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Food processing industry is the second largest sector in Ethiopia after agriculture. In 2009/2010, it accounted for 39% of gross value of production in medium and large sized manufacturing, employing 1 million people that comprises about 2% of overall economic activity.
Location of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. According to the IMF, Ethiopia was one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, registering over 10% economic growth from 2004 through 2009. [1] It was the fastest-growing non-oil-dependent African economy in the years 2007 and 2008. [2]
This is a list of food companies, current and past businesses involved in food production or processing. Africa. All Joy Foods; Bakers; ... Slimming World; Square Pie ...
In the process the company bought a controlling stake in a number of food processing businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Cameroon. [13] This included a R1.5 billion purchase of 65.7% in Dangote Flour Mills in October 2012, Nigeria's second largest milling operation. This and other investments in Africa proved to be costly and unproductive.
At this time, industrialization was not fully complete. For instance, the Dutch sugar company HVA , which began operating in Ethiopia in the 1950s, employed 70% of the Ethiopian workforce involved in the food-processing sector; in turn, the food-processing sector employed 37% of the workers in manufacturing and industry. [19]
This is a list of government-owned companies of Ethiopia. A Government-owned corporation is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government . There is no standard definition of a government-owned corporation (GOC) or state-owned enterprise (SOE), although the two terms can be used interchangeably.
4.9 million tons of sorghum (4th largest producer in the world) 4.2 million tons of wheat; 2.1 million tons of barley (17th largest producer in the world) 1.8 million tons of sweet potato (5th largest producer in the world) 1.4 million tons of sugar cane; 1.3 million tons of yam (5th largest producer in the world) 988 thousand tons of broad bean
Manufacturing in Ethiopia was, before 1957, dominated by cottage and handicraft industries which met most of the population's needs for manufactured goods such as clothes, ceramics, machine tools, and leather goods. Various factors – including the lack of basic infrastructure, the dearth of private and public investment, and the lack of any ...