Ethiopia, China, Germany join hands to promote textile investments in Ethiopia

STORY: Ethiopia, China, Germany join hands to promote textile investments in Ethiopia DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an international conference in Ethiopia 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO ZHIYUAN, Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Ahmaric): MELAKU ALEBEL, Ethiopian Minister of Industry 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CALABRO AURELIA, UNIDO representative STORYLINE: Ethiopia, China, and Germany have renewed their commitment to scaling up cooperation for improving the environmental, social, and labor standards in the textile sector in Ethiopia and beyond. The pledge was made on Thursday at an international conference on triangular cooperation between the three countries in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO ZHIYUAN, Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia "China always attaches great importance to the cooperation with Ethiopia's textile sector and consistently supports, and contributes to the sustainable

Coca-Cola inaugurates 100 mln USD bottling plant in Ethiopia

STORY: Coca-Cola inaugurates 100 mln USD bottling plant in Ethiopia DATELINE: June 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Ethiopia Sebeta factory inauguration ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): MELAKU ALEBEL, Ethiopia's Industry Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRUNO PIETRACCI, President of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa 4. various of a Coca-Cola factory STORYLINE: The Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) on Tuesday inaugurated its new 100 million U.S. dollars Coca-Cola bottling plant in Ethiopia. Completion of the new bottling plant is said to bring CCBA's production capacity in Ethiopia to more than 100 million cases a year and will enable the company to integrate the production of inputs such as preforms, closures and other materials, as well as the local production of new products while reducing imports, the company said. The new plant, located on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, at Sebeta town, was in