Investors hoping to explore one of Africa's fastest-growing economies can now acquire easy access to reliable and up-to-date information with a new online investment guide to Ethiopia. The iGuide highlights areas for reform in the country’s investment environment, thus helping the government understand investor needs.

PM Abiy led an Ethiopian delegation on a three-nation European Tour, in Italy where they met the President and the Pope, Davos where the Prime Minister addressed global leaders at the World Economic Forum and Brussels for meetings with the EU Commission.

Since its launch last year, the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF) has so far collected more than $2.3 million following Prime Minister Abiy’s call to the Diaspora to contribute their share to the process of building a better Ethiopia.

Transit passengers using Ethiopian Airlines can now enjoy a taste of Ethiopia for free, courtesy of Ethiopian Holidays. The new city tour package takes transiting passengers on a journey through the political capital of Africa.

Volkswagen signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ethiopia to develop an automotive industry. The MoU is based on: vehicle assembly, localization of automotive components, mobility concepts and the the opening of a training center.

Ethiopian Airlines launches new state-of-the-art passenger terminal at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and officially opened its own brand new ultra-modern 5-star Skylight Hotel.

The newly-appointed UK Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti, Dr Alastair McPhail CMG OBE, presented his letters of credentials to State Minister Dr Markos Tekle on January 29.

Dr. Tilaye Gete, Ethiopia's Minister of Education, attended the Education World Forum in London in January where he shared his views on global contemporary strategic problems and issues in education, and highlighted Ethiopia’s education and training road map study.

The Ethiopian Parliament passes a historic new refugee law which allows refugees to travel and live outside of camps, obtain work permits, access primary education, legally register life events such as births, deaths and marriages, and open up access to national financial services, such as banking.