On June 6,2021,Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated a Chinese built sugar factory in northern Amhara regional state of eastern Ethiopia.
Speaking at the inauguration of Tana Beles No.1 sugar factory project, Ahmed praised China CAMC Engineering Corporation Limited (CAMCE) for finishing the project in less than two years.
Agegnehu Teshager, President of Amhara regional state said, "This project will have multiple side benefits including the sugar byproduct molasses which can be used to produce ethanol, alcohols, sanitizer, cattle feed and pulp," he added.
Sun Jianshan, project manager of Tane Beles No.1 Sugar plant project, told Xinhua the project has the capacity to process 13,000 tons of sugarcane and 1,500 tons of refined sugar per day.