In 2011, the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) awarded contracts for railway construction from Addis Ababa to the Djibouti border to two Chinese state-owned companies, the China Railway Group (CREC) and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CRCC).
In 2011, the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) awarded contracts to two Chinese state-owned companies for the construction of a new and electrified standard gauge railway from Addis Ababa to the Djibouti border. The new line was built by two Chinese state-owned enterprises, the China Railway Group (CREC) and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CRCC).