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Apr 20 , 2019

Ethiopia Plants First Seed Policy

Ethiopia has drafted its first ever seed policy that will administer the whole seed value chain from production to distribution with the aim of ensuring a timely and quality supply of seeds to farmers...

Apr 20 , 2019

Sululta to Integrate Landscape Management

The Oromia Regional Government, Water & Land Resource Centre of Addis Abeba University and Nestle Waters Ethiopia launched the second phase of a project for landscape management in Sululta. The...

Apr 20 , 2019

Six Mining Concessions Surface in Two Regions

Six companies have been awarded mineral exploration concessions in the Amhara and Tigray regional states. Five of the companies will be engaged in the exploration of metals, while one has signed conce...

Apr 20 , 2019

DP World Wins Another Battle Against Djibouti

The London Court of International Arbitration fined Djibouti 385 million dollars along with interest for breach of contract. DP World took the government of Djibouti to court in London, charging th...

Apr 20 , 2019

Judges Deny Bail to 33 Former Public Officials

Judges at the Federal High Court denied bail rights to 33 suspects working in four different federal institutions who were arrested two weeks ago on suspicion of high corruption crimes. The judges...

Apr 13 , 2019

FISH ON THE SLIDE

Abiy Tsome, the major Ethiopian Orthodox fasting season that lasts for nearly two months, is usually a boon for the fish industry, but not this year. Retailers, restaurants and fishermen are all compl...

Apr 13 , 2019

Sugar Corporation Looks for Private Partners

The government has begun the process of privatising 13 sugar factories that are operational or under construction. The Ministry of Finance and the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation released a request for...

Apr 13 , 2019

Audit Gap of 10b Br at Revenues Ministry

An audit gap of over 10.7 billion Br was discovered in the accounts of the Ministry of Revenues for the 2016/17 fiscal year. The seven-page summary audit report shows that 2.6 billion Br was record...

Apr 13 , 2019

Ethiopia Promises Rebalancing to a Bullish World

WASHINGTON, DC - The prospect of the world economy appears to be grim this year. The talk among leaders of global finance and development is overwhelmed by words such as “uncertain”, “precarious...

Apr 13 , 2019

Netherlands Grants Nation First Pediatric Hospital

Alert Medical Facility is building a new children's hospital after securing a fresh 27.4 million euros worth of financing from the government of the Netherlands. Expected to cost a total of  55 mi...

Apr 13 , 2019

Three Firms Link Up to Ease Merkato Congestion

A consortium of three companies sealed a 126.9-million-Br deal to develop a comprehensive transport and traffic management plan for Merkato. Two German companies and one local firm initiated the st...

Apr 13 , 2019

Fire Reignites and Blazes in Simien Mountains

A wildfire that reignited at Ethiopia's Simien Mountains Nation Park blazed through 753ha of the park last weekend. Reignited on April 8, 2019, the fire has not been put under full control and has con...

Apr 13 , 2019

Flour Plant Puts Down Roots in East Gojjam

A 47-million-Br flour factory has set up shop in East Gojjam, Yejube town, in Amhara Regional State, entirely financed by local business A.S.S.E.S. Industry Plc. Sitting on a 1,254Sqm plot, the new...

Apr 13 , 2019

Nasa Garment Forays Into Hawassa Industrial Park

Nasa Garment Plc has become the 23rd company to join the nation's flagship industrial park in Hawassa after investing five million dollars. A local company, Nasa Garment will be manufacturing shirt...

Apr 13 , 2019

Council Approves Voluntary Product Standards

Some 168 standards for locally manufactured and imported products and services in three sectors were approved by the National Standardisation Council. The Council approved 95 new, 27 revised and 4...

Apr 13 , 2019

Court to Hear Witness in MetEC Corruption Case

Prosecutors amended charges against Alem Fitsum, managing director of Alemgenet Steel Factory, and former officials of the Metals & Engineering Corporation (MetEC) having to do with illegal procur...


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