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George Shoes becomes the first leather company based in Ethiopia to receive a GOLD audit award for a Leather Working Group (LWG) certification. LWG certification is an international leather tannery audit ensuring environmental compliance. With the increasing...

ADDIS ABEBA, 5th November 2019 — Enterprise partners in partnership with Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI) organized a consultative workshop, entitled, ‘’Cotton Research and Development in Ethiopia.’’ The key objective of the workshop was to...

Ethiopia is taking part in a national green legacy campaign to break the world record by planting 200 million tree saplings on Monday, July 29, 2019. We believe that enhancing the capacity of the ecosystem services, particularly in our industrial parks, is vital to...

A week-long training on Market System Facilitation was successfully conducted for participants from the Ministry of Trade and Industry on the days of 27th to 31st of May, 2019. The training was organized at the Bishoftu Management Training Institute, following a...

A seminar on New Product Development in the Fruits and Vegetable Processing Industry was held at Sapphire Addis Hotel on June 28, 2019. The seminar aimed to inform and raise awareness on new product development and application of raw material in existing recipes. The...

Enterprise partners, PAN Ethiopia and MNS have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of customizing contract farming model implementation in SNNPR.  The signed MOU defines and formalizes the relationship between the parties and sets out their roles and...

Enterprise Partners in partnership with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ethiopian Investment Commission and Leather Industries Development Institute, has developed a National Leather Sector Roadmap entitled Creating New Productive Capacity for the Leather...

EP's horticulture team hosted an enlightening awareness workshop on food safety standards for competitive marketing for sector stakeholders. The workshop was held on May 17, 2019, at Sapphire Addis Hotel and was attended by fruit & vegetable processors, government...

The 3rd Worker Engagement and Retention (WEAR) steering committee meeting was held on May 09, 2019 in the EP meeting hall. The committee held discussions on a number of key issues including the status of the WEAR Program and evaluation of the pilot program. A progress...

The EP cotton team facilitated a contract farming planning session was held in Humera, Tigray on April 2, 2019.  The session was attended by the Regional Institute of Agriculture Research, Regional and Zonal Bureau of Cooperative Development Agency, Regional Bureau of...

The 2019 international conference on Sustainable Industrial Areas (SIA) took place from April 8-10, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. The conference was organized by the German development agency (GIZ), the International Finance Corporation (IFC),...

Enterprise Partners (EP) was organised a two-day training programme on March 20 and 21, 2019 at the Intercontinental Hotel. As part of EP’s support in providing technical assistance to financial institutions, the training was given to risk and finance personnel’s from...

The Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI) and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (gGmbH) granted a certificate for sixteen technical service providers (TSPs)  with the support of Enterprise Partners (EP). The certification ceremony...

The SME Finance Project (SMEFP) held a strategy session on Friday, March 8, 2019, at Intercontinental Hotel, Addis Abeba. The session was organized by EP with a theme of ‘’Mitigating Risks and Managing NPLs in Lease Financing’’ for the DBE Executive Management team....

The contract farming regional organizational setup consultative workshop was held in Mekelle, Tigray on Feb 12, 2019, at the Axum Hotel. While the MNS Contract Farming Project Zonal & Local Governance Forum Organizational Setup Sensitization Workshop was held the...

The AEMFI 10th Biennial Microfinance conference was held in Mekele from 28 November to 01 December 2018 under the theme of “Accelerating Financial Inclusion with Innovative Financial Services for Sustainable Development”. The conference attracted all key stakeholders...

The R&D group has partnered with Enterprise partners (EP) to support factories at Hawassa industrial park with their HR and HRD related challenges. It had been identified that factories face different challenges in managing their workforce and it is by far one of...

A six-day SME financing training was delivered to 28 of Abay bank and Oromia International Bank (OIB) staff on the days of 12-17th October 2018. The training covered a number of relevant topics that are key in understanding the Small and Medium Enterprises and their...

DBE Lease Financing Update and Monitoring training was delivered to DBE District Managers, Team Managers and Planning Officers under the SMEFP program. The training took place on November 06, 2018 at the Intercontinental Addis Hotel, Addis Ababa with 29 DBE Personnel....

Enterprise Partners utilises a Women’s Economic Empowerment framework as a cross-cutting measure throughout our work. Within our programmes, we tackle issues such as breaking down the barriers hindering a woman’s ability to access economic resources as agricultural...

Enterprise Partners (EP) in collaboration with the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) facilitated a full-day workshop to provide a disability inclusion training to Human Resource personnel’s and...

Enterprise Partners (EP) in collaboration with the Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI) and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (gGmbH) have signed a letter of intent to develop an international certification scheme to train, mentor...

As the number of Ethiopian textile and garment factories is increasing at an accelerating rate, the national demand for cotton has grown significantly. This growth has created substantial demand and opportunity for the local cotton growers to produce more cotton than...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), particularly those in manufacturing, agro-processing, construction and tourism are considered key drivers of the envisioned economic transformation in Ethiopia with the potential to create jobs and income. However, various studies...

According to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and UNCTAD, Africa offers the highest return of foreign direct investment in the world. African economies are diversifying beyond traditional commodities and rising in greater depth with new skills,...

Thursday 30th August 2019 – Enterprise Partners has signed a contract with the Ethiopian Investment Commission to launch the second phase of the Young Professional Development Programme. The Young Professional Development Programme was initiated as part of the...

10-11 August 2018, Enterprise Partners (EP) participated as Gold Sponsors to the 2018 Annual Career Expo, held at the Millennium Hall. The Nationwide Career Expo was jointly organised by Dereja.com, a business unit of Ethiojobs.net and the Ministry of Education (MoE)....

Enterprise Partners (EP) facilitated a one-week refresher training aimed at enhancing access to finance for SMEs in Ethiopia. The training took place between July 23rd – 27th, 2018 at the Awash International Bank, training center.The main objective of the refresher...

The microfinance sector in Ethiopia has grown rapidly over the last decade and now has a robust network of 38 Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), serving over 5 million loan clients and 17 million savings accounts. Even with the achievements to date, reaching optimal...

ረፖርተር ጋዜጣጽሑፉ በብርሃኑ ፈቃደየአጭር ጊዜ ብድር ተከለከለመንግሥት በዚህ ዓመት በውጭ ብድር ከሚፈለግበት ዕዳ ውስጥ 16 ቢሊዮን ብር እንደሚከፍልና እስካሁንም 11 ቢሊዮን ብር መክፈሉ ታወቀ፡፡ የዓለም የገንዘብ ድርጅት (አይኤምኤፍ) የአገሪቱ የብድር ጫና እየጨመረ በመምጣት ከፍተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ደርሷል ቢልም፣ መንግሥት ግን አልተቀበለውም፡፡ከገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ትብብር ሚኒስቴር የተገኘው መረጃ እንደሚያመክተው፣ ኢትዮጵያ...

ረፖርተር ጋዜጣጽሑፉ በዳዊት እንደሻው ከዕቅዱ 57 በመቶ ብቻ ነው የተሳካውኢትዮጵያ በበጀት ዓመቱ በዘጠኝ ወራት ውስጥ ከወጪ ንግድ 2.1 ቢሊዮን ዶላር ገቢ ማግኘቷ ተገለጸ፡፡ይህ ገቢ በዕቅድ ተይዞ ከነበረው 3.6 ቢሊዮን ዶላር ጋር ሲነፃፀር 57 በመቶው ብቻ እንደተሳካ ታውቋል፡፡በተጨማሪም ካለፈው ዓመት የዘጠኝ ወራት አፈጻጸም ጋር ሲነፃፀር የ4.3 በመቶ (100 ሚሊዮን ዶላር) ብቻ ጭማሪ ተመዝግቧል፡፡ አብዛኛው ገቢ...

Branding Ethiopian CottonThe Garment and Textile sector is one of the priority sectors of the Government of the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II). The GoE is diligently working to attract significant investments that will meet goals of earning a total of...

The Young Professionals Program YPDP is a recruitment initiative for talented, highly qualified professionals starting their career with the Ethiopian Investment Commission. Through the facilitation of Enterprise Partners, the YPDP was initiated as part of the...

የኢትዮጵያ ልማት ባንክ ከሶስት የንግድ ባንኮች እና አንድ ማይክሮ ፋይናንስ ተቋም ጋር የብር 152 ሚሊዮን የብድር ውል ስምምነት መጋቢት 03 ቀን 2010 ዓ.ም በዋናው መ/ቤት ተፈራርሟል፡፡የብድር ስምምነቱ የተካሄደው ከእናት ባንክ፣ ሕብረት ባንክ እና ብርሃን ባንክ ሲሆን ከማክሮ ፋይናንስ ተቋማት መካከል ደግሞ ከአዲስ ብድርና ቁጠባ አ.ማ. ጋር ነው፡፡የብድር ስምምነቱ የተፈረመው በኢትዮጵያ ልማት ባንክ የአነስተኛና...

The Ethiopian private equity market is entering an exciting phase as investors flock in to seek investment opportunities in the booming economy. EP interventions focus on building the eco-system of private equity capital industry which will increase investments,...

In September 2017, a multi-stakeholder group was created with the task of developing a multi-year roadmap under the title “Creating New Productive Capacity for the Leather Industry”, which seeks to create ways in which Ethiopia will join the global production network....

16 January, 2018 – Enterprise Partners (EP) in collaboration with the Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI) held a certificate award ceremony for graduates of the Digital Money from cohorts  of 2017.The Certificate in Digital Money (CIDM) course...

ከሪፖርተር የወጣ መግለጫ 31 December 2017 ብርሃኑ ፈቃደ ምንም እንኳ ፕሮጀክቱ ከሁለት ዓመት በፊት ቢጀመርም የዓለም ባንክና የአውሮፓ ኢንቨስትመንት ባንክ ባቀረቡት የ276 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ብድር አማካይነት ከ3,000 በላይ ተጠቃሚዎችን በማሽነሪ ኪራይ ብድር በአነስተኛና መካከለኛ አምራች ኢንዱስትሪዎች ዘርፍ መሰማራት የሚችሉበትን ዕድል ይዞ ብቅ ማለቱ ይፋ ተደርጓል፡፡ ስለዚሁ ፕሮጀክት ትግበራ ሥራዎች የሚያብራራ...

According to, 'the Guardian', the Ethiopian government hopes its investment will lure foreign firms and boost the economy – but low wages and poor infrastructure may see it falter.Concentrating intensely, Haimanot Ayele picks up three pins from a pile and places them...

The Ethiopian private equity market is entering an exciting phase of investors flocking to seek investment opportunities in the booming economy. On November 23rd, 2017, Enterprise Partners (EP) in partnership with Zemen Bank hosted the first of twelve equity capital...

Investors association of Hawassa Industrial Park in coordination with SNNPR – Bureau of Trade and Industry (BOTI) and PVH organised a two day job fair on 24th and 25th November, 2017. The purpose of the job fair was: (1) Build positive image of the industrial park and...

Enterprise Partners (EP) in partnership with the Ethiopian Institute of Corporate Governance (EICG), organised a consultative workshop on November 21, 2017 to discuss the role of financial institutions in Ethiopia’s green economy. The meeting brought together...

The Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) has won the ‘2017 United Nations Award’ for their exceptional performance in promotion, facilitation and execution of sustainable investment projects. Ethiopia wins the ‘2017 United Nations Award’ for outstanding performance...

Enterprise Partners is pleased to announce the signing of partnership agreements with the “Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI)”, as of November 8th, 2017. Micro financing is a key element of economic development. It enables access to finance for...

The National Cotton Development Strategy (NCDS), which outlines a comprehensive road map for cotton development activities in Ethiopia for the coming 15 years (2017-2032), was discussed during a validation workshop held with stakeholders drawn from the cotton,...

Enterprise Partners in partnership with the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) hosted the “Africa Raw Materials and Garment Accessories, Investment and Linkage program” at the Millennium Hall from Oct 3-6, 2017. It was the largest organised show in Sub-Saharan...

The directive lowers lease price, extends lease period and centralizes land transfer process at the Authority.The Board of the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) has approved a directive that was designed to incentivize commercial farmers by providing lower lease...

Drought victims continue to live in fear and uncertainty as the recent severe drought has killed two million livestock so far, according to a report of the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The primary reason for the death of the...

Lion International Bank (LIB) S.C. will begin an agent and mobile banking system within two weeks, pending approval of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE).This will put Lion in league with Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), Wegagen International Bank S.C. and United...

The new directive will enable the Ministry to procure fertilisers directly from the manufacturers for three yearsThe Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources (MoANR) has finalised a draft directive that will gear up the monopoly of the fertiliser import...

A team of entrepreneurs representing different industrial segments from Tirupur will soon be embarking on a trip to Ethiopia for exploring the possibilities of setting up production bases there and utilise the preferential tariff advantages which Ethiopia enjoys in...

Trybus Group is expanding its supply chain footprint with a new factory in Ethiopia, adding to incoming investments in the textile and apparel production there.The Texas-based menswear company, which produces brands like Q by Flynt and Steve Harvey, signed a...

Companies based outside of Ethiopia have acquired 7 of the 15 factory sheds in Mekelle Industrial Park, which was built over 75,000 hectares of land and dedicated for apparel and textile manufacturing.Commenting on the matter, Goitom Gebrekidan, general manager of...

Werer Agricultural Research Center has announced that it is prepared to disseminate three best cotton varieties across Ethiopia.  Arekebe Gebregzabeher, a cotton breeding researcher at Werer Agricultural Center told Walta that the center is well-underway in its...

[vc_row][vc_column][md_text md_text_title1="" md_text_title_separator="no"]Ethiopia managed to earn $436.73 million USD from the manufacturing sector exports in the Ethiopian Fiscal Year (EFY) 2016/17 that ended on July 8.The export revenue met only 47.8 percent...

The Ethiopian government’s lifting of a 10-month-long national state of emergency should help put it back on track to continue to attract investment from textile and apparel firms and other industries.Lawmakers in the East African nation voted to end the emergency law...

Up to 3.38 million Ethiopian citizens stand to benefit from new financing approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors towards the nation’s water sector. The $445 million credit ($320 million IDA regular and $125 million IDA scale-up facility*) will...

If East Africa grows enough food to feed itself, which it generally does, why are so many of its people going hungry? This question lies at the nexus of two of Africa’s key development challenges—food security and trade—where a recent milestone event may signal a...

A huge goal for a country whose annual shipments currently sit at just $115m. Speaking for the first time about the plans, Dr Arkebe Oqubay, a minister and special advisor to Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, shares with just-style the "bold vision" he believes...