Ethiopia has recently announced that its flagship Chinese-built Hawassa Industrial Park, designed and constructed in an environment-friendly manner, will be model for other industrial park projects throughout the country. It will model the country's other industrial parks on the Chinese-built Hawassa for its eco-friendly operation.
The east African country hoped that the park would help its aspiration and commitment to build green economy, the park applies the latest technology for treating and recycling about 90 percent of its water usage as it is created and operated in environment-friendly manners.
According to Arkebe Oqubay, Special Advisor to the Ethiopian Prime Minster.Development of sustainable, competitive export-driven industrial parks is a major target of Ethiopia's vision towards economic development. Oqubay noted that Ethiopia's requires creating a robust and competitive industrial base rapid economic growth which can be continued through the realization of a structural transformation.
According to Oqubay, the Hawassa industrial park would be considered as a model for other industrial parks under construction to implement the Zero-Liquid Discharge (ZLD) technology to promote environmental protection. Hawassa Industrial Park was completed in a record time of nine months built by China Civil Engineering Corporation (CCECC).
Sisay Gemechu, CEO, Ethiopia's Industrial Parks Development Corporation, says that the Ethiopian government aims at enhancing job opportunities, earning revenue and promoting technology transfer.
After the Hawassa industrial park, the government has further embarked on the development of similar parks in many industrial parks that will be inaugurated soon.
