Ministry of Industry has Launched ‘ETHIOPIA TAMRIT’ EXpo 2023 which will be held from May 6 -May 10 in Addis Ababa at the Millennium Hall with a view to widening the market destinations of Ethiopian manufacturing products across the global.
ETHIOPIA TAMRIT (Let Ethiopia Produce), is a national movement launched last year by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed with a view to creating a competitive manufacturing industry by addressing the challenges facing the sector in a sustainable, integrated and comprehensive manner.
‘ETHIOPIA TAMRIT’ EXpo 2023 aims to promote Ethiopia’s products to the global market which will help to widen the market destinations of Ethiopian products in addition to the various discussion forums on the margins of the expo.
Speaking during the launching ceremony of the planned Expo, Industry Minister Melaku Alebel said foreign investors are also expected to participate at the expo with their technologies in addition to the local manufacturers.
The government has been working with due attention in order to strengthen the sector by taking the experiences of successful countries including Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia among others in the sector, he said.
Melaku stated ‘ETHIOPIA TAMRIT’ movement aims at enhancing the manufacturer’s capacity, widen their market destination, increase export amount, as well as strengthen import substitution.
The movement also helps to enhance the collaborative activities of stakeholders including financial institutions with the view to solve the bottlenecks in the sector, he underscored.
According to him, a lot of inputs are expected from ‘ETHIOPIA TAMRIT’ EXPO 2023 through discussion and experience exchange both with local and international stakeholders for the successful implementation of the movement.
The minister finally urged the manufacturers to take part at the EXPO not only to promote their products but also to participate on the discussion about the policies in the sector so as to find long lasting solutions for the problems in the sector.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency