{"id":2160,"date":"2026-05-02T09:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:12:44","slug":"pm-visits-gobeze-solar-cell-shoe-manufacturing-plant-in-addis-ababa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/pm-visits-gobeze-solar-cell-shoe-manufacturing-plant-in-addis-ababa\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Visits Gobeze Solar Cell, Shoe Manufacturing Plant in Addis Ababa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AMN PLUS-May 2\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis morning, I visited the Gobeze Solar Cell manufacturing plant located in the Huajian Special Economic Zone in Addis Ababa. The factory was established based on an agreement signed during the 2025 Invest in Ethiopia Forum, with an initial phase investment of 100 million dollars,\u201d the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier Abiy stated that the manufacturing plant has created job opportunities for many citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith effective support and close follow-up, the \u201cGobeze Solar Cell\u201d manufacturing plant became operational in just six months. It is equipped with modern machinery and technology. Built on 38 square meters, the factory has also created job opportunities for many citizens. In its first phase, the factory has an annual production capacity of 2 gigawatts, contributing additional capacity toward realizing Ethiopia\u2019s national vision of fully meeting its energy demand through renewable sources,\u201d the prime minster noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/VISIT2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister added: \u201cIn addition, we also visited a shoe manufacturing factory and a substation located within the industrial park.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN PLUS-May 2\/2026 \u201cThis morning, I visited the Gobeze Solar Cell manufacturing plant located in the Huajian Special Economic Zone in Addis Ababa. The factory was established based on an agreement signed during the 2025 Invest in Ethiopia Forum, with an initial phase investment of 100 million dollars,\u201d the Prime Minister said. Premier Abiy stated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addis-ababa-affairs","category-economy","category-ethiopia","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2163,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160\/revisions\/2163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}