Photo: Dr. Abraham Verghese, Professor of Medicine August 21, 2012 The death of Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi has left a dangerous power vacuum in the Horn of Africa nation, Abraham Verghese tells host Marco Werman. Verghese, author of the novel…
Photo: Downtown New York City ETHIOPIANS IN NEW YORK MOBILIZE MORE THAN $100,000 FOR THE ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM A truly inspirational evening of the Ethiopian Renaissance Day was organized in New York on 11 May 2013 by the Ethiopian Renaissance…
Image: Nile Riparian States By Selamu Misgan Around the world there are over 260 trans boundary rivers that flow through two or more countries. To resolve the difficulties and disputes that inevitably arise, states have set up different forms of…
Photo: Haddis Tadesse By Haddis Tadesse The walia is a species of ibex found only in northern Ethiopia. Some 40 years ago, with fewer than 200 left, the walia was in danger of extinction. It remains an endangered species, but…
By Macharia Kamau Kenya-Ethiopia Electricity Line Gets $338 Million USD Boost The construction of a high voltage electricity line running between Ethiopia and Kenya can now begin after the African Development Bank (AfDB) agreed to fund the project to the…
VENTURES AFRICA — May 7, 2013 — South Africa banks have been urged to adapt the Chinese currency (the renminbi) as the currency will become a prominent factor in doing business. According to a survey by an international bank HSBC,…
Nigeria has set up a 1 Billion Naira Diaspora Bond – Africans are taking Ethiopia’s blue print for development! VENTURES AFRICA – May 6, 2013 — The Nigerian Government has approved $3.7 billion to increase power transmission to 20,000 megawatts…
The Ethiopian Embassy in DC invites you all for a birthday celebration … Come and celebrate the birthday of the late PM Meles Zenawi on May 11, 2013 … Late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s birthday celebration and a night…
Photo: Azeb Mesfin, Meles Zenawi’s widow, and President of The Meles Zenawi Foundation The Meles Zenawi Foundation Board President, Azeb Mesfin, called on the public to take part in the activities undertaken to transfer the legacy of the Visionary Leader…
Millennium Cities Initiatives Earth Institute, Columbia University New York Disclaimer Always referred to as a hub to almost 85% of the World’s Natural resources. Africa indeed is a blessed continent among all continents and even by the time the West…
Commercial Bank Football Club won the Ethiopian women “Meles Cup” Knockout Championships. Dedebit’s Birtukan Gebre Kristos was acclaimed as the ‘Best Player’ of the tournament, while Shitaye Sisay claimed the top scorer spot. When the Knockout Championships Cup finals, played…
Photo: The late PM of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi By Paul Kagame President of the Republic of Rwanda For me, even more so for Ethiopians and many other Africans, talking about Meles’ contribution goes beyond the boundaries of Ethiopia and encompasses…
By Florence Beaugé LE MONDE/Worldcrunch Once it was USA for Africa, now Ethiopia’s expats are returning to be part of a striving new middle class ADDIS ABABA - It is a strange-looking capital. A gigantic open-air construction site, located at an…
By William Davison May 1, 2013 Ethiopia is negotiating with Brazil, Russia and India to finance and build rail links after agreeing terms last year with Chinese and Turkish companies for other routes, the head of the state rail company…
Once driven by famine, Ethiopia is making giant strides, reports Elissa Jobson Ethiopia is on the up. Annual GDP growth rates of more than 10 per cent between 2004 and 2011, a 30 per cent decrease in those living below the poverty line since…
Photo: The late Ethiopian PM, Meles Zenawi PRESS RELEASE London, UK, 30th April 2013 — Tributes were paid to Ethiopia’s exceptional leader, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, for his outstanding contribution to the renaissance of both Ethiopia and Africa during his…
Elissa Jobson in Addis Ababa guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 30 April 2013 Shoemaker Huajian says new $2bn manufacturing zone will transfer skills to locals so they can become the future managers Helen Hai, vice-president of Chinese footwear manufacturer the Huajian Group, has…
Photo: Partial view of Downtown Chicago By Tsehaye Debalkew Patriotic Ethiopians in Chicago, Illinois undertook a successful Fund Raising Event for the Grand Renaissance Dam Patriotic Ethiopians and Ethiopian- Americans residing in and around Greater Chicago undertook a resounding fund…
Photo: Partial view of Downtown San Diego By Tibebe Solomon Abera San Diego In our effort of supporting the Renaissance Dam, sons and daughter of Ethiopia and Ethiopian origins in San Diego have gathered at the East African Community and…
Twitter is a powerful tool to get your message across and also has become a spammers heaven. Almost every one has a twitter account these days; it has become just like an email account. We have been automatically tweeting our…
Photo: Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin By Sarah McGregor Cornell Food Fight Leads Gabre-Madhin to Battle Africa Scarcity When Eleni Gabre-Madhin climbed onto a cafeteria table as a junior at Cornell University almost 30 years ago and begged students to end the…
By Aaron Maasho Reuters ADDIS ABABA, April 27, 2013 – Ethiopia secured a $1 billion loan from China on Friday to build transmission lines linking its capital Addis Ababa with Africa’s biggest hydropower dam being built on the Nile. Ethiopia…
The African Development Bank (AfDB), entitled the Middle of the Pyramid: Dynamics of the Middle Class (2011), defines the middle class broadly to include a group of people who spend (on per capita basis) US $2 -$20 daily. AfDB further…
Photo: Meles Zenawi in his youth By Terrence Lyons The death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in August 2012 marked the end of an era in contemporary Ethiopian politics. After defeating the brutal Derg regime in 1991, Meles headed the…
Source: France 24 Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected as chairman of the African Union in January. Since then, he has to deal with the war in Mali. After months of fighting, the country still needs the international community’s…
By Bayelegn Yergu “The Egyptians have yet to make up their minds as to whether they want to live in the 21st or the 19th century.” (Meles Zenawi – Nov. 2010) Everyone who followed the Nile river politics knows that…
VENTURES AFRICA- Frank Jejding, the newly-appointed Head of Region for Ericsson sub-Saharan Africa, has call on Africa governments to fashion out ways to deepen broadband penetration on the continent. Jejding said potential of the African markets are yet untapped and…
By Ashenafe Endale New training program to focus on establishing practical links LG Electronics is opening a million dollar Technical & Vocational Education & Training (TVET) College in September 2013. The college will offer courses in Information Technology (IT); electronics;…
By Tsehaye Debalkew, Washington D.C. April 24, 2013 Ethiopia has been hailed as a success story for its performance in spearheading Education For All and its all-out drive to meet The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set for the sector. The…
Addis Ababa, April 23, 2013 — (WIC) — Ethiopia’s economy has grown by 10.5 per cent on average during the first two years of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) period, according to Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn. While presenting 2012/13…
By E. G. Woldegebriel ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Taking advantage of its expanding hydropower and other renewable energy capacity, Ethiopia is building an extensive system of electric railways to ease urban traffic congestion and reduce carbon emissions…
The Corporate Council on Africa issued a report dated 17 April 2013 titled “Promoting Shared Interests: Policy Recommendations on Africa for the Second Term of the Obama Administration.” The report covers a wide range of interaction between the United States…
Ambassador David H. Shinn, among others, participated in an hour long radio program on 21 April 2013 dealing with Africa, China and the United States titled “China-Africa: Is the Honeymoon Over?“. Veteran journalist Eric Olander moderated the program and post-doctoral…
Photo: Meles Zenawi, the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Amharic book entitled “Meles and the Question of Nationality in Ethiopia” Published By Mulugeta Kussa The visionary Leader Meles Zenawi had a key role in addressing the question of nationality in Ethiopia,…
Photo: Saudi deputy defense minister Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Riyadh By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has removed veteran deputy defense minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan from his post, state media reported on Saturday, the latest move…
Photo: Paul Kagame, President of Republic of Rwanda Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 20th April 2013 Your Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Your Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, Chairman of the Tana High Level Forum Advisory Board;…
Photo: The late Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi By Joel Kibazo In our series of letters from Africa journalists, London-based Ugandan writer Joel Kibazo considers what happens in a country when a dominating leader passes away. On a recent…
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday revealed he will attend an African Union summit in Ethiopia next month, and said Washington had be more engaged with Africa. The May 19-27 summit in Addis Ababa will mark the 50th…
Press point/Brussels 18 April 2013 Good morning ladies and gentleman, It is a great pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn on his first official visit to Europe. I also know this is the first official visit that he pays…
Photo: Downtown Houston, Texas, USA By Tsehaye Debalkew April 17, 2013 Patriotic Ethiopians and Ethiopian- Americans residing in and around Houston Metropolitan Area launched a triumphant fund raising event by purchasing bonds a process that has been going on throughout…
The Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment published on 15 April 2013 a brief study titled “How the Private Sector Is Changing Chinese Investment in Africa” by Xiaofang Shen, senior visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of…
By Nicholas Bariyo Uganda Confident China to Fund 600 MW Karuma Power Plant KAMPALA, Uganda, April 15, 2013 — The Ugandan government is confident that China will provide funding to finance the construction of a 600-megawatt Karuma hydro-power plant on…
Photo: Dr. Melaku Beyan. Dr. Melaku Beyan became the first Ethiopian medical doctor to complete his education in the United states in 1935 (Dr. Workneh Eshete became the first Ethiopian doctor to obtain a modern medical education in 1882) The…
Ethiopia, China and the European Union Christine Hackenesch, research fellow at the German Development Institute, published an article in the first issue for 2013 of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs titled “Aid Donor Meets Strategic Partner? The European Union’s…
Turkey-Africa Relations Ortadogu Analiz published in Turkish in October 2012 followed by an English translation in 2013 an article by Isa Afacan titled “The African Opening in Turkish Foreign Policy.” While Afacan notes that Africa remains secondary to Turkish foreign…
By C. Matthew Hawkins April 12, 2013 South Africa, Nigeria, Angola, Ghana, and Ethiopia all have economies that are growing at a brisk pace. But their future depends on how they invest that money, writes Matthew Hawkins. As competition for…
Photo: Aliko Dangote, CEO of Dangote Group Dangote Industries Plc, the the largest industrial conglomerate in West Africa, last week applied for an exploration license that would enable it to prospect for silica. Silica is the main ingredient used to…
By Ed McKenna IPS, part of the Guardian Environment Network guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 10 April 2013 Eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa A combination of an abundance of bamboo and eager foreign…
Photo: Ambassador David H. Shinn On 8 April 2013 Ambassador David H. Shinn addressed the Cosmopolitan Club in Manhattan on the topic of “China and Africa: Challenges and Predictions.” After making a series of assumptions about the future of China…
By Dr. Mohammed Bedru and Dr. Elena Vorontsoba A Man of his Axiom: The late Meles Zenawi The late Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi was born from his father Ato Zenawi Asres and his Mother W/ro Alemash Ghebre-Leul on…
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