Hovedpunkter: •Regjeringen har lagt fram en femårsplan som blant annet fokuserer på lokal drevet nasjonaløkonomi. •Etiopiske valutaen, birr, forsetter å depresiere mot dollaren. •Ethiopian Shipping Lines med en profitt som er 154 prosent over det forventet. •Landets energikapasitet skal utvides fra 2000 MW til 10 000 MW. •Grunnet høy økonomisk aktivitet i landet, vil petroleum importen øke med ... Read more

On the 23rd of August, Norwegian Ambassadors met with the Norwegian business community as part of the yearly “Ambassadors meeting” held in Oslo. Business-representatives could request for short “dates” with Ambassadors to gain knowledge about business opportunities in various countries. In this regard, Ethiopia proved to be a sought-after “dating partner”. Read more

Hovedpunkter: •Enorm økonomisk vekst medfører at landet er i ferd med å oppnå tusenårsmålet. •Privatisering av en rekke offentlige selskaper er i gang. •12 prosent oppgang i eksportinntekten, sammenlignet med fjoråret. •Etiopia har nå Afrikas nest største kapasitet på hydroenergi. Read more

Hovedpunkter: • Nytt statsbudsjett 20 prosent større enn det forrige • Lav inflasjon og forventninger om fortsatt høy vekst • Den etiopiske varebørsen (ECX) inngår avtaler med Den amerikanske kaffekvalitetsinstitusjonen og Verdens matvareprogram • Coop med stor avtale om roseimport fra Etiopia • Det nye statsbudsjettet vektlegger infrastruktur. Utbedring av tilgang til fiberoptisk nett og... Read more

Mr Erik Solheim, Norwegian Minister of Development, puts emphasis on the business-engagements by Norwegian florist company “Mester Grønn” in the latest edition of the “Ernst&Young-Magazine”. Read more

An agreement is signed between Norwegian retailer chain Coop and Ethiopian rose-farm “Sher Ethiopia” for yearly deliveries of 20 million roses to Norwegian stores. Read more

Since 1960, the Koka Dam in Oromia Region has been powering Ethiopia. The 458 metre long dam was an important part of the country’s development during the time of Emperor Haile Selassie, and also then, Norwegian expertise was utilized to make the most of hydropower in Ethiopia. Read more

Ethiopia was in focus at a business seminar on clean energy project development in Africa organised in Oslo, Norway, recently. Read more

Ethiopian honey was recently introduced in Norway and is growing in popularity. Read more

Mosvold is a name people in Ethiopia will know, both from the area around the shop in Piazza, and as a name of quality products, particularly furniture. But the fact that Mosvold is a Norwegian name, established by Norwegians with Norwegian products might not be so well known. When dealing with Ethio-Norwegian business relations, one should start with the first Norwegian business venture in... Read more

"Norwegian-Ethiopian relations are longstanding and includes relations at so many levels, from people to people to political contacts at the highest level," says Norwegian State Secretary Ingrid Fiskaa. Read more

Norway’s comparative advantage in hydro power development and Ethiopia’s amazing hydropower potential means that this is one of the embassy’s focus areas of development collaboration. Read more

Read Ambassador Kjemprud's editorial in the 16 May business enclosure. Read more

Hovedpunkter: • Foreløpige resultater fra parlamentsvalget tilsier at regjeringen vinner en brakseier • Raskere vekst i eksport og BNP forventes det kommende året • Regjeringen sier WTO-medlemskap er en målsetting og uttrykker forhandlingsvilje • Kina tilbyr store lån til bybane, jernbane, skip og vannkraftutbygging • Ambassaden utgav næringslivsbilag der Etiopias utenriksminister vektlegger de... Read more

Interview with H.E Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Published in the Ethio-Norwegian Business enclosure in Capital Newspaper , May 16th. Read more