The Jimma Industrial Park and Dire Dawa Industrial Park were officially opened last month by the Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Stretching across 75 hectares of land, the industrial park has nine manufacturing sheds. Dire Dawa Industrial Park in eastern Ethiopia, approximately 262km from the port of Djibouti, is being built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) at a cost of US$51m. According to the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC), there are 11 more industrial parks in the making. Leslie Neme, CEO of Industrial Park Development Corp, cited in the article by New Business Ethiopia, says Antex expects to generate US$100,000 through its first export to Europe.

Source: Ethiopian News January 08, 2019 15:00 UTC