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Viewing cable 07ADDISABABA2981, ETHIOPIA: DIASPORA BUSINESS CONFERENCE

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07ADDISABABA2981 2007-10-04 14:15 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Addis Ababa
VZCZCXRO6720
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DE RUEHDS #2981/01 2771415
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041415Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8057
INFO RUCNIAD/IGAD COLLECTIVE
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 4034
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ADDIS ABABA 002981 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: DIASPORA BUSINESS CONFERENCE 
 
1. SUMMARY: The World Bank, USAID, and Netherlands Embassy sponsored 
the first Diaspora Business Conference on September 19, 2007.  The 
conference aimed to illustrate how the Diaspora community can 
benefit from investment opportunities in Ethiopia.  Participants 
heard remarks from the GOE, the World Bank and successful Diaspora 
investors regarding current economic conditions as well as current 
and future business opportunities. Over 250 participants including 
representatives of the Diaspora (mainly came from the US, Germany 
and Australia), government offices, the private sector, 
associations, embassies and chambers of commerce participated. 
Although some questions were not answered, participants were 
generally enthusiastic. END COMMENT. 
 
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BACKGROUND 
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2. The State Minister for Trade and Industry Tadesse Haile opened 
the conference by highlighting lucrative business opportunities for 
investors.  The Minister noted the national development strategy's 
recognition of the private sector as the engine of growth for 
Ethiopia's economy and a sustainable tool for addressing the problem 
of poverty.   He argued that the GOE has taken various measures to 
improve the investment climate, update the trade policy, reduce 
regulatory burdens on business, and improve access to 
infrastructure.  Minister Tadesse further noted the GoE's 
comprehensive program of reform over the past five years aimed at 
reducing the cost of doing business, promoting the competitiveness 
of local industries, and making Ethiopia attractive for foreign 
direct investment.  Tadesse pointed out massive public investments 
in physical and social infrastructure including telecommunications, 
roads, power, education and training, and emphasized that the GOE is 
committed to dialogue with the private sector in order to continue 
improving the business climate in Ethiopia. 
 
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DIASPORA INVESTMENT IN ETHIOPIA 
--DEMYSTIFYING THE PROCESS 
-------------------------------- 
 
3. Participants at the conference were briefed by several Diaspora 
members on their investment experiences in Ethiopia.  Presenters 
included prominent members of the horticulture, textile and apparel, 
real estate, information technology and food and beverage 
industries. Additionally, a representative of the World Bank 
presented findings of its 2006 investment climate survey.  The 
Diaspora presenters indicated that the investment climate in 
Ethiopia is attractive in terms of low competitive environment, duty 
free imports for capital goods and inputs for investment, tax 
holidays, and reduced cost of doing business, abundant labor force 
and climatic diversities. (Note: The World Bank's just released 
Doing Business report, which increased Ethiopia's rating to ninth in 
Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of ease of doing business, confirms the 
effectiveness of some of the GoE's reforms.) 
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND INCENTIVES 
FOR THE DIASPORA 
--------------------------------------- 
 
4. H.E. Abi W/Meskel, Director General of the Ethiopian Investment 
Agency, presented investment opportunities and conditions in 
Ethiopia.  He highlighted opportunities in agriculture and related 
sectors, textiles, tannery and leather products, food and beverage, 
construction and tourism.  He also indicated certain areas not open 
to Diaspora investment.  Areas limited to GOE ownership include the 
transmission of electric energy, postal services, and air transport 
over 20 passengers.  Banking, insurance, and freight forwarding are 
limited to investment by Ethiopian nationals only.  Finally, he 
underscored Ethiopia's relative political, social and macroeconomic 
stabilities, comparative advantages and packages of investment 
incentives.  A representative from Privatization and Public 
Enterprises Supervisory Agency gave an update on privatizations, 
stating that 242 companies have been transferred to private equity 
owners, 21 restituted to their previous owners and 9 leased.  He 
also said 47 companies have been privatized in the last two years 
only and the Agency is planning to privatize 42 others in 2007/08 
fiscal year. 
 
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 
-------------------- 
 
5. Following the presentations, participants raised questions 
regarding access to capital, reasons for restrictions on investment 
in aviation and banking and insurance, availability of land for 
cotton and other large-scale crops, and Diaspora rights in addition 
to investment.  The Panelists responded to some of the questions, 
but referred most of them to the subsequent forum organized by the 
Ministry of foreign Affairs for the next day at the Millennium Hall 
at which senior government officials were expected to be present. 
 
 
ADDIS ABAB 00002981  002 OF 002 
 
 
6. COMMENT: While the conference achieved its goals of creating 
awareness about investment opportunities in Ethiopia, many 
participants remained skeptical about how conducive the investment 
environment, and supporting sectors, actually are.  The government's 
outreach to diaspora communities is certainly a positive step in the 
right direction, but the Government's, regulatory authorities', and 
the judiciary's actions in support of the rule of law, contract 
sanctity, and in establishing a level playing field will provide the 
more convincing evidence to potential investors of the GoE's 
receptivity to, and support for, private sector led growth. END 
COMMENT. 
 
YAMAMOTO