Ethiopia-based Ramsay Shoe Factory is to start producing shoes for Italian footwear brand Geox this month. The company signed a $1.3 million deal with Geox in July and says 60,000 pairs will be shipped from November 31.

The shoes will contain 25% locally produced leather, according to AllAfrica.com. Geox visited a number of tanneries and chose Sheba, Batu, and Afdel as its Ethiopian leather suppliers.

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