Beautifying Sheger is a project sponsored by the Ethiopian government that aims to clean rivers and create public works in the capital city, Addis Ababa.
[1] Beautifying Sheger aims to increase tourism and quality of life,[2] reduce the effects of climate change and to create jobs in the Ethiopian capital city by developing green spaces from Entoto to Akaki waste water treatment plant.
[3] The project aims to convince citizens to assist in the cleaning efforts as well, as despite Ethiopia's recent economic development, there has been no environmental action to reduce industrious and urban waste.
However, the Chinese government also promised to extend the maturity period of the $4 billion loan on the Addis Abeba-Djibouti railway- increasing it from ten years to thirty.
[13] On 1 October 2019, 12 kilometres of the total 56 were funded to be built using $1 billion supplied by the Chinese government through the China Communications Construction Company, which aims to build the segment of road.