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13 Sept 2014 News Round-Up
. Allana Potash Continues To Drift Amidst Ag Malaise Stephen Simpson, CFA Sep. 12, 2014 . Summary Allana shares continue to drift lower, despite a...
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Potatoes are nuggets to save Ethiopia as Ireland shares years of expertise
Spuds are nutritious and hardy, and a research centre collaboration is helping defeat hunger in Africa Gebremedhin Woldegiorgis, senior potato researcher at the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural...
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16 Sept Business News
. Ethio-Canada business summit opens in Toronto Alongside the first Canada-Africa 2014 Business Summit, the Ethio-Canada Business and Investment Summit also opened on Monday in Toronto. This four-day...
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Ethiopian leather shoes finding markets across the world, but there is little...
. By ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSETuesday, September 16 2014 . In Summary Though Ethiopia’s leather industry has been facing challenges such as power shortages, logistics and contrabands. The fact that some...
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Agriculture in Africa: Less Talk, More Action
FTF’s Jim Barnhart (above, far left) visits Ethiopia’s first fertilizer blending factory, operated by a local cooperative union. . September 16, 2014 By Jim Barnhart, Deputy Assistant to the...
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18 Sept 2014 News Round-Up
. Ethiopian delegation in Toronto meets founder of Legendary MegaCorp The Ethiopian delegation met with Hector Reyes, Founder of Legendary MegaCorp on Tuesday (September 16) in Toronto, on the...
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20 Sept 2014 News Briefs
Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines Announce Order for 20 737 MAX 8s . - Order is the largest single Boeing order by number of airplanes from an African carrier CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing...
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22 Sept 2014 Business News
. Al-Amoudi to Invest $500 Million in Ethiopian Coffee, Oranges . . By William Davison Sep 21, 2014 Horizon Plantations Ethiopia Plc, majority-owned by Saudi billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, plans to...
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26 Sept 2014 News Round-Up
. Prime Minister Hailemariam holds talks with President Obama . . Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and President Barack Obama held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 69th Session of the UN...
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01 October 2014 Economic News (UPDATED)
. Ethiopia seeks Turkish government support for railway fund . By Beyene Geda . Ethiopia has requested support from the Turkish government to press for the release of a $700 million loan that the...
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Virtual warehouse allows farmers timely access to inputs
Written by Julius Omondi for Farmbizafrica A virtual warehouse is assisting agro input companies conveniently reach farmers saving them cost and time at a time when delayed farmer access to farming...
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06 October 2014 Economic News
. Ethiopia to issue international bond . Ethiopia announced its plan to issue international bond at the end of this year, the first of its kind move by the country to join the international capital...
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South Boulder Mines lowers OPEX and CAPEX at Colluli Potash Project
. SOP production from kainitite brine proving commercially viable Positive implications for upcoming Allana Potash SOP focused PEA due in December – January South Boulder Mines (ASX:STB) has completed...
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The new scramble for Africa (part 2)
. Note: This article does not necessarily express the opinion of this blogger, although some points I believe are worthy of consideration, and I think China, the US, India, Turkey, the Middle East and...
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Foreign investment is like slow poison
. The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century has spurred an energetic debate about capitalism and inequality. Here, he talks to The Africa Report about democracy, markets and industrialisation....
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Recent expansion of Africa’s agricultural trade bodes well for food security,...
Africa’s share of world agricultural trade has increased in recent years after decades of decline, and trade among African countries has been on the rise. Both trends have boosted Africans’ ability to...
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08 October 2014 News Round-Up
. Africa keeps it interesting for Bayer business development boss . “There are so many more interesting things to tell when coming back from the bush in Côte d’Ivoire or Tanzania or Ethiopia, than...
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Enhancing the contribution of the mining sector
Panelists of the Ethiopian Extractive Industries Forum (pictured, above) . By Kaleyesus Bekele Ethiopia is not much known in the mining world. Except for the small-scale gold, tantalum and gemstones...
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14 october 2014 weekly business news round-up
. Cotton shortage hampers Textile sector earning . Ethiopia had hoped to generate USD 350 million from textiles and garments last year. However the nation’s efforts were hampered from the low supply of...
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17 October 2014 News Briefs
. Ethiopia-to-Djibouti Rail to Be Complete in a Year, PM Says . By William Davison Oct 17, 2014 . An electrified rail link from Ethiopia’s capital along its main trade route to neighboring Djibouti...
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