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The Ethiopian government sells all of its shares in the Saygin Dima Textile Factory S.C. to its Turkish private sector partner company Saygin. The Turkish company will pay 563 million Br over five years for 90pc of the value of the government's share.
The Privatization & Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA), established the textile factory in partnership with Turkish investors in 2009, with a capital of 78.5 million dollars. Originally, the government owned 60pc of the company, while Saygin, a Turkish company, owned the remaining 40pc.