Category: Markets
Ethiopia: Finance Minister Top Candidates for Presidency African Development Bank
Addis Ababa (HAN) February 24, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Development Bank news. Ethiopia’s Minister of Finance, Sufian Ahmed, is one of the three African finance ministers who are among eight candidates to replace Donald Kaberuka as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The others are Kordje Bedoumra, Chad’s Minister of Finance, and…
Kenya: Turkish leader “shooting are possible hate crime, brutal and outrageous"
Istanbul (HAN) February 15, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Future Investment News. In the wake of a shooting in Chapel Hill, North Caroline (NC), that left three young American Muslims dead, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan made an unusual public criticism of American domestic policy Thursday, specifically challenging President Obama. “If you stay silent when…
Ethiopia: Longterm plan to be the leading Nation in light Manufacturing
Addis Ababa (HAN) February 15, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Future Infrastructure Investment News. Ethiopia and Swedish agro technological Processing Workshop was held successfully at Sheraton Addis Ababa. The Regional Future Infrastructure Investment workshop was organized by four renowned Swedish Companies in cooperation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Sweden. Dr…
Ethiopia: Pharmaceutical Supply Hub for Africa
Addis Ababa (HAN) February 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Health investment news. The Ethiopian State MinisterDr. Yinager Dessie met with representatives of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) led by Dr Allan Pamba: Vice President for Pharmaceuticals , East Africa and Government Affairs for Africa. Dr Yinager Dessie: Ethiopian Federal government will commit to support GSK in…
Somalia Strategy to Start Oil and Gas Production in 2020
Mogadishu (HAN) February 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Strategic Energy supply news. Somalia may start producing oil and gas by 2020 after exploration work showed the potential for “huge energy deposits” of the resources in Somalia, including Puntland and Somaliland coastal zones, outgoing Petroleum Minister Da’ud Mohamed Omar said. “We expect that Somalia…
Ethiopia: Released Report "The Possible Lost of 16.5 Billion Dollars"
Addis Ababa (HAN) February 11, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure investment news. By Lucy Kassa, Addis Fortune. African Union’s (AU) high level panel on illicit financial flows (IFF) from Africa ranked Ethiopia ninth from the top 10 African countries with high illicit financial flows from 1970 to 2008 next to Côte d’Ivoire and…
Somalia: Global Financial lifeline is Under Threat
London (HAN) February 11, 2015- Expert Analysis with interview , Your Power & Regional Influence Magazine, opinion page by Mary Harper. I started this blog post in 2013, following a decision by Barclays Bank in the UK to close the accounts of Somali and other remittance companies. The problem has spread to other countries, most…
Ethiopia signed Mega Gas Pipeline Project
Djibouti (HAN) February 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Infrastructure investment news. Ethiopia and Djibouti signed Ministerial meeting on Mineral Sector Cooperation and also Protocol on Mega Gas Pipeline Project to be built parallel to the Ethio-Djibouti Railway which is expected to be operational on 2016. The Geeska Afrika Online is Free government-funded. HAN (Horn…
Ethiopia Celebrated 50 Years of Diplomatic Relation with Canada
Addis Ababa (HAN) February 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Financial security news. Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Yinager Dessie met with Mr. Malcom Brown, Deputy Minister of Canada for International Cooperation. The two Minister’s discussion dwelt on bilateral and regional maters of mutual interest. On the occasion Dr. Yinager Dessie noted that…
Somalia: Largest dollar funds in the leaked Swiss Banks
Geneva (HAN) February 9, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Financial security news. According to Swiss International Consortium of Investigative Journalists a dozen Somali nationals are holding more than $15 million in secret bank accounts in the global banking giant HSBC’s private bank in Switzerland, according to documents leaked to the media. The accounts, opened…
