Private Investment Key to Expanding Ethiopia’s Green Jobs: State Minister

Addis Ababa, December 9, 2025 (ENA) – Labor and Skills State Minister Solomon Soka has urged investors and enterprises to prioritize green innovation and finance, stressing that unlocking capital for renewable energy, circular economy initiatives, and regenerative agriculture is essential.

According to him, Ethiopia’s green transition depends on a stronger private sector investment and scaling up of green innovation, financing as well as entrepreneurship.

Speaking at a two-day National Green Jobs Forum and Campaign launched today, the State Minister noted green jobs are central to Ethiopia’s development and must be integrated into labor, skills, and enterprises to prepare for fast-growing sectors.

 

 

“Our commitment to a green economy and climate-resilient development is not just a policy, it is a MEDEMER principle in action,” he stated, emphasizing on the framework that brings government, private sector, communities, and citizens into coordinated action for a common good.

He underscored that the future of decent employment in Ethiopia is inherently green.

Nicola Eriksson Fackel, a Senior Program Manager at the Sweden Embassy said that green jobs directly contribute to Ethiopia’s efforts and help advance a just transition, and support economic diversification and resilience.

 

 

She pointed out that clean energy, clean transport and emissions reduction as well as waste management and circular economy solutions are among the growing opportunities across the green economy.

Accordingly, these sectors have the dual benefit of restoring the environment while strengthening the economy against climate shocks.

 

 

The National Green Jobs Forum aims to engage green enterprises, youth innovators, and labor sector institutions on how to boost green job creation, strengthen market linkages, and support Ethiopia’s broader Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) goals.

The campaign aims to raise national awareness about the potential of green jobs to drive inclusive development while contributing to environmental protection and climate adaptation.