19 July 2014 Economic News
. New Nile Petroleum Company Headquarters in Ethiopia . Nile Petroleum Company announced that new headquarters of the company will be inaugurated soon in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The...
View ArticleEthiopia – cracking the local code
Anna Rosenberg, Head of Sub-Saharan Africa at FSG, is currently on a research trip to Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. Here are her latest insights: As I sit on the plane from Addis Ababa to London, I am...
View ArticleThe coming of the multinationals
By Asrat Seyoum and Wudineh Zenebe New foreign policy direction has been in the works in Ethiopia during the past few years. It is a slow evolution to the so-called ‘economic diplomacy’ and by now, the...
View ArticleEthiopia’s promise buried in web of State regulations
By Toddy Thairu Posted Sunday, August 24 2014 Ethiopia is fast becoming the preferred destination for foreign investors coming into sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Bank. Ethiopia’s...
View ArticleBiosafety Bill to Open Door to GMOs in Ethiopia
It was in 2009/2010 that the Ethiopian Institution of Agricultural Research stared constructing a Central Biotech Laboratory in Holetta town, (above) complete with a molecular lab, plant biotech,...
View Article06 October 2014 Economic News (UPDATED)
. U.S. farmers latest to sue Syngenta over GMO corn rejected by China . . (Reuters) – Farmers from the biggest U.S. corn-growing states have sued Syngenta AG over sales of genetically modified corn...
View ArticleA twenty-one month comparative analysis of the progress in the construction...
. By Bereket Gebru – Oct. 30, 2014 Anyone who gets a chance to visit the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is envied by everyone around them. Even those who have travelled well across the country...
View ArticleDoing Business: Easier in Ethiopia than Kenya, except for start-ups
. Posted on Friday, November 14, 2014 By Fetsum Berhane . Highlights: - Ethiopia’s is 132nd of the 189 economies, 4 points above the 136th Kenya, in the overall global ranking of ease of doing...
View Article26 January 2015 Business News Round-Up
. Turkey to invest in Ethiopia’s hydropower . Turkish President visiting Ethiopia on January 22, 2015 at national palace of Ethiopia BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE The Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
View Article16 March 2015 Business News Briefs
. Reprieve for firms as Comesa favours lower merger fees . Companies eyeing the regional market through mergers and acquisitions may get a reprieve as Comesa considers lowering by up to 60 per cent...
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