In June 2019 New Business Ethiopia reported that the government had awarded 12 small-scale solar energy development projects to three Chinese firms and one Spanish firm.
Distributed solar was meant to fill electricity gaps outside the big hydropower backbone, and foreign EPC awards showed how Ethiopia was still importing both capital and know-how for renewables.
Kept as energy archive, the award notice dates a concrete mid-2019 solar procurement package.
Sources: New Business Ethiopia