Women entrepreneurs from Ethiopia to visit Sweden

13/02/2017
A delegation of women entrepreneurs from Ethiopia is preparing for a trip to Sweden. The Swedish ambassador in Addis Ababa, Jan Sadek, revealed plans for the trip in recent comments to Ethiopian media.

Mr Sadek said exports from Sweden to Ethiopia last year were the highest of any European Union country, thanks mainly to information and communications technology, and called on Ethiopia to increase its exports in the other direction to make trade between the two countries “more balanced”.

He said leather is one of the industries that has the potential to let Ethiopia establish a better trade balance with the Scandinavian country.