A highway linking the capital cities of Sudan and Ethiopia has been completed. The land transport will help promote trade, increase economic exchange and investment opportunities between them. The highway will also enable them to begin a road transportation service to and from the countries.
Currently, many Sudanese investors are investing in Ethiopian leather and leather products as well as in the meat and fishery sectors and this have created job opportunities to several Ethiopians.
Sudan exports oil, gas and other commodities to Ethiopia and imports coffee, leather and leather products, tea and other agricultural products as well.
Such joint projects would help to overcome the potential tension in the region and boost existing social ties between the two countries despite the tension in the joint border because of farmer disputes or the sporadic activities of the armed Ethiopian opposition.
Recently trading activities have increased across the borders of the two countries and many arrangements are underway to transmit electricity from Ethiopia to Sudanese towns and villages. The cooperation and collaboration between the two East African countries will have huge economic significance for the two peoples.