Stratfor Report: Ethiopia Identified among Post China Sixteen (PC16) Contries
Editor’s Note: The 16 countries identified in this study that could potentially succeed China are as follows: Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania America’s: Mexico, Peru, Nicaragua, and Dominican Republic Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Laos, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, and…
Ethiopia, Hauwei Sign $700 Million USD Mobile Network Deal
Ethiopia has signed a $700 million mobile phone deal with China’s Huawei Technologies to improve the telecoms infrastructure in the country. The agreement, which is half of a $1.6 billion project split between Huawei and ZTE is expected to double…
Ethiopia: 1st Year Memorial of the Late Meles Zenawi to be Observed (Video)
Photo: Ex-First Lady Azeb Mesfin, Meles Zenawi’s widow First year memorial of the late great leader, Meles Zenawi would be observed on 20 August 2013, Meles Zenawi Foundation (MZF) has announced. MZF Board vice chair, Kassa Tekleberhan told reporters on…
Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi and Educational Development (Video)
Source: a24media.com The death of Meles Zenawi and installation of his deputy as interim prime Minister has been all over the news in Africa and beyond. Many mourn this leader but also celebrate strides made in the 2 decades of…
Ethiopia to Build 1,060 MW Hydropower Plant in the Baro-Akobo River Basin
The Ethiopian government is planning to build a 1,060MW hydropower plant in the Baro-Akobo River Basin. The Ministry of Water and Energy has awarded the pre-feasibility and feasibility study of the Tams Hydropower Project worth US$1.5 million to the state-owned…
Al Jazeera Reports on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (Video)
Photo: Alemayehu Tegenu, Ethiopia’s minister of Water and Energy Al Jazeera on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam – Video For thousands of years, the Nile River has provided for the people living along its banks. For Ethiopia, this is the key…
Nile Power Shifts Away From Egypt
by David Arnold July 15, 2013 Before the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi was ousted as president earlier this month, his government was planning to catch up on overdue negotiations with nine upstream neighbors in the Nile River Basin to salvage the…
Egyptian Professors Stuck in Pseudo-Science at the Age of Nile Cooperation
Hailu Simon (PhD) July 16, 2013 There were signs of progress in the past week. The Ethiopian Prime Minister re-assured Egypt in his public remark saying: “We are committed to continuing peaceful and mutually beneficial relations with the Egyptian people,…
Nile by 2050 – The Case of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt (Part I, Part II, and Part III)
By Habtamu Abay Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 2013 Introductory background UN sources indicate that the population of the world in general and that of the developing countries in particular is increasing at an alarmingrate. Due to the advent of modern…
Ethiopia Continues The Renaissance Dam Construction (Video)
By Marthe van der Wolf VOA News ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia and Egypt have been in a diplomatic dispute for weeks over the construction of what will be Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam – impacting the waters of the Nile River. But…
Ethiopia: Haile Gebrselassie to Run for Parliament in 2015
AP ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Distance running great Haile Gebrselassie is entering politics and may now run for president of Ethiopia — even if his wife is not sure it’s a good idea. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple…
World Bank Sees China, Ethiopia as Good Fit
By Li Lianxing New partnership aims to remove obstacles to foreign investment in promising African nation Ethiopia is attracting significant Chinese foreign direct investment, but has still been lagging in overall FDI. However, an official from the World Bank says…
Addis Ababa City Administration to Register New Condominium House Seekers (Videos)
Update – August 5, 2013: Click link — 40/60 Condo Registration to Start on August 12, 2013 Addis Ababa City Administration to register new Condominium house Seekers May 11, 2013 Addis Ababa City Administration and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia announced a…
Exponential Population Growth and Carrying Capacity of the Ethiopian Economy
By Tsegaye Tegenu, PhD Email: tsegaye.tegenu@epmc.se Introduction On July 5, 2013 the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia announced that the Ethiopian population has reached 86 million people. Seizing the occasion I would like to warn about the consequences of exponential…
Ethiopia Aims To Host Africa’s Tallest Building by 2017
Image: Africa’s tallest tower planned to rise 99 stories in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by 2017. Ethiopia Aims To Host Africa’s Tallest Building by 2017 By Shem Oirere Source: Engineering News Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, may boast Africa’s tallest building by…
Ethiopia 2013/14 Budget to Focus on Infrastructure
Reuters Ethiopia’s economy is expected to maintain a growth rate of 11 percent in 2013/14 with plans to upgrade infrastructure given prominence in its annual budget, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday. The Horn of Africa nation has in…
Ethiopia’s Investment Prospects: A Sectoral Overview
Photo: Henok Assefa, CEO at Precise Consult in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia’s Investment Prospects The June 2013 issue of African Review of Economics and Finance contains a study titled “Ethiopia’s Investment Prospects: A Sectoral Overview” by Henok Assefa, Derk Bienen…
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