Finance and Economics；Investing in Ethiopia; Frontier mentality;
财经；投资埃塞俄比亚; 前沿思维;
A new fund attests to the country's allure—and to the 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 a better reason. It has become Africa's fastest-growing non-energy economy (see chart). Investors have noticed. South Africa's largest consumer-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 the country.
埃塞俄比亚已经成为非洲经济增长最快的无能源国家（见图表）。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。

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