Category: Ethiopia

  • Ethiopia: Concrete Demand at Record Levels, Exponential growth

    Ethiopia: Concrete Demand at Record Levels, Exponential growth

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional Investment News.  BY LUCY KASSA The stock of the cement traders at Megenagna was almost non-existent up Fortune stepped over to the place to investigate the cement paradox. Exclusive and limited cement brands have dominated the market and some brands that are normally less popular are now rising in…

  • Ethiopia: Government to Resume Teff Exports

    Ethiopia: Government to Resume Teff Exports

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional Investment News.  Ethiopia is to begin the export of around 180,000ql of teff flour, one of the country’s major food staples by the next fiscal year, following the embargo set by the government on the export of teff in 2006. Teff, produced by 48 commercial farms throughout…

  • UNDP’s Human Development Report Deems Ethiopia’s Growth Non-Inclusive

    UNDP’s Human Development Report Deems Ethiopia’s Growth Non-Inclusive

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 5, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News.  BY BROOK ABDU Government and UNDP did not see eye-to-eye on the conclusions of the 2014 National Human Development Report, particularly with regard to inclusivity in development The National Human Development Report (NHDR) was launched on Wednesday, April 29, 2014, at the…

  • Ethiopia: Preparations well underway for the Third Finance for Development Conference

    Ethiopia: Preparations well underway for the Third Finance for Development Conference

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 4,2015 Foreign Affairs News. Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Mr. Wu Hongbo at his offices today. The two side’s discussion focused on the progress of preparations for the upcoming the Third Finance for Development Conference which will be held from July 13-16,…

  • Ethiopia: Soaring Demand For Condos and Hotel Rooms

    Ethiopia: Soaring Demand For Condos and Hotel Rooms

    Addis Ababa (HAN) May 4,2015.Public Diplomacy, Regional Investment News. Anyone who has visited Addis Ababa recently will have noticed the city is like a big construction site. Ethiopia’s capital is undergoing a major construction boom with halfway-done high-rise buildings on every corner. A newly constructed metro line cuts through the city, and is one of…

  • How Ethiopia managed to supply water to 48 million people

    How Ethiopia managed to supply water to 48 million people

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 4, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. Today, we’re celebrating something special in Ethiopia – reaching the water Goal 7c of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). What does this mean? Put simply, it means 57 percent of the country’s population now is drinking water from an improved water supply…

  • Ethiopia: Owner Invests $1.7Bn in Awash Woldia/Hara Gebeya Railway Line Project

    Ethiopia: Owner Invests $1.7Bn in Awash Woldia/Hara Gebeya Railway Line Project

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 4, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC), the owner of the project, is investing $1.7bn in the project. The new line will be completed by December 2015.The new railway line will connect northern Ethiopia with central region. It will also link the northern and eastern…

  • Ethiopians Jabore, Mengesha triumph at Broad Street Run

    Ethiopians Jabore, Mengesha triumph at Broad Street Run

    Djibouti (HAN) May 3, 2015 – Geeska Sports News. Tigist Jabore couldn’t have encountered a busier weekend. Or a more productive one. The 21-year-old woman from Ethiopia won two races in two days, and after capturing the Broad Street Run on Sunday, she had the obvious answer about being fatigued. “Of course I am tired,” she said…

  • Ethiopian Jews Protest in Tel Aviv Over Police Brutality and Racism

    Ethiopian Jews Protest in Tel Aviv Over Police Brutality and Racism

    Tel Aviv (HAN) May 3, 2015 – Public Diplomacy, Regional humanitarian Security News. By: ISABEL KERSHNER. Uri Muallem, 30, had been drinking when he stepped out of a family gathering at a wedding hall in 2010 to relieve himself on the sidewalk. That was when his encounter with the police began. A slight man, barely…

  • Ethiopia: Plans Underway to Build Ethiopia's Tallest Building, No Pie In The Sky

    Ethiopia: Plans Underway to Build Ethiopia's Tallest Building, No Pie In The Sky

    ADDIS ABABA (HAN) May 1, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News. The largest commercial bank in Ethiopia, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), has inked a deal with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to build its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city. The building is will become the tallest structure in…

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