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Bill Gates Finally Gets His College Degree
Bill Gates Addis Ababa University Honorary Degree July 24, 2014 Thank you for that introduction, Dr. Admasu Tsegaye [President of Addis Ababa University]. Prime Minister Hailemariam; distinguished...
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24 July 2014 News Round-Up (UPDATED)
. From food aid to nutritious, locally produced food: A look at fortifying flour in Ethiopia . By Jeff Dykstra - 24 July 2014 A girl from the Suri tribe in Ethiopia carrying a calabash with corn...
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The U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit: Deepening Trade and Commercial Ties
Zenia Lewis and Witney Schneidman - July 24, 2014 Editor’s Note: The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit blog series is a collection of posts discussing efforts to strengthen ties between the United States...
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Where China Goes To Outsource Its Own Soaring Labor Costs
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/24/2014 30 years ago, the great outsourcing wave took millions of US low-skilled jobs and planted them right in the heart of China, which was about to undergo the...
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27 July 2014 News Round-Up
. Huajian Group to build its own industry zone . - Receives 138 hectare plot The Chinese shoe company, which has already heavily invested in Ethiopia at the Eastern Industrial Zone in Dukem town of...
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29 July 2014 Economic News
. Aviation: Ethiopians’ Big Ambitions New operators and services are entering new markets but, as ever, there are only two options when it comes to buying wide-bodied aircraft: Boeing and Airbus. Neil...
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Potash firm moves senior boss to Ethiopia
CAREER CHANGE: Phil Baines, managing director at Cleveland Potash, in Boulby, east Cleveland, is moving to work in Ethiopia . A SENIOR figure at a potash firm is leaving his role just weeks after...
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Addis Ababa Doubling in Size Gives Africa Another Hub
By William Davison Aug 1, 2014 A woman shelters from the sun with an umbrella as she walks along the construction site of Asmara road in Addis Ababa. The city is the third-likeliest city in the...
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01 August 2014 News Round-Up
. Leaders explore joint financing for LAPSSET project . Written by KENNEDY KANGETHE The leaders who attended a consultative meeting in Nairobi on Thursday were President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda,...
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05 August 2014 Business News Briefs
. US-Ethiopian Summit concludes successful and US companies to invest billions in Ethiopia . Tigrai Onlne – August 04, 2014 A high level Ethiopian delegation have concluded a very successful US –...
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Africa agricultural initiative gets $7 billion boost from private companies
By Juliet Eilperin – August 5, 2014 A group of African and U.S. firms on Tuesday will announce an additional $7 billion in spending to promote agricultural development in Africa, nearly doubling an...
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How Will Radical Islam Affect Development In Africa?
. - While Ethiopia stands out as an anchor and bastion of security in the otherwise volatile Horn of Africa…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nogxn2nADg#t=13 By Andrew Friedman AFKI Original...
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52 Places to Go in 2014
Witness a city in transformation, glimpse exotic animals, explore the past and enjoy that beach before the crowds. - Addis Ababa #13 (link to full article below) <img...
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“Small-holder farming can generate over one trillion birr”
- Getachew Tikubet, (pictured, above), operations director at Bio-Economy Africa 09 August 2014 Written by Berhanu Fekade Getachew Tikubet holds a PhD in Biology with specialization on ecology and...
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Top Countries for Chicken Investment in Africa
Posted by Kurt Davis Jr It is Friday night in Maputo and nightlife has not exactly started. But the KFC is bustling on Avenida 25 de Setembro with families buying buckets of chicken for dinner and...
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1st IPI – Ministry of Agriculture – ATA Ethiopia Joint Symposium
. The Role of Potassium in Cropping Systems of Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Status and Potential for Increasing Productivity . 04-05 September 2014 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . Background The sustainability...
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Ethiopia – cracking the local code
Anna Rosenberg, Head of Sub-Saharan Africa at FSG, is currently on a research trip to Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. Here are her latest insights: As I sit on the plane from Addis Ababa to London, I am...
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18 August 2014 Business News
US-Africa Summit An ‘Eye Opener’ For U.S. Business Community . By Dana Sanchez http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/us-africa-leaders-summit” width=”621″...
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20 August 2014 News Briefs
. Initiative for Mining Transparency Summit Opens in Addis . The Initiative for Mining Transparency in East and West Africa Summit kicked off on Wednesday in Addis Ababa. Participating countries are...
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Speckled beetle key to saving crops in Ethiopia
Scientists have released these tiny beetles in Ethiopia to fight a toxic, invasive weed. Written by Kelly Izlar BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 22, 2014 – An invasive weed poses a serious and frightening...
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