It’s November, barely six months since the Hawassa Industrial Park opened, and already he has 1,400 locals at work. The Hawassa Industrial Park’s inauguration is only the most recent part of a vast centralized scheme: Since 2014, Ethiopia has opened four giant, publicly owned industrial parks; it plans eight more by 2020. Photographer: Nichole Sobecki for Bloomberg BusinessweekThe Hawassa park hasn’t ignited mass protests. Companies at Hawassa Industrial Park pick up orders from many well-known brands. Hawassa Industrial Park is 170 miles from the capital of Addis Ababa and 600 miles from the nearest shipping port in Djibouti.

Source: Ethiopian News March 02, 2018 09:56 UTC