You are cordially invited to attend the forthcoming 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐱 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 – 18𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐲 2026 𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞

We strongly encourage 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 to register now and take advantage of this unique platform to explore 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 — one of Africa’s fastest-growing markets.

This event will bring together +100 business leaders, institutional stakeholders, and entrepreneurs to explore concrete opportunities for cooperation between 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧, with a strong focus on trade, investment, and partnerships.

Registered participants will also have access to 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁2𝐁 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, offering targeted meetings with Ethiopian and Benelux counterparts to accelerate real business connections.

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁2𝐁 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:

https://lnkd.in/eU65cJEJ

February 11, 2026

በቤኔሉክስ ከሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያውያንና ትውልደ- ኢትዮጵያውያን ጋር የውይይት መድረክ ተካሄደ፤

በቤኔሉክስ አገራት የሚኖሩ ኢትዮጵያውያንና ትውልደ- ኢትዮጵያውያን ጋር የዳያስፖራውን ሁለንተናዊ የልማት ተሳትፎ ድርሻና ዕድሎች፣ የሚያጋጥሙ ተግዳሮቶች እና የመፍትሄ አቅጣጫዎች እንዲሁም ወቅታዊ አገራዊ የሰላም ጉዳዮች ላይ ያተኮረ የበይነ መረብ ውይይት ፌብሩዋሪ 07 ቀን 2026 ዓ.ም. ተካሂዷል።

በውይይቱ ላይ ከኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ አገልግሎት ክቡር አምባሳደር አንተነህ ታሪኩ እና ክቡር አምባሳደር መርዋን በድሪ በክብር እንግድነት ተገኝተው ከታዳሚዎች ጋር ሃሳብ ተለዋውጠዋል። በክቡር አምባሳደር አንተነህ እና በኤምባሲው ሲኒየር ዲፕሎማት አማካኝነት፤ በኢንቨስትመንት፣ በቴክኖሎጂ ሽግግር እና በዕውቀት ሽግግር ዙሪያ ያሉ ሰፊ ዕድሎችና መንግስት ያዘጋጃቸው ማበረታቻዎች (Incentives) ላይ ዝርዝር ገለፃ ቀርቧል። ክቡር አምባሳደር አንተነህ በቅርብ ዓመታት የተካሄዱ የማይክሮ ኢኮኖሚ ሪፎርሞች የዳያስፖራውን የኢንቨስትመንት፣ የንግድና የቱሪዝም ተሳትፎ ለማሳደግ ምቹ ሁኔታዎችን መፍጠሩን በስፋት በማብራራት፣ በቤኔሉክስ አገራት የሚኖሩ ዳያስፖራዎች ያላቸውን አቅም በማቀናጀት በሀገር ግንባታ ሂደት ውስጥ ድርሻውን እንዲያጠናክሩ ጥሪ አቅርበዋል። ክቡር የሚሲዮኑ መሪ አምባሳደር እሸቴ ጥላሁን በበኩላቸው ኤምባሲው የዳያስፖራ ልማት ተሳትፎን ለማገዝና ቁርጠኝነትን ለማረጋገጥ ኢትዮጵያውያን በአገራቸው የኢንቨስትመንት ዘርፍ በንቃት በመሰማራት የበኩላቸውን ሚና እንዲወጡ ጥሪ አቅርበዋል። ተሳታፊዎች በበኩላቸው በኤምባሲው የሚዘጋጁት ወርሃዊ ስብሰባዎች እጅግ አስተማሪና ከሚሲዮኑ ጋር ያለውን ትስስር የሚያጠናክሩ መሆናቸውን በመግለጽ፣ መሰል መድረኮች ተጠናክረው እንዲቀጥሉ ጠይቀዋል። በመጨረሻም በኢንቨስትመንትና በልማት ስራዎች ላይ የሚገጥሙ ማነቆዎችን በመለየት፣ ተግባራዊና ዘላቂ መፍትሄዎችን በጋራ ለመታገል በመግባባት ስብሰባው ተጠናቅቋል።

February 7, 2026

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun held a meeting with H.E. Ambassador Geela Ali

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Ambassador Eshete Tilahun welcomed and held discussion with H.E. Ambassador Geela Ali of the Republic of Maldives to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union, 6 February 2026.

The Ambassadors exchanged views about the working culture of the Bureau of the Committee of Ambassadors of the OACPS. Ambassador Eshete highlighted the role of the regional coordinator for the Eastern Africa Region Ambassadors Group (EAG) and issues of focus during the next six months when Maldives will assume the role of coordinating EAG. The two Ambassadors also exchanged views on the current situation of the OACPS Secretariat and the need to work closely together.

January 27, 2026

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun discussed with the Committee Linking Entrepreneurship, Agriculture, and Development (COLEAD) Team

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun discussed with the Committee Linking Entrepreneurship, Agriculture, and Development (COLEAD) Team
Today, 27 January 2026, Ambassador Eshete Tilahun met representatives from the COLEAD and discussed the scope and impact of its activities in Ethiopia. Ambassador Eshete underscored the importance of forging closer ties between the Embassy and COLEAD to streamline activities related to agricultural development, particularly in the horticultural value chain.
The COLEAD team delivered an in-depth briefing, highlighting programs such as MAHBER and AGRINFO, which are funded by the European Union and designed to advocate for and support capacity building of SMEs in the horticulture sector. The representatives stated technical assistance, and collaborative partnerships with local institutions including trainings are the priorities of COLEAD.
Ambassador Eshete Tilahun expressed appreciation for COLEAD’s initiative and urged the team to stay vigilant on delivering tangible results. He also emphasized the Embassy’s readiness to facilitate and strengthen coordination with COLEAD.

January 21, 2026

Ambassador Eshete Tilahun Meets with Ambassador Marc Pecsteen

Ambassador Eshete Tilahun Meets with Ambassador Marc Pecsteen

H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun confers with H.E. Ambassador Marc Pecsteen, Africa Director and Special Envoy for the Great Lakes at the Federal Public Service (FPS) Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of Belgium and held a bilateral discussions.

The two Ambassadors exchanged views on issues of mutual interest, with particular emphasis on the upcoming celebration of the 120th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and Belgium and ways to commemorate the milestone in a manner that reflects the depth and longevity of bilateral relations.

The discussion also included areas for cooperation aimed at further strengthening and deepening the longstanding bilateral partnership in relation of the two countries. In addition, the Ambassadors exchanged perspectives on local, regional, and international developments.

January 17, 2026

The Embassy held talks with the American European Community Association(AECA)

Today, 16 January 2025, H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun discussed with Mr. Christophe de CALLATAY, CEO of American European Community Association (AECA), on nurturing business relations with Ethiopia and strengthening collaboration between the Embassy and members of the Association.

Ambassador Eshete briefed Mr. Callatay about the wider and still expanding business opportunities in Ethiopia.

The two sides agreed to work together to organize a platform for members of AECA in view of encouraging companies interested in Agri-business, Manufacturing, Finance, Digitalization, Energy, and Mining sectors of Ethiopia.

January 6, 2026

Meeting Held Between H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun and UCB Pharmaceutical Company Representatives*.

Meeting Held Between H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun and UCB Pharmaceutical Company Representatives.

Ethiopia Encourages Belgian Pharmaceutical Investment.

Today, 5 January 2026, Ambassador Eshete Tilahun met with two senior representatives from UCB, a leading Belgian pharmaceutical company, and discussed investment possibilities in Ethiopian. The meeting focused on exploring opportunities in Ethiopia’s rapidly growing healthcare sector, increasing local and regional demand including through the establishment of Regional Hub.

Ambassador Eshete explained about the investment climate, regulatory landscape, and potential areas of partnership that could be mutually beneficial. He emphasized the government’s commitment to welcoming foreign investors and highlighted ongoing reforms and policies aimed at supporting the pharmaceutical industry. He noted the relative advantage of investing in Ethiopia.

The UCB representatives expressed their keen interest in understanding the Ethiopian market and discussed the available avenues for collaboration.

The meeting concluded with UCB colleagues agreeing to further explore concrete steps that would take them to Addis Ababa to participate in March/April 2026 Business Forums, signaling a promising outlook.

*N.B.* _*UCB is an anchor Belgian bio-pharmaceutical company, develops products and solutions for neurological and immunological diseases worldwide.

December 11, 2025

Ethiopia is taking part in the 37th Annual Meeting of the Governing Council of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC

Ethiopia is taking part in the 37th Annual Meeting of the Governing Council of the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)

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The Ethiopian Delegation led by H.E. Ambassador Eshete Tilahun, Governor of Ethiopia to the CFC is participating in the 37th Annual Meeting of the Common Fund for Commodities Governing Council, taking place on 9 and 10 December 2025, in The Hague, The Netherlands.

At today’s session, the Council discussed on wide range of issues to strengthen the organization’s capacity to support commodity-producing countries through financial and technical assistance. Value addition, humanizing value chains and sustainable market access which includes implementation of the CFC’s Strategic Framework for 2025-2035. The progress of new initiatives like the Commodity Impact Investment Facility (CIIF) and the Agricultural Commodities Transformation Fund (ACT).

The Governing Council has adopted the CFC Strategic Framework for the year 2025-2035, the CFC 2025 operational report, the CFC 2026 budget and 2024 audited financial statement. In his statement at the meeting, Ambassador Eshete Tilahun highlighted among others, Ethiopia’s potential in producing commodities including wheat. The endeavours and achievements of the government of Ethiopia in ensuring food security in particular heat resistant wheat production and combating climate change through the Green Legacy Initiative he noted.

While commending the efforts of the CFC in providing financial and technical support to the smallholder farmers and SMEs. Ambassador Eshete also underscored the need to diversify sources of financing to meet growing demands of the commodity producing countries, particularly the Least Developed and Land Linked Countries.

December 7, 2025

ሃያኛው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔር፣ ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ቀን በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ በድምቀት ተከበረ፤

ሃያኛው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔር፣ ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ቀን “ዴሞክራሲያዊ መግባባት ለህብረ-ብሄራዊ አንድነት” በሚል መሪ ቃል በብራሰልስ የኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ. ኤምባሲ በቤኔሉክስ ከሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያውያን፣ ትውልደ-ኢትዮጵያውያን እና የኢትዮጵያ ወዳጆች ጋር በድምቀት ተከብሯል። በዓሉን የሃይማኖት አባቶች በጸሎተ ቡራኬ አስጀምረዋል። የሃይማኖት አባቶች ለሀገራችን ሰላም፣ ለህዝቧ አንድነትና ብልጽግና መልካም ምኞታቸውንም ገልጸዋል።

በዓሉን በማስመልከት ክቡር አምባሳደር እሸቴ ጥላሁን ባስተላለፉት መልዕክት በበርካታ ስኬቶች ታጅቦ የሚከበረው የዘንድሮው በዓል የመተሳሰብ፣ የመግባባትና አንድነትን የማጠናክር አጀንዳን ቀዳሚ ብሔራዊ ጉዳያችን በማድረግ ነው ብለዋል። ህብረ-ብሔራዊ አንድነትን ኢትዮጵያ በማጎልበት ሰላምን ለማረጋገጥ በጋራ መስራት እንደሚጠበቅብን ገልፀዋል።

የአገራችን ሕዝቦች እርስ በርስ እንዲቀራረቡ እና ያላቸውን እምቅ የባህል እና ቁሳዊ ሀብት እንዲጠቀሙ ተግቶ መስራት እንደሚገባ፣ ለብሔራዊ አጀንዳዎቻችን በጋራ በመቆም የኢትዮጵያን ጥቅም ማስከበር አስፈላጊ እንደሆነ አስምረውበታል። ኢትዮጵያ ዋስትናው የተረጋገጠ የባህር በር እንዲኖራት ለማድረግ ሰላማዊ እና በትብብር ላይ የተመሰረተ የዲፕሎማሲ ትግል ማድረግ አስፈላጊ በመሆኑ፣ በአንድነት ለዚሁ እንድንቆም ጥሪ አስተላልፈዋል።

የበዓሉን ዓላማ የሚያስገነዝብ ሰነድ በኤምባሲው ከፍተኛ የፖለቲካ ባለሙያ አቶ ኦብሳ ተሰማ ቀርቦ በታዳሚዎች ውይይት ተደርጎበታል።

በዓሉን በማስመልከት ብራሰልስ የሚገኘው የአፋር ኮሚኒቲ ተወካዮች ባህላዊ ሙዚቃና ጭፈራ አቅርበዋል። የሶማሌ ኮሚኒቲ አባላት ባህላዊ ጭፈራ ያቀረቡ ሲሆን የብሔር፣ ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ሙዚቃ፣ የኬክና ዳቦ ቆረሳ፣ ባህላዊ ምግብ እንዲሁም የቡና ስነ-ሥርዓት ለበዓሉ ተጨማሪ ድምቀት ሰጥተውታል።