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— Haile Selassie I
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Dangote Set to Diversify Investment in Ethiopia
[Ethiopian Herald] Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn conferred with the Nigerian business tycoon Aliko Dangote Friday.
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Kenya must question neighbours' lack of support, Amina says after AUC loss
Ambassador Amina Mohamed has conceded defeat after the AUC chairperson election but said Kenya has to question its neighbours' lack of support. The Foreign Affairs CS lost the Monday vote for African Union Commission chairperson to Chad’s Moussa Mahamat. Her loss was a big blow to Kenya as it had ...
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Duale now accuses Kofi Annan of manipulating AU elections
Aden Duale has accused former UN Secretary general Kofi Annan of having a hand in the outcome of the African Union Commission elections. The National Assembly Majority leader said Annan manipulated the results that saw Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed lose the AUC chairperson post to Chad's Moussa Mahamat. He ...
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Ethiopia school-feeding programme targets one million children in drought-affected areas
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: EthiopiaThe 2017 Ethiopia Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) seeks US$948 million to help 5.6 million people with emergency food and non-food assistance. Key Issues Government and the humanitarian community discuss the humanitarian situation in Ethiopian Ministry to launch school feeding for over a million students ...
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Amina loses African Union Commission chair vote to Chad's Mahamat
Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed has lost the election for African Union Commission chairperson to Chad’s Moussa Mahamat. Amina, 56, lost to Mahamat after heads of state voted in the seventh round. Kenya garnered 27 votes and Chad 26, while one country abstained in the fifth round In the sixth ...
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Manufacturing exports are half of what was expected
The manufacturing sector has fallen short of expectations. The Ministry of Industry (MoI) reported to parliament that exports of manufactured products only performed half as well as expected over the last six months of the 2016/17 budget year. The nation earned USD 198.5 million in export revenues which is 56.5 ...
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High rent, lack of planning cause many to return business licenses
14,000 licenses returned in the past six months Redevelopment work, higher office rental prices, poor marketing, and bankruptcy have caused 14,000 people with business licenses to stop working and return their license to the Addis Ababa Trade Bureau in the past six months. Addis Ketema sub city the location of ...
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Trade fair to introduce innovative packaging and agro-processing technologies
The Agrofood Plastpack Ethiopia trade exhibition will be held February 3 to 5 at the Millennium Hall. The exhibition is expected to host more than two thousand professional visitors and is being organized by Fair trade, a German trade fair specialist along with Ethiopian partners. The exhibition aims to increase ...
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Newly rebranded Trade and Development Bank looks for a stronger presence in Ethiopia
The Trade and Development Bank, the former PTA Bank announced plans to gain a larger presence in Ethiopia and strategies to continue financing public and private projects. The Bank announced that it is also increasing financing for priority sectors such as trade, infrastructure, manufacturing, industry and agribusiness across the 20 ...
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Nkoana-Mashabane 'Puts Her Foot in It Again' At AU
[News24Wire] International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has committed another international faux pas at the ongoing African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This time she jumped the gun on the election of a new director general for the World Health Organisation, publicly congratulating former Ethiopian foreign minister Tedros Adhanom on ...
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United Kingdom announces additional £10 million for drought hit Somalia
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Somalia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThis support will be delivered through three UN agencies (WFP, UNICEF and FAO) and will go into providing food security, supporting nutrition and basic health services.Britain’s Secretary of State for International Development, the ...
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Social Grants Crisis - Dlamini in Addis Ababa Instead of in Parliament
[DA] The DA has learnt that the Minster of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, is currently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on ANC Women's League business.
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Ethiopia 5th largest investor in renewable energy in Africa, says report
Ethiopia is the 5th largest investor in renewable energy at USD 100 million, according to the Renewable, Global Status Report. South Africa leads in renewable energy investment followed by Morocco, the second largest renewable energy investor at USD two billion. Kenya comes to third with investments worth USD 357 million ...
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Industrial parks get more foreign finance
Other foreign financiers plan to join the World Bank and invest in the nation’s industrial park development. According Sisay Gemechu, head of the Industry Park Development Corporation, European and Chinese financial companies are negotiating with the government of Ethiopia to provide finance for the upcoming industry park project. Currently the ...
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ECX trade value reaches 10.1 billion Birr
In the first six months of 2009, the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange performed at 96 percent of their expectations in trade volume and 94 percent in trade value. In comparison to the same period last fiscal year, trade volume decreased by six percent but trade value increased by 19%. The trade ...
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Djibouti begins construction of massive free trade zone
On Monday January 16 Djibouti began construction of a large free trade zone in the country. Located 23km from historic central Djibouti City the USD 3.5 billion trade center will cover 4,800 hectares, according to the Djibouti government. President Ismail Omar Guelleh and the vice president of China Merchant Group ...
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Decent Working Condition for Women
[Ethiopian Herald] Women comprise half of the productive human resource in the Ethiopian economy. Nowadays, women in Ethiopia are engaged in various activities ranging from lower income works to higher administrative positions. But their working condition is not that much decent compared to their male counterparts. Female workers have been ...
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Not a Nice Year for NICE
National Insurance Company of Ethiopia S.C (NICE) has suffered a decline in both profits and its market share despite a growth in premium production. NICE’s board of directors disclosed at…
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Contributions to Country-Based Pooled Funds hit record levels with over US$700 million in 2016
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, World, YemenMoney is allocated in conjunction with Humanitarian Response Plans, ensuring availability at the ...
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CAPITAL supports the candidature of Dr. Amina C. Mohamed for Chair of the African Union
For the first time in our history, CAPITAL will support the candidature of Dr. Amina C. Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade as Chair of the African Union Commission, a position currently held by Her Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma of South Africa. The challenges ...
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L’agenda della settimana
I colloqui di pace sulla Siria, la sentenza della consulta sull’Italicum, il parere della corte suprema britannica sulla Brexit, i vertici sull’economia in Europa, il vertice dell’Unione africana a Addis Abeba: cosa succede questa settimana nel mondo. Leggi