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Sep 21 , 2019

DISCUSSION

Zeynu Jemal (left), state minister of peace, engages with Hilary Onek (right), Ugandan minister of relief, disaster preparedness and refugees, on September 16, 2019 in Addis Abeba during IGAD's Second...

Sep 21 , 2019

NEGLIGENCE

On an electric pole near the Hilton Hotel, electrical wires are protruding out of the casing pointing in all directions.  Were it not for the unprofessionalism and gross negligence that is common in...

Sep 21 , 2019

Ethiopia Refutes Egypt’s Water Filling Proposal

Ethiopia rejected Egypt's proposal for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that suggested that the country should release 40 billion cubic metres of water every year, while the Aswan Dam will o...

Gates Foundation Launches Livestock Medicine Supply

Al-Impex Import & Export has begun distributing livestock medicine supplied by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Al-Impex Import & Export, which is the correspondent for Zoetis, the...

Sep 21 , 2019

Sweden Seeds $3.6m for Good Governance

Sweden pledged a grant of 3.6 million dollars to Ethiopia to support new and existing governance reform initiatives, including the justice system reform. Pledged through the United Nations Developm...

Sep 21 , 2019

Japan Finances Water Project in Bahir Dar

A water project that is fully financed by the government of Japan was kicked off in Bahir Dar City, Amhara Regional State on September 19, 2019. Expected to consume half a billion Birr, the project...

Sep 21 , 2019

Japanese Product Penetrates Ethiopia’s Market

Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., a Japanese fast-moving consumer goods and pharmaceutical products manufacturer, has begun sales of “Rohto Ice” eye drops in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is the first destination...

Sep 21 , 2019

Garment College Puts Down Roots in Meqelle

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has built a leather centre of excellence and garment college at Meqelle, Tigray Regional State. The centre of excellence can enroll 2...

Sep 21 , 2019

Wolkite Gets New Hospital

A local construction company, Yohannes Haile Building Contractor, secured a deal to construct a hospital in Wolkite town in Gurage Zone. The agreement was signed between the contractor and the Sout...

Sep 21 , 2019

Coffee Export Generates $183.6m

Coffee exports in the first two months of this fiscal year generated 183.6 million dollars. The value was obtained from the export of 52,300tn of coffee, 6,585tn higher than the same period last ye...

Sep 14 , 2019

JUSTICE DAY

Meaza Ashenafi (left), the President of the Federal Supreme Court, and Birhanu Tsegaye, the Federal Attorney General, stand outside Millennium Hall on September 11, 2019. They were there to celebrate...

Sep 14 , 2019

ABEBAYEHOSH

September begins the new year in the Julian calendar. It is a time for change for both the calendar year and also the season. The arrival of September announces the end of the rainy season and the beg...

Sep 14 , 2019

GREEN VIEW

Those in charge of running the city of Addis Abeba are finally understanding the need for open green spaces. It is a welcome relief to see this serene, beautiful green park in the middle of the city....

Sep 14 , 2019

Saudi Firm Secures Nation’s First Solar Project

The Ministry of Finance approved the financial offer placed by a Saudi Arabian energy company to generate and sell solar power to the government from two farms in Somali and Afar regional states. T...

Sep 14 , 2019

Ethiopia, US Ally to End Tuberculosis

The United States and Ethiopia signed a new partnership agreement to end tuberculosis (TB) across the country. Lia Tadesse (MD), state minister for Health, and Sean Jones, mission director of the U...

Sep 14 , 2019

Commodity Transactions Hits 2.4b Br

Ethiopian Commodities Exchange (ECX) has transacted 2.4 billion Br from 41,339tn of commodities in August. Out of the transacted value, coffee covers 61pc of the total volume and 80pc of the value...


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