In a rare collective desertion from Addis Ababa, a high level delegation that includes eight cabinet ministers marketed the country’s investment potential and incentives to a forum of United Kingdom investors in London on Thursday.
Spearheaded by the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Foreign Affairs Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, the delegation which also includes key public enterprise heads and consultants spent the whole Thursday engaged in presentations and discussions in an effort to lure the UK and other national investors to invest in Ethiopia. “Incentives for priority sectors such as duty free schemes, tax holidays, bank loans and export incentives are put in place,” DPM Hailemariam told the forum of investors in an opening address.