Agency to build 5 bln. Birr worth Cluster Center

ADDIS ABABA – AA Working Premises Development Administration Agency (WPDDA) to build international standard cluster center worth over five billion Birr.

WPDDA General Director Hassik Bederu told the Ethiopian Press agency (EPA), Addis Ababa City administration on the way to build an international standard cluster center.

“The project is going to be built on 100 hectares around Akakai Kality sub city and the construction of the center would be commenced in the coming Ethiopian new fiscal year. It is expected to accommodate 800 enterprises which guarantee 40,000 jobs.”

According to the general director, the experts have finalized the design of the center and the agency is awaiting for city administration budget allocation. The feasibility of the cluster center expected to attract foreign investors to invest in Addis Ababa.

The Center will include youth innovation center, display and selling area, show room, power substation, agro processing, cafeteria, offices, and other facility with international standard.

 The WPDDA was established under the proclamation No. 67/2020 to bring economic transition and adjust good work environment.

BY KEFLEYOHANES ANBERBER

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