Tesco in talks with Ethiopian footwear firms

13/05/2013
Reports from Ethiopia say British retailer Tesco is in talks to export footwear from four Ethiopian companies.

The communications director of the Ethiopian Leather Industry Development Institute, Berhanu Serjebo, told news agency Walta Information Center that negotiations were under way with Tikur, Abay, Peacock and Anbessa.

He said this would go some way towards the leather sector hitting the $500 million annual target set by the government in its five-year ‘growth and transformation plan’.