{"id":278085,"date":"2019-06-05T15:20:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMikAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5lY29maW5hZ2VuY3kuY29tL2ZpbmFuY2UvMDUwNi00MDEyOS1ldGhpb3BpYS1jaGluZXNlLWh1YWppYW4tZ3JvdXAtdG8taW52ZXN0LTEwMC1taWxsaW9uLWluLXNob2UtbWFudWZhY3R1cmluZy1hbmQtY29mZmVlLXByb2Nlc3NpbmfSAQA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:15:49","slug":"huajian-pledged-about-100-million-for-shoe-manufacturing-and-coffee-processing-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/278085","title":{"rendered":"Huajian pledged about $100 million for shoe manufacturing and coffee processing in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In early June 2019 Ecofin Agency reported that Chinese group Huajian had signed agreements with Ethiopian authorities that included management of Jimma Industry Park and plans to invest roughly $100 million in shoe manufacturing and coffee processing.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-423532\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Textile-and-garment-workers-in-Hawassa-industrial-Park.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Huajian pledged about $100 million for shoe manufacturing and coffee processing in Ethiopia\" \/>\n<p>Huajian was already a major Chinese footwear player in Ethiopia, so the extra investment pledge reinforced Addis Ababa\u2019s bet that Chinese manufacturers would deepen local processing beyond assembly sheds.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as FDI and industry archive, the Ecofin note dates Huajian\u2019s mid-2019 expansion commitments beyond park management alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecofinagency.com\/finance\/0506-40129-ethiopia-chinese-huajian-group-to-invest-100-million-in-shoe-manufacturing-and-coffee-processing\">Ecofin Agency<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia: Chinese Huajian Group to invest $100 million in shoe manufacturing and coffee processing&nbsp;&nbsp;Ecofin Agency: Economic information from AfricaChinese group Huajian Group signed an agreement with Ethiopian authorities on May 30, 2019, for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":423532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Textile-and-garment-workers-in-Hawassa-industrial-Park.jpg?fit=500%2C333&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1alf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755048,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278085\/revisions\/755048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}