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Investing in Ethiopia;Frontier mentality 投资埃塞俄比亚; 前沿思维; A new fund attests to the country s allureand tothe value of connections; 新投资，国家吸引力与关系网价值的有力证明; Long benighted, Ethiopia is attracting attention for abetter reason. It has become Africa sfastest-growing non-energy economy .Investors have noticed. South Africa s largestconsumer-foods firm, Tiger Brands, expanded into Ethiopia last year with a big acquisition.Diageo and Heineken recently paid nearly $400m combined to acquire state breweries in thecountry. 埃塞俄比亚已经成为非洲经济增长最快的无能源国家。这一点，投资者早就知道。西非最大的消费食品公司，Tiger Brands,在去年进行了一次大规模并购，进军到埃塞俄比亚。Diageo和Heineken最近联合花费4亿美金收购了该国一个国营啤酒厂。 The latest proof came on May 9th, when Schulze Global Investments, an Americaninvestment firm and family office, announced that it had launched a $100m Ethiopia fund,the first private-equity fund focused exclusively on the country. Anchored by at least $15mfrom Britain s CDC, a government-owned provider of development finance, and $10m of thefamily s own money, the fund will invest in sectors from agribusiness and cement to healthcare and natural resources. | 
