EWEA’s services reflect its members’ capacities and offer greater exposure for them and their products. The 15 years of experience within the association enables us to access and maintain a vast network between all essential stakeholders of the business domains our members engage in. The association supports its member companies in all major fields of their business activities. The matchmaking and
networking services aim to interlink the different members with their counterparts and other service providers in order to exchange ideas and create long-term and highly profitable working relationships to promote Ethiopian Excellency in product manufacturing worldwide. To facilitate and realize these objectives the association focuses on the support of its members in the field of Export, including consultancy in the area of administrative assistance, shipping information, quality standards, market research and further consultancies regarding the successful access of international markets through the launch of exporting activities. The presence of EWEA on all major and minor trade fairs combined with the forwarding of invitations and support regarding registration, set-up, etc. of its members on those trade fairs ensures the promotion of the members and their products not only on a national but an international level. In addition to this we provide a detailed company profile and product profile of each member on our website enhancing product selling through E-Commerce on a highly professional level. EWEA recognizes the need for workshops and specific trainings for its member companies in order to strengthening their compatibility on both local and global markets. For individual start-up women entrepreneurs it might be a challenge to participate in professional training sessions. Through the association it becomes affordable for all members to attend high quality training sessions and workshops in the field of Leadership Trainings, Women Entrepreneurship Trainings, Strategic Management Workshops as well as ICT - Information and Communication Trainings. All of them are provided in partnership by the association and its supporters such as the Embassy of Finland and the Federal Ministry of Communication and Technology. Furthermore, EWEA helps members to apply for an export license and supports their application through its good contacts to the Ministry of Trade and Industry.