Oromia, Ethiopia – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has on the third day of her official State visit to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia toured the Eastern Industry Zone – in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region located some 30 kilometers outside Addis Ababa. President Sirleaf said she was pleased to appreciate such dramatic development seen along the route to Eastern Industry Zone involving housing and improved infrastructure. She said Eastern Industry Zone was indicative of job-creation that would particularly enable women earn decent livelihood and support the families. Speaking earlier, the General Manager of Eastern Industry Zone P.L.C. Eastern Industry Zone is devoted to developing auxiliary service industries such as warehousing, logistics, commerce and catering to an integrated economic zone based on processing industries.

Source: Front Page Africa March 03, 2017 08:26 UTC