News and Events

Several GEM cluster meetings took place last week. GEM team also facilitated online B2B meetings between Ethiopian and Slovenian businesses and meetings for EU ROM Expert. Within dissemination and replication activities, we met with Ethiopian State Minister of...

GEM Project Capacity building training on SCP Practice & Patters conducted at Ras Hotel, Addis Ababa, from December 2 – 21, 2019. The training is part of a project of Green Ethiopian Manufacturing (GEM), funded by EU, implemented by ECCSA, Precise and Inoa. The...

Greening Ethiopian Manufacturing (GEM) project coordinator, project partner Precise Consult International and three GEM Clusters (2 Textile, 4 Leather & one Handicraft) have participated & displayed their Green Products on the Launching of SWITCH Africa Green...

Leather, Textile and Sophisticated Handcrafts clusters meetings organized by Greening Ethiopian Manufacturing (GEM) project was held on June 25 – 27, 2019 at Best Western Hotel. The agenda of meetings were introductions and overview of the role of experts groups from...

Inoa and our partners Precise Consult International from Ethiopia and SME Movement from South Africa have jointly presented their views on sustainable entrepreneurship in Ethiopia and other Sub-Saharan countries at the 8th Africa Day International Conference in...

Greening Ethiopia Manufacturing (GEM)-project organized Textile Cluster Meeting on April 4, 2019 at Harmony Hotel. Cluster members were briefed on the activities performed up to date, advisory on sustainable product design, the free market access portal “Ethiopia...

Greening Ethiopia Manufacturing (GEM)-project arranged Vegetable Tanned Leather Purchase Cluster Initiative Meeting on April 3, 2019 at Precise Consult International Center. At the meeting, vegetable tanned leather purchasing action plan was formulated, hence they...

Greening Ethiopia Manufacturing (GEM)-project organized Sophisticated Handicraft Cluster 2nd Meeting on April 2, 2019 at Precise Consult International Center. Cluster members were introduced to new technique for sustainable handcraft production, using wool, the...

Handicraft sector in Gondar is gradually developing with several handicraft associations successfully addressing various social challenges. GEM team offered initial product design recommendations and identified areas of further development

Over 30 artisans joined us in sustainable wool handicraft design training in Lalibela

GEM-Project Arranges brain storming session on sophisticated handicraft Greening Ethiopia Manufacturing (GEM)-project delivered brain storming session on 26th of November 2018 on sophisticated handicraft at Precise Consult International center....

GEM-Project Arranges brain storming session on sophisticated handicraft Greening Ethiopia Manufacturing (GEM)-project delivered brain storming session on 26th of November 2018 on sophisticated handicraft at Precise Consult International center....

Second Lalibela Handicraft Cluster meeting took place today at Honey Land Lalibela Hotel. Numerous local handicraft makers and artisans joined the...

Access to international markets has been addressed at the GEM Textile and Leather Cluster meeting in Addis Ababa yesterday. Ethiopia Green Manufacturing Portal, the business opportunity marketplace, is launched. Entrepreneurs welcome to log in...

Handicraft Cooperatives are at the source of Ethiopian authentic handicraft making. We had a productive meeting with embroidery artisans and pottery makers

Top Ethiopian fashion designers and sophisticated handicraft makers discussed priorities for enhancement of Ethiopia handicraft sector in GEM cluster meeting yesterday. GEM is a Switch Africa Green project, funded by European Union and...