Addis Ababa, April 3, 2025 (FMC) — The “Made in Ethiopia 2025” Expo, officially launched today in the presence of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, will run for five days and features 288 local producers showcasing their products.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed underscored that the ‘Made in Ethiopia’ movement has yielded encouraging progress in developing the country’s manufacturing sector.
”Launched three years ago, the ‘Made in Ethiopia’ movement has yielded encouraging progress in developing the country’s manufacturing sector,” the Premier shared on social media channels.
Prime Minister Abiy added that over the past three and a half years, industrial production capacity has increased from 46 percent to 61 percent.
Key highlights on encouraging results of the “Made in Ethiopia” movement include:
✍️Annual sector growth increased from 4.8% in the 2014 Ethiopian calendar fiscal year to 8.4% in 2016, and is projected to reach 12% in the current fiscal year (2017).
✍️Production capacity utilization rose to 61.2% in the first nine months of the 2017 Ethiopian calendar fiscal year.
✍️Revenues grew from $2.1 billion in the 2014 fiscal year to $3.1 billion in the first nine months of 2017.
✍️Manufacturing energy consumption increased from 3.88 billion kilowatt-hours in 2015 to 4.67 billion in 2016.
✍️According to the National Accounts of the Ministry of Planning and Development, Ethiopia’s manufacturing value added rose significantly—from approximately $5.3 billion in the 2014 Ethiopian calendar fiscal year to $9.25 billion in 2016—reflecting the real output growth mentioned above.
Looking ahead, ongoing efforts will focus on developing agricultural processing machinery to expand agro-processing, advancing free energy generation technologies to support rural irrigation and domestic energy supply, and fostering innovation to bring new products to market.