About OIIB
The Oromia Investment and Industry Bureau promotes, facilitates, and regulates investment in Ethiopia’s largest region, offering investor-friendly services, strategic opportunities, and support across key sectors like agriculture, manufacturing, and logistics.
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Oromia Investment and Industry Bureau
The Oromia Investment and Industry Bureau (OIIB) is the principal regional government institution responsible for promoting, regulating, and facilitating investment and industrial development across the Oromia National Regional State of Ethiopia. Guided by the regional government’s vision for inclusive and sustainable economic transformation, the Bureau serves as a one-stop center for investors and industrial stakeholders, ensuring efficient service delivery, transparent governance, and strong public-private collaboration.
Pillars and Outcomes
Core Mandates and Functions
Our Strategic Priorities
Leadership and Structure
Pillars and Outcomes
1. Expansion of Investment
- Result: Selected investments were expanded and the people benefited from them
2. Investment Efficiency and Effectiveness
- Result: Effective investment projects that deliver products and services
3. Expanding Industrial Development Effectiveness
- Result: The role of Industry increased and the welfare of the people increased
Core Mandates and Functions
The Oromia Investment and Industry Bureau (OIIB) is mandated to lead, coordinate, and regulate investment and industrial development in the Oromia National Regional State. Its main powers and functions include the following:
- Formulates investment policies and strategies that enhance investment expansion in the region, presents them to the regional government for approval, and implements them upon endorsement.
- Collects and manages investment-related data and regional resource information; prepares and disseminates the regional investment map and ensures its implementation.
Our Strategic Priorities
- Enhancing the regional investment climate through legal, institutional, and digital reforms.
- Expanding industrial zones and clusters to promote value-added manufacturing and job creation.
- Empowering domestic investors and strengthening linkages between industry and agriculture.
- Promoting export-oriented industries and facilitating access to finance and technology.
- Implementing digital transformation initiatives through the Investment Services Information Management System (ISIMS) to deliver efficient, paperless, and transparent services.
Leadership and Structure
The Bureau is led by a Head of Bureau under the Oromia Regional Government, supported by four(4) Deputy Heads, Directors, and technical experts across specialized directorates, including:
- Investment project reception
- Investment Projects Licensing and Contract Management Services
- Investment Promotion Licensing Services
- Procurement Services , Financial and Property Management
- Investment One-Stop Service Desk Coordination Services
Industrial Parks
thousand registered investors
billion capital registered
million job Created
Our strategy is aligned to the best interest of the investors
OIIB’s strategy focuses on creating a competitive investment climate through streamlined services, digital systems, strategic partnerships, and targeted sector promotion, aligning with its vision of inclusive, sustainable, and innovation-driven economic growth
Mr. Ahmed Idris
Mr. Merga Kenea
Mr. Ermias Deneke
Mr. Galma Wako
