Forbes and Manhattan are scum!!
But that’s just my opinion. Have a look at their track record and decide for yourselves. Best advice I was ever given was steer clear of Stan Bharti and his minions, but I thought Allana Potash was...
View ArticleEthiopia – A land of promises!
Not many consider Ethiopia an attractive proposition for Indian exporters. Here’s a fact that could change your perception – over 8% of Ethiopia’s total imports from the world comes from India, and yet...
View Article18 April 2015 News Round-Up
. Government drafts cement industry development strategy . . 18 April 2015 Written by Kaleyesus Bekele . The Ministry of Industry is drafting a national cement industry development strategy that will...
View ArticleTEXTILE PUZZLE
. In GTP I, the government had planned to generate one billion dollars from textile exports. However, it has earned 427 million dollars in the entire GTP I period, including three quarters of this...
View Article27 April 2015 Economic News Round-Up
. ERCA Raises 96pc Planned Revenue, Addis Abeba’s Revenue Lower . In its nine month report for the current fiscal year, ERCA reports resounding success with Addis Abeba falling short by over 26pc ....
View Article29 April 2015 Business News Briefs
. Addis Metro to commence en mass test rides on Monday . Addis Ababa: April 29, 2015 – . Addis Ababa Light Railway Project will commence transporting commuters on mass next week. . The Ethiopian...
View Article01 May 2015 Economic News Round-Up
. Ethiopia Registering Remarkable Achievements, Says UNDP 2014 Report . Addis Ababa April 30/2015 – Ethiopia has registered remarkable achievements in economic and social changes, United Nations...
View ArticleEthiopian coffee shops sprout up across the US…thanks to Starbucks
. The chain is a punching bag for those who distrust big business, but it has helped revolutionize the US coffee scene and paved the way for smaller businesses to flourish . Three years ago, Elias...
View Article05 May 2015 News Round-Up
. Awash Woldia / Hara Gebeya Railway Line Project, Ethiopia . Awash Woldia/Hara Gebeya Railway Project is a new railway line being constructed between the Ethiopian towns Awash and Woldia. Ethiopian...
View ArticleCircum Proves Up Major World Class 4.2B Tonnes Potash Project in Ethiopia
. Stunning what a private company can accomplish with half the capital in half the time as Allana Potash, sans cheap sellout of shareholders. Proof positive the sky’s the limit under competent...
View ArticleEthiopia’s long-serving minister brings recipe of success to AfDB
. For much of the past two decades, Sufian Ahmed’s attention has been focused on rebuilding Ethiopia’s economy after years of war and famine, eventually helping turn it into one of the fastest-growing...
View Article09 May 2015 Business News Briefs
. Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Mulls Adding Stock, Bond Trading . . by William Davison The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange plans to broaden the range of crops it trades and wants to introduce stocks and...
View Article13 May 2015 Ethiopian Economic News
. A delegation of 14 major Chinese companies visiting Ethiopia . Addis Ababa: May 13, 2015 – . FDRE President Mulatu Teshome has urged a delegation of 14 major Chinese companies to actively partake in...
View ArticleEthiopia: Africa’s New China?
. Posted on May 8, 2015 by Lennox Yieke Ethiopia is emerging as Africa’s economic powerhouse and is in many ways where China was a while back. As cliché as it may sound, the expression ‘looking like a...
View ArticleSaving Ethiopian Agriculture from Age-old Rigidities
. Published on April 4, 2015 . In recommending how to enhance food security through agricultural growth in Ethiopia, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) once said, “successful...
View Article15 May 2015 News Round-Up
. Growth of Ethiopia construction sector to surpass that of regional peers, BMI says . Light Rail Construction – Ethiopia Construction Sector to grow driven by infrastructure investments Ethiopia’s...
View Article20 May 2015 Economic News Wrap
. Ethiopia Plans Manufacturing Hub With $10 Billion Factory Parks . by William Davison – May 18, 2015 “According to the vision, Ethiopia would be a leading manufacturing powerhouse in Africa,” Arkebe...
View Article22 May 2015 Ethiopia Business News
. US Extends Ethiopia’s Agoa Market Access for 10 Years . The Ethiopian Investment Commission Director General Fitsum Arega recently told The Ethiopian Herald that Ethiopia has been given another 10...
View Article26 May 2015 News Flash
This blog’s economics related news updates will resume once all the Ethiopian election mumbo jumbo has run it’s course, folks get back to business, and there’s something worth passing along. Anyways,...
View Article30 May 2015 News Briefs
. Ethiopia, China sign industrial expansion agreement Addis Ababa: May 30, 2015 – . Ethiopia and China have signed an industrial expansion agreement. Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Economic...
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