25 January 2014 Development News Briefs
. Full steam ahead as Swiss financier jumps on board . The Harro market railway project secured a loan facility in the past week for USD 1.4 billion from Credit Suisse, a Switzerland-based financial...
View ArticleAccession to WTO- where smartness will make a difference
. One way of ensuring economic strength in any given country is to export more goods services and than what are imported. The on going accession process of the country to joining the WTO was the...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Application /...
. Full *.pdf file of Ethiopia’s ongoing EITI progress to date and ongoing work plan schedule here: http://eiti.org/files/ANNEX_Ethiopia_application.pdf . Related posts: . - Israel Chemicals...
View Article29 January 2014 Development News Roll
. Ambassador Berhane meets the Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Ministry of Canada . State Minister Ambassador Berhane met on Monday (January 27) with Mr. Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary of...
View Article31 January 2014 Development News
. Africa needs agriculture to eradicate hunger & up sustainable food production . Agriculture must become the engine for growth needed by Africa to eradicate hunger and boost sustainable food...
View Article04 February 2014 Business News Briefs
. Israel to Finance Wolkayit Sugar Project . An Israel construction company, Natifa, secured a loan to be used to finance the Wolkayit Sugar development project from an Israeli bank. Reliable sources...
View Article07 February 2014 Development News
. Eight companies get export boost . . The Public-Private Steering Committee (PPSC), the upper body of the Ethiopian Competitiveness Facility (ECF) has approved financial support for eight companies...
View Article09 February 2014 News Briefs
. Dr. Tedros thanked WIPO for its support to EIPO . Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, met with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Dr. Francis Gurry, on...
View Article11 February 2014 News Round Up
. Meles Memorial Library, ICT Centre inaugurated . Addis Ababa - Meles Zenawi Hub Library and ICT Centre was launched and handed over the Ethiopian Civil Service University (ECSU) as one of ‘Thank You...
View Article17 February 2014 Development News
. Turkish Company Secures Half Billion Birr Road Project . - The new road will reduce the distance between Awash Arba and Debre Berhan by two-thirds - Ray Ozaltin the board member of Atayol (left) and,...
View Article“What has been achieved in agriculture suggests that the economy will grow by...
. Prime Minister Haile-Mariam Desalegn, on February 10, 2014 responded to questions raised by local journalists. On today’s edition The Ethiopian Herald has carried questions raised and responses given...
View Article15 March 2014 News Round Up
. Ethiopia says flagship Grand Renaissance dam ’30pc complete’ . By ANDUALEM SISAY in Addis Ababa | Thursday, March 13 2014 . Zadig Abrha, deputy general director at the Office of National Council...
View ArticleFrom little or no penny to be a millionaire
. Written by GIRMACHEW GASHAW Nowadays, Ethiopian towns are registering dramatic change in infrastructural development. Besides, improving various towns images, it is possible to create many more job...
View ArticleEthiopia’s application for ‘candidature’ approved
. Wednesday, 19 March 2014 – 10:40am . The EITI Board: ensuring civil society engagement will be critical. The international EITI Board accepted Ethiopia’s application for EITI candidature when it met...
View ArticleTransforming the mining sector in Ethiopia
. By Wondaferash Alemu Tigrai Onlne – March 19, 2014 It has been said time and again that Ethiopia’s natural resources are barely utilized, even though nature endowed her with a large number of mineral...
View ArticleSugarcoated!
. By MIKIAS MERHATSIDK . Kebede Biru, left, neighbor of the Togor family, shared his concern about their farm with Edawo Togor, son, Togor Beriso, father, and Dera Degaga mother, over a cup of coffee...
View ArticleA Brief Look Into the Successes of MetEC
By Dawit Tariku Tigrai Onlne – April 24, 2014 In the all-out effort to realize the five-year Growth and Transformation (GTP), the FDRE government has finished the past three years (of the plan) with...
View ArticleChina, Ethiopia pledge to push for new progress in bilateral relations
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) shakes hands with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn during their talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 4, 2014. Li started an Africa tour on Sunday with his...
View ArticleThe legacy of Haile Selassie – A salute!
. Statue of emperor Haile Selassie teaching 12 students at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa. Picture: Stephen Scourfield . There’s a little drum riff, the brass section comes in on the...
View ArticleA British court has ruled that HM Revenue & Customs acted unlawfully and...
A British court has ruled that HM Revenue & Customs acted unlawfully and irrationally in refusing to disclose information on the status of an investigation into the export of a UK-based spyware to...
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