Along with three friends, she moved to the city with aspirations of getting a job at Hawassa Industrial Park, the largest manufacturing hub in sub-Saharan Africa. Women walk in the Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia. In 2016, then-Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn inaugurated the $250 million, 300-hectare Hawassa Industrial Park that the government hoped to transform and expand the country’s economy. I live far away from my family, so I have nowhere to go.”Workers check textiles at the Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia. With the future of Hawassa Industrial Park uncertain, one thing is clear: Workers want better conditions.

Source: Ethiopian News September 24, 2022 06:01 UTC