The second International Coffee Event (ICE 20202) will take place in Addis Ababa from 6 - 8 February 2020 under the theme, "Coffee from the Land of Origins". The event will attract international coffee buyers and other stakeholders, making it a great networking opportunity with local farmers and exporters.

As part of the Home-Grown Economic Agenda, Ethiopia launched the electronic single window (eSW) project, a one-stop service system that would facilitate ease of doing business in Ethiopia. By creating a paperless environment, the new system will reduce clearance time from 44 days to 13 days and eventually to 3 days.

My wife, Asegedetch Amberber, and my dedicated staff at the Ethiopian Embassy in London join me in transmitting our heart-felt wishes to Ethiopians in the United Kingdom and to British friends of Ethiopia celebrating Christmas and ushering in the New Year.

On 20th December, Ethiopia’s first-ever earth observatory satellite was launched into space. The Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite (ETRSS-1), which will be used to gather data for agricultural, mining and environmental protection, was sent into space from Taiyuan space base in northern China. We have lift-off!!!🚀🇪🇹 This morning, #Ethiopia launched its first-ever observatory satellite into space from #China.#ETRSS1 will be used…

Catch up on the latest updates from Ethiopia, and from our mission, in our monthly newsletter.December 2019 Issue.

Since PM Abiy came to power in April 2018, Ethiopia has undergone major political and economic changes. This year, major political developments included a referendum, liberalisation of the economy, the adoption of the “Green Legacy” initiative and much more. But there were also challenges, including an attempted coup.

A delegation led by Deputy PM Demeke Mekonnen attended the first–ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva. In his keynote address, Mr Mekonnen called for a comprehensive response to refugees and announced Ethiopia’s new pledges that are strongly linked with existing commitments and aligned with the focus areas of the Forum.

Dr Yohannes Haile-Selassie has been named among “10 people who mattered in science in 2019” by the prestigious journal Nature. He's recognised for the discovery of a 3.8-million-year-old fossil skull of an early human ancestor in Ethiopia, belonging to a species called Australopithecus anamensis — the oldest and most elusive known human relative.