Business

The Norwegian company Norplan/Norconsult on 4 March signed a technical consultancy contract with the Ministry of Water Resources of Ethiopia to do a feasibility study on two huge hydropower plants in Ethiopia. Read more >

# Etiopia spås fortsatt rask økonomisk vekst # Sterk økning i salget av kaffe og priser på blomster # Etiopisk næringsliv og muligheter for investeringer og handel ble presentert på Næringslivets Bistandskonferanse i Oslo 10. februar # Stor britiske næringlivsdelegasjonen til Etiopia # Stans i produksjonen ved vannkraftverket Gilgel Gibe II, et alvorlig tilbakeslag for etiopiske ekspansjonsplan... Read more >

On the 25th of February, H.E Girma Birru visited the stand organized by the Embassy of Norway at the 14th Addis Chamber International Trade Fair. Read more >

From February 25th to March 3, Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce will arrange its annual “ international business to business exhibition”, and this years motto is “Renewed Energy for Renewed Ethiopia”. The Embassy of Norway will have a stand at the event. Read more >

More than 300 Norwegian business people gathered in Oslo last week in the Conference “Africa. The Continent of Opportunities”. Norwegian ambassador to Ethiopia Jens-Petter Kjemprud promoted the business climate and possibilities for Norwegian investment and trade with Ethiopia. Read more >

Four hours for issuance of investment permits and one hour to get a working permit are some of the favorable “One shop stop services” offered by the Ethiopian Investment Agency. (EIA) . This government agency is established to promote, facilitate and encourage private investment in general and foreign investment in particular in Ethiopia. Read more >

In 2009, Norwegian Company”Honningcentralen” imported 40 tons of honey from Ethiopia, and made it available in Norwegian supermarkets starting from September. The deal proved sweet enough for Honningcentralen and Norwegian palates to plan import 100 per cent more- 80 tons of Ethiopian honey in 2010. Read more >

Addis Ababa was host to the third All African Leather Fair, an international fair organised by the Ethiopian Leather Industries Association (ELIA), where all the largest manufacturers of leather products and tanneries were represented. Read more >

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange, started in April 2008, is already making its mark on commodity trading and financial practices in Ethiopia. Norwegian ambassador Jens-Petter Kjemprud rang the bell to open trading yesterday. Read more >

The Norwegian Embassy visited the new facilities of the OK Jamaica Shoes Factory, an Ethiopian company expanding to meet increasing demand at home and abroad. Read more >

The topic of the 2010 Norwegian Business Aid Conference is “Africa – Continent of Opportunity?” Read more >

Les årets siste nyhetsbrev fra ambassaden om økonomi og næringsliv i Etiopia. Read more >

PETRAD is a non-profit Norwegian government foundation established in 1989 to facilitate knowledge and experience transfer about petroleum management, administration and technology between managers and experts in governments and national oil companies. A number of Ethiopians have attended trainings by the organization based in Stavanger, Norway. Minister of State Fikru Dessalegn from the Minist... Read more >

A three-member delegation from the Business and Trade Department of the Norwegian MFA visited Addis Abeba on Friday the 20th of November, with the purpose of promoting Norwegian trade and investment and discussing Corporate Social Responsibility. Their visit was kicked off at the Golden Rose Farm, the Ethiopian Counterpart to Norwegian florist-chain Mester Grønn. Read more >

Inflasjonen stabiliserer seg på et lavere nivå . Etiopias ry som et land man kan investere er i ferd med å bedre seg. Blant Topp 10 i Afrika . Tekeze-kraftverket (300 MW) åpnet. To nye kraftverk åpnes neste 6 måneder. Enorm utvikling og engasjement i energisektoren. Kina hovedaktør i vannkraftsektoren. Totalt potensial oppskrevet til 45.000MW. Etiopiske forventninger til Norge. Nederlandske stø... Read more >

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi officially inaugurated the Tekeze Hydropower Plant last Saturday. Tekeze is the highest dam in Africa (188 meters) and the power plant will generate 300 MW when it is fully operational. Tekeze is the first of five ongoing hydropower projects to go operational. Norway is also supporting Ethiopia in it's hydropower development endeavours. Read more >

The Norwegian fertilizer company Yara has won a 100.000 tonnes delivery contract for fertilizer in the latest round of bidding, approved by the Ministry of Agriculture. Yara was among four companies selected. Norwegian Yara is the world's biggest mineral fertilizer producer. Read more >

Hovedpunkter: • Inflasjonen er kommet under god kontroll • Etiopias tap pga. den globale økonomiske krisen anslått til 260-297 mill. USD • Veksten i etiopisk økonomi forventes å ville ligge mellom 7 og 9.2% i inneværende år • WTO-tilslutningsprosessen går videre, mulig fullt medlemskap i 2013 • Kinesisk ZTE enerådende på telekommunikasjonssektoren • Kinesiske selskaper med en rekke nye avtaler ... Read more >

Coffee, roses and honey - Ethiopian luxury products increasingly find their way into the Norwegian markets. Last week Ethiopian honey made its entrance into the shelves of Norwegian outlets. Read more >

The interior and lifestyle brand Formission is now brought to Africa, and Ethiopia is amongst the East African countries where production will take place through woman entrepreneur businesses. Norwegian HSH Department of International Trade Cooperation (HSH) took over sole ownership of the Formission Brand in January 2009 and the process of creating new products will be continued by HSH – in Af... Read more >