Ethiopia earns about $500 million dollars from export of coffee over the first eight months of Ethiopia’s current budget year, which began July 8, 2019. It is stated that compared to the previous budget year same period, the export volume of Ethiopia’s coffee has increased by 37,000 tons and $25 million. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on his part indicated that Africa immediately need $2 billion to combat the pandemic. Currently COVID-19 has killed over 21,000 people while infecting about 465,915 people in 200 countries across the world. Countries like Iran, South Korea and the United Sates have also been reporting the death of thousands of their people by COVID-19.

Source: News Business Ethiopia March 27, 2020 09:41 UTC