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World Bank Supports Ethiopia’s Plan To Transform Education For More Than 21...
By Eurasia Review December 3, 2013 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved major financing for Ethiopia to transform the quality of its teaching and learning for more than 21...
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03 December 2013 News Briefs (Updated)
. Ethiopia Will Seek Sovereign Credit Rating to Lure Investors By William Davison – Dec 3, 2013 Ethiopia, Africa’s fastest-growing economy over the past five years, plans to obtain a credit rating to...
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A Canada-Ethiopia Energy stakeholders Forum held in Addis Ababa
Tigrai Onlne December 03, 2013 The Canada-Ethiopia Energy Stakeholders Forum was held in Addis Ababa this week in the presence of representatives of the relevant governments and of Canadian energy...
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Planning to become regional powerhouse
Ethiopia looks to become a powerhouse of the region in renewable energy. The nation has launched the continent’s largest hydro-power and wind-farm projects in a bid to rapidly boost its generating...
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Ethiopia hailed as ‘African lion’ with fastest creation of millionaires
Office blocks under construction in Ethiopia‘s capital, Addis Ababa. But the reality is also many very poor neighbourhoods. (Pictured, above) Michael Buerk‘s famished Ethiopia of 1984 has become a...
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Food Subsidies Could Stall WTO Deal
Menelik Alemu, Ethiopia’s ambassador in Geneva, and Geremew Ayalew, chair of a national technical committee for WTO at the Ministry of Trade (MoT), in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday, December 4, 2013....
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05 December 2013 News Round Up
. Sudan, Ethiopia inaugurate electricity line linking two countries Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir and the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Wednesday inaugurated the...
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Going Nuclear?
Tariff to increase over 300% . Entire Nation expected to have electric access by 2037 Even though EEPCo’s main focus is hydroelectricity that may change in the future. Its new 25 year plan, ratified...
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Preserving indigenous seeds – Maintaining biodiversity
Written by Abraham Dereje Various indigenous seed varieties collected from the hands of the community are expected to be preserved in the seed bank Like in many parts of the world, agriculture in...
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FACES OF Negotiation
Ethiopia enters crucial phase of WTO accession bid Geremew Ayalew, head of the National Technical Committee for the WTO, Menelik Alemu, Ethiopia’s ambassador in Geneva, Azanaw Tadesse, counsellor for...
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11 December 2013 Development News Briefs
Nyota Minerals Plans To Sell 75% of Tulu Kapi to Kefi Minerals Wed, 12/11/2013 – by Gugulethu Sibanda According to a latest report, Nyota Minerals, which is the East African gold exploration and...
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13 December 2013 News Round Up
. Delegates highlight rural poor financial inclusion service access Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and UN agencies- WFP, FAO and IFAD – senior officials paid a two-day visit in Ethiopia...
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(UPDATED) 14 December 2013 News Wrap
. Taos, New Mexico, Solar Firm Wants To Donate Solar Panels To Ethiopia By Elizabeth Cleary – Published: December 15, 2013 A local solar energy company is soliciting donations to fund a project that...
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Chinese company steps up investment to create more than 100,000 jobs in Ethiopia
Chinese footwear maker Huajian Group plans to make Ethiopia the hub for the global footwear industry and create more than 100,000 jobs locally in the next 10 years. The company, which first moved to...
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Ethiopia – Sudan Bilateral Relations: A Model For Regional Integration
VENTURES AFRICA – Ethiopia and Sudan recently concluded their third Joint Commission Meeting, signing 13 agreements and an executive program covering numerous areas of cooperation. The signing of the...
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US$ 85 million IFAD loan to scale up pastoral community development in Ethiopia
. Rome, 16 December 2013 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a loan of US$85 million to the Federal Democratic of Ethiopia to finance a third phase of the Pastoral...
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17 December 2013 News Briefs
. Gilgel Gibe III project to commence operation in September The Gilgel Gibe III hydropower project would commence operation at the beginning of the coming Ethiopian New Year, the Ministry of Water,...
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Is There Such a Thing as Agro-Imperialism?
Revisiting a 2009 New York Times article in light of recent Ethio-Saudi developments and the threat of Saudi investors’ disinvestment plans By ANDREW RICE Published: November 16, 2009 Dr....
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18 December 2013 News Round Up
. Visit of Permanent Secretary of DFID to Ethiopia The permanent secretary of the Department for International Development (DfID), Mr. Mark Lowcock, paid an official visit to Ethiopia last week and...
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20 December 2013 News Briefs
. China offers scholarship for 50 Ethiopian university students ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 19 — The Chinese government through its Embassy in Ethiopia on Thursday offered scholarship for about 50 students of...
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