General Feature:-
Boundary:- surrounded by Oromia Regional State
Climate:- The region has favorable weather condition for agricultural development and animal husbandry.
Infrastructure:- Harari Region has well facilitated and developed infrastructural services. The all weather roads are in good sate to connect it with neighboring regions. It offers digital telecommunication services and an automatic analog line; It also has fax and internet services.
The region has 12 MW power supply plant and postal services which include 'EMS' which offer express services to the public at large. As regards to financial institutions, it has two banks, and two insurance companies.
Investment Incentives:- The country's agriculture led Industrial Development strategy, its market oriented economic policies and the amended investment incentives has enabled the region to be more attractive in the eyes of both the domestic and foreign investors.
Major Investment Opportunities:- Harari Regional State is quite rich in natural resources. Regardless of its size, the variety of its agricultural products, its mineral resources and remains of historic past make the region so glorious. Harar, the walled regional capital, is one of the oldest historic sites in the country Its closer proximity to the port of Djibouti neighboring Somalia and Kenya is an opportunity to invest in the region.
Agriculture:- The most lucrative areas in this sector include:-
Production of maize (corn), barely, wheat, sorghum, millet, linseed, sesame and ground nuts.
Harvesting of fruits and vegetables which include papaya, mango, orange, peach, cane sugar, banana, pepper, garlic and also tomatoes etc ... The region's livestock ranching include: fattening of cattle, sheep and goats, dairy fanning, poultry farming and bee keeping (apiary).
Industry
Industrial development is at its lowest level in the region In this regard, the region has wide opportunity for investment Raw materials from the locality and neighboring regions are abundant, labour force is cheap, market demand is high.
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Agro-industrial activities include:
Fruit juice processing, Vegetable Oil, Flour mills, Children's food processing, Sugar and related items processing, Coffee roasting and packing, Beef and mutton processing and canning, Processing and canning of livestock by products, Milk and by products processing. Manufacture of metalic farm implements, Leather and leather goods factory, textile industry, Paper and plastic by products processing, Manufacturing of electrical components, Manufacturing of construction implements, Mining and quarrying, Tannery and Manufacturing of medical and surgical implements.
Construction
Regional surveys made so far reveal the presence of abundant construction mineral resources such as cement, limestone and marble. Others include clay, Ceramics, Quartz, Dolomite, Kac and Garnet in abundance. In line with, investors have w opportunity to invest in the sector and curb housing problems, to thereby bring about significant change that would hig compensate investors and the country as well.
Tourism
The walled city of Harar is one of the oldest historic Sites in country. Harar has several other magnificent historic remains inc1U( ancient mosques, churches, shrines, castles, and the residence the famous French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Harar has been registered by UNESCO as center of international cultural heritage. The H, are cheerful and very friendly people who receive their visitors 1 banquets of smiles Besides, the dramatic exhibitions of the h) man just out side the city is some thing of unforgettable mem The sector is so rich to welcome tourists Hence, investors intere in the sector are invited to invest their capital in establishing hotels, lodges, souvenir shops, tour operation and cultural recreation centers to thereby benefit them selves and the country at large |
