According to Dawit Ketema, Communication Advisor at the Ethiopian company Enterprise Partners (EP), the government has set up a committee under the Ethiopian Investment Commission to assess the impact of the riots in Ethiopia and pay compensations for the damages caused, as it has done after similar events in the past. “It is my assumption that the same committee will be in charge, although no findings have been published yet, at least in numerical terms. We can’t speak with authority on this issue. What the impact of the riot will be on the agricultural sector is still unclear. We can only learn bits and pieces,” says Ketema.
In this context, Ketema assures us that EP has been working hard to facilitate the markets’ development, to create jobs and raise the incomes of Ethiopians living with poverty, particularly women. And to this end, a program of a DfID funded project was set up back in 2013. “EP is working towards a women and environment-inclusive growth, by promoting investment within priority sectors of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE).”
In this context, Ketema assures us that EP has been working hard to facilitate the markets’ development, to create jobs and raise the incomes of Ethiopians living with poverty, particularly women. And to this end, a program of a DfID funded project was set up back in 2013. “EP is working towards a women and environment-inclusive growth, by promoting investment within priority sectors of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE).”
Furthermore, EP works with market actors, mainly the private sector, to resolve identified sector and/or market constraints from a commercially viable and environmentally sustainable approach. “EP’s interventions are guided by a unique philosophy, namely Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P), which focuses on the following:
As regards the latter, Ketema states that EP have partnered with a private company to set up a tomato processing plant, which has not been affected in any way, as it is located away from the major protesting provinces of Amhara and Oromia.”
For more information:
Dawit Ketema
Enterprise Partners (Ethiopia)
Mobile: +251-911-378-403
E-mail: Dawit_Ketema@enterprisepartners.org
www.enterprisepartners.org
Skype: Calldawit
- Considering the needs of the poor at the outset of any activity.
- A market-oriented outlook to encourage competition and avoid protection of inefficient industries
- To bring system-wide and sustainable change by addressing any “binding” constraints – regulatory constraints or market failures – combining policy and institutional measures
- To facilitate private sector investment and innovation, subsequently crowding in market actors
As regards the latter, Ketema states that EP have partnered with a private company to set up a tomato processing plant, which has not been affected in any way, as it is located away from the major protesting provinces of Amhara and Oromia.”
For more information:
Dawit Ketema
Enterprise Partners (Ethiopia)
Mobile: +251-911-378-403
E-mail: Dawit_Ketema@enterprisepartners.org
www.enterprisepartners.org
Skype: Calldawit