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Jul 13 , 2019

MORE HEALTH

Amir Aman (MD) (Center), minister of Health, and Mohamed Shekur (MD), owner and director of Amir General Hospital, tour the premises of the hospital's new seven-floor building that houses 80 rooms on...

Jul 13 , 2019

Hong Kong Company Leases Bahir Dar Industrial Park

Hop Lun Ltd, a Hong Kong company, has leased all the sheds at Bahir Dar Industrial Park. The handover ceremony was held in Bahir Dar on July 10, 2019, with the presence of Lelise Neme, CEO of the I...

Jul 13 , 2019

Ethiopia’s Poverty Index Shows Improvement

The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) shows that 83.8pc of the Ethiopian population live in multidimensional poverty. The MPI is a detailed poverty level indicator that considers how...

Jul 13 , 2019

EFFORT’s Companies Set to Sell Shares

Three companies under the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT) are ready to offer shares for public subscription. Mesebo Cement Factory, SUR Construction and Trans Ethiopia are...

Jul 13 , 2019

Water Project Takes Root in Oromia

Amref Health Africa and West Arsi Zone Water, Mining & Energy Office and Siraro-Aje Water Supply Service signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a new water project that will supply potable...

Jul 13 , 2019

Revenues Ministry Achieves 82pc of Target

The Ministry of Revenues has collected 198.1 billion Br in revenue from taxes during the just ended fiscal year, 2018/19. The revenue has shown a 22 billion Br, or 12pc, increase from the previous...

Jul 13 , 2019

ECX Monthly Transactions Hit 2.4b Br

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange traded 2.4 billion Br worth of commodities in June 2019. Coffee took the lion's share of trading with 26,137tn exchanging hands, 58pc of overall volume, and its val...

Jul 13 , 2019

Commission Starts Customs Service at Hawassa

The Ethiopian Customs Commission announced it has started giving import-export customs service at its Hawassa branch on July 8, 2019. The new location will help decentralise the service, which so f...

Jul 13 , 2019

Parliament Legislates 62 Proclamations

Parliament has legislated 62 proclamations, two regulations and two decisions which it made jointly with House of Federation, in the just-ended fiscal year. Unlike previous trends, views and commen...

Jul 6 , 2019

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

A little shop in the town of Assa in Wello, Amhara Regional State is located under a building still under construction. Moving in before construction is finished is becoming common all over the countr...

Jul 6 , 2019

COFFEE TIME

Left to right Morris Akiri Adugna Debela (PhD), director general of the Ethiopian Coffee & Tea Development Marketing Authority, and Frederic Kawuma take a sip of coffee in unison at Elilly Hotel o...

Jul 6 , 2019

CROSSWALK TO NOWHERE

This Zebra crosswalk near Olympia roundabout in Bole in front of Asay School is confusing pedestrians. Trying to cross Bole Road, they are confronted by a median divide where it is fenced off, leaving...

Jul 6 , 2019

Parliament Legislates Stringent Labour Law

Parliament has a legislated stringent new labour law during its session held on July 4, 2019. Drafted by the Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs, the proclamation aims at creating a conducive en...

Jul 6 , 2019

Lawmakers Approve Revised VAT Bill

Parliament legislated a new Value Added Tax (VAT) proclamation, which replaces a 17-year-old law. The new proclamation will reduce the VAT reporting time from 12 times a year to just four for compa...

Jul 6 , 2019

Ethiopia Resumes Deploying Domestic Workers to Qatar

Ethiopia opened overseas employment to Qatar effective July 5, 2019, concluding a bilateral labour agreement with the destination country. The first batch of domestic workers have arrived in Doha,...

Jul 6 , 2019

Irish Extend Hand to Support Election

The government of Ireland has signed a 700,000 euro financing agreement with UNDP to provide support for Ethiopia's upcoming election. The agreement was signed between the Ambassador of Ireland, So...


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