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Rwanda’s President visits Ethiopia’s Chinese-built industrial park

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame who is on a three day state visit to Ethiopia on Friday visited textile and apparel manufacturing companies inside the premises of Ethiopia’s flagship Chinese-built Hawassa Industrial Park.

Prior to his visit to the Hawassa Industrial Park, Kagame had received briefing by officials of the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) on the East African country’s aspirations in the development of industrial zones in a bid to realize its ambitions of becoming the light manufacturing hub of the African continent.

As part of his tour inside the Hawassa industrial park, the Rwandan president visited some of the international textile and apparel companies, including PVH, a company known for marketing diversified portfolio of brands including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.

He also paid a visit to the park’s Zero Liquid Discharge facility, an environment-friendly sanitation facility.

According to the Ethiopian Government Communications Affairs Office, Kagame’s visit to the Hawassa industrial park and other infrastructures in Ethiopia is expected to share the positive aspects of Ethiopia’s experience on the sector to Rwanda

The industrial park, which the Ethiopian government considers as a model for the construction of other industrial zones across the country, has proved successful immediately after its inauguration in July 2016. It has attracted world-class textile and apparel companies to the country.

The park was built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and was completed in a record time of nine months.

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