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Ethiopia unrest impacts Tigray clothing production
2020-12-01 14:19:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
South Asian garment exporters with manufacturing units based in the war-ravaged Tigray region in the north of Ethiopia are hoping for an early revival of operations but warn that in the interim they are having to find alternative production centres to honour their supply commitments.
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Safaricom sees drop in Ethiopia licence bid price after govt restricts mobile money to domestic firms
2020-11-16 09:46:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Disclosures contained in a transcript call covering events to the end of July, said Business Daily, reveal that Safaricom sees a licence without mobile money hurting profitability and lengthening the period to recoup the investment. CEO Peter Ndegwa said a licenve that does not include a mobile money license will significantly reduce the level of profitability and therefore in essence, Safaricom's bid price for the licence but also the profitability and payback period.
Ethiopia landmark fund protects garment industry jobs
2020-11-03 15:19:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The UK and Germany have set up a landmark US$6.5m fund aimed at saving thousands of jobs in Ethiopia's textile and garment industry while helping to support the country's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Aid by Trade leads Ethiopia water stewardship programme
2020-08-12 12:56:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) has launched a collaborative three-year project in Ethiopia to tackle water pollution from the textile and apparel sector.
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Not quite so liberal: Ethiopia suspends foreign infrastructure companies from entering market
2020-08-10 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
One of the last remaining telecoms monopolies in the world, Ethiopia is slowly moving towards liberalising its market, announcing in 2019 that it would be allowing two new service operators into the country, as well as selling a 40% stake in incumbent Ethio Telecom. As part of this liberalisation process…read more on TotalTele.com »
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