China is ahead in Ethiopia, where it has already built roads, a highway, and where its influence is doubtless. A mainly farming country, Ethiopia wants to become the “industrial hub” of Africa. On July 8, top Ethiopian authorities and foreign investors inaugurated with great pomp the industrial park of Kombolcha, 380 kilometers north of the capital. "Even better than Bangladesh,” says Yang Nan, the president of JP Textile. At JP Textile, for instance, most workers are paid less than $35 a month.

Source: Ethiopian News September 12, 2017 08:26 UTC