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Investment Landscape

Environment

• Political and macro-economic stability
• Strategic location between Africa, Asia and Middle East
• Untapped natural resources, fertile soil, excellent climate
• Abundant inexpensive workforce – good English

Market Access

• Member of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) consisting of 19 countries and 460 million people.
• Signed African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) with USA allowing duty free imports and exports with the USA.
• Signed General System of Preference accord (GSP) for duty free trade with EU and other European countries.

Ethiopia is a member of:

• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MEGA) which guarantees foreign investors against non-commercial risks
• International Convention for Settlement and Investment disputes (ICSID)
• World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)