Emeline Wuilbercq:- HAWASSA — Peter Wan is smiling from ear to ear. The 50-year-old walks past huge warehouses, where dozens of Ethiopians are busy working on spinning and thread-dyeing machines. “We are in the production test stage,” he says, at the Chinese factory of JP Textile at the entrance of the industrial park of Hawassa, some […]
Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise plans to establish half a dozen international offshoots before the end of the year as Africa’s biggest carrier steps up efforts to dominate markets across the continent. Ethiopian will take equity stakes in new operators in Zambia, Chad, Mozambique and Gambia while helping to manage existing carriers in Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic […]
The Chinese embassy in Ethiopia has summoned Chinese companies operating in the country to warn them about their treatment of workers. The meeting last week follows an incident in August in which seven Ethiopian workers were killed and as many as 12 seriously injured in a fire on site at the Adey Abeba stadium, which is being […]
An Ethiopian pharmacy has been banned from trading for three months after a government inquiry confirmed it had illegally sold the blood-boosting drug EPO without a prescription, as revealed by a Guardian investigation. The Gishen pharmacy in Addis Ababa, located just metres away from the national stadium, sold nine vials of EPO to two different […]
GOBA, Ethiopia — Abdul Mohamed has an unenviable job. He’s a park ranger tasked with protecting Harenna Forest in southern Ethiopia from illegalbe activities like logging and charcoal production. Mohamed realizes the importance of preserving it for his, and his neighbors’, livelihoods. The problem is that Mohamed and his eight colleagues are in charge of […]
MR Ledger The Teff market report published by Garner Insights, analysis the market overview considering the latest trends, highlighting their latest developments, business review, and product contributions in the Worldwide Teff market. The report details the various opportunities for the market to grow in the future. The report takes help of various analytical tools to […]
Fintech and the digital banking impact for Africa: Re-imagining banking & financial services at Finnovation Ethiopia 2019 The unique environment for financial services in Africa is fertile ground for innovative fintech players who are not only disrupting but also building it from the scratch, which is bringing financial inclusions and attracting other investments across the continent. […]
By Catherine Lamb, Thee Spoon Ethiopia is known as the birthplace of coffee, which, legend has it, was discovered in the eighth century by a shepherd who noticed his goats were bleating and jumping after eating coffee berries. More recently, the home of coffee has started experimenting with a new technology: blockchain. Last June, Ethiopian-Dutch company Moyee Coffee partnered with its sister […]
Ethiopian Aviation Academy (EAA), the largest and the most modern aviation academy in Africa, a full ICAO TRAINAIR Plus Member and IATA Authorized/Accredited Training Center, has graduated 14 aircraft technicians from Nigerian, Tanzania and Cote D’Ivoire, who successfully completed classroom and on-the-job training on the Q-400 and B737 aircraft for a period ranging between one to six months. […]
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is estimated to increase Africa’s industrial exports by over 50 percent by 2022, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Vera Songwe said. This was revealed at the 51st session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development that kicked off under the theme […]
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