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20 May 2014 News Briefs (UPDATED)
. Ethiopia: If the shoe fits, build zones . Textile companies and retailers are setting up operations in and around Addis Ababa to take advantage of the low cost of labour . Chinese shoemaker Huajian...
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Agriculture: Gathering data and offering choice in Ethiopia
. By Nicholas Norbrook in Addis Ababa - May 20 2014 Some agricultural practices have not changed since Biblical times. Photo©Michael Poliza/National Geographic/Getty . Spearheading the government’s...
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22 May 2014 Development News (UPDATED)
. Ecobank and Eleni Join Forces to Strengthen Africa’s Agricultural Financing Capabilities . . Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘Ecobank’ or ‘the Group’) has signed a memorandum of understanding...
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Beles sugar project: A visit to Meles Zenawi village, Resettled farmers
. Posted on Friday, May 23, 2014 by Fetsum W. Berhane . In western Ethiopia, about 576 km from Addis Ababa, lay a mega sugar project expected to double Ethiopia’s current sugar production. Water...
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26 May 2014 Business News
. Ethiopia’s Farms and finance . Ethiopia has yet to produce private sector champions. Photo©Ami Vitale/PANOS-REA . By – Nicholas Norbrook in Addis Ababa. . The government has a mission to use a strong...
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31 May 2014 Weekly News Wrap
. World Bank Approves $200m Loan for Geothermal Projects . Guang Zhe Chen, World Bank country director for Ethiopia. . The World Bank’s board of directors, based in Washington DC, US, has approved...
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(UPDATED) 03 June 2014 Economic News Round-Up
. Micronutrient Conference Kicks Off Here . Addis Ababa June 3/2014 – First Lady Roman Tesfay . The world’s leading nutrition, food security, global health and agriculture experts are in Addis Ababa...
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Trouble of doing business in Ethiopia worth the rewards, says investor
Once known for its series of devastating famines that affected millions of people in the 1980s, Ethiopia is today portrayed as an attractive investment destination with immense potential. It is...
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Ethiopia: 25 interesting facts about Addis Ababa
A Walk Down Memory Lane— BY LEYOU TAMERU, The Reporter Addis Ababa is dubbed one of the emerging global cities in the world. As young as it is, it certainly is a city with a lot of charm and...
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05 June 2014 Economic News Wrap
. Investment Agency to Report Direct to the Prime Minister . - New bill see the evolution of powerful investment board with composition not yet defined. . Fitsum Arega, director general of EIA. . The...
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Making Ethiopia a hub for agricultural research
. 07 June 2014 Written by Henok Reta . Mahamoud el-Solh (Ph.D) is the director general of the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), an organization dedicated to...
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07 June 2014 Development News
. Israel investment conference to showcase Ethiopia . A high profile Ethio-Israeli investment conference is scheduled to take place next Monday in Tel Aviv. The conference, which will be held at the...
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Region moves towards harmonising mining policies
Najib Balala, Kenya’s Mining secretary and Seamic’s chairman (right) and the African Union Commission (AUC) senior industry adviser Frank Mugyenyi address the press during the Governing Council meeting...
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Ethiopia’s Agricultural Growth on the Verge of Changing History
. By Hailu Dagne Tigrai Onlne – June 05, 2014 Last week at the concluding ceremony of the celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Victory of May 28 at the Addis Ababa Stadium, His Excellency Prime...
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East african shea butter becomes cosmetics gold
. Lulu Life, the shea butter brand grown in Sudan and produced in Kenya, is emerging as a premium product in the western cosmetics market, following research revealing it as possibly the richest source...
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12 June 2014 News Run-Down (UPDATED)
. Ethiopia to fill Gibe III dam, rejects renewed calls for halt . Ethiopia has rejected renewed calls for suspension of the construction of Gibe III dam as it prepares to start filling the reservoir of...
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Ethiopia and China: How Two Former Empires Connected in the 20th Century
Liu Zhen (pictured, above) / China News Service . By David H. Shinn | June 11, 2014 . Ethiopia was never colonized and along with China has a long imperial history. China’s imperial period came to an...
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The pragmatic disruptor behind China’s economic miracle
. Iain Marlow – ASIA-PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jun. 13 2014 . The week he got hired as the World Bank’s first chief economist from a developing country,...
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15 June 2014 News Round-Up
. Market fluctuation delays gold production in Ethiopia . According to the Trade Ministry, Ethiopia eyed to $774.5 million over the past ten months from gold exports. It only earned $369.31million...
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17 June 2014 News Briefs
. Ethiopia, Israel keen to deepen ties . Ethiopia and Israel have agreed to further deepen all-round relations between the two countries. Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman is in Ethiopia where...
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