Ethiopia – Cheap labor and electricity attract investment

A combination of cheap labor and electricity and a government striving to attract foreign investmentmakes Ethiopia more attractive than many other African nations, said Deborah Brautigam, author of “The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa” and a professor of international development and comparative politics at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington.

“They are trying to establish conditions for transformation,” Brautigam said in a telephone interview. “It could become the China of Africa.”

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Ethiopia Becomes China’s China in Search for Cheap Labor – Bloomberg.