Middle East Monitor by Thembisa Fakude The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) continues to create political tensions between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. The GERD is a $4.8 billion hydroelectric project on the Blue Nile, in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 15 kilometers east of the border with Sudan. The construction of the dam started […]
Thousand predominantly religious Ethiopian manuscripts and Artifacts were stolen and carried away by 15 elephants and hundreds of mules along with other cultural treasures to Britain —with 350 manuscripts ending up in the British Library. Plundered in 1868, they are kept at the British Library—and an ongoing campaign seeks to bring them home. Atlas By James […]
Eye-watering budgets, extreme complexity, staggering scale and far-reaching impacts: meet the world’s most impressive megaprojects. Narrated by Fred Mills. Additional footage and images courtesy of Yamanashi Prefectural Linear Tour Center, ITER, Crown Resorts, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tiksa Negerib, HOK, Studio ORD, Google Earth, Skidmore Owings + Merrill, Alex Greenberg, Gioia Forster, Eko Atlantic, Zerihun […]
UE Embassy Adam Boehler, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), visited Ethiopia November 13-14 to promote U.S. investment in Ethiopia and strengthen relationships with key partners in support of mutual development goals. The visit marks Boehler’s first official travel to Ethiopia as CEO of the DFC, a new U.S. Government […]
This Day By Reno Omokri In 2014, former President Jonathan said: “I am the most abused and insulted president in the world, but when I leave office, you will all remember me for the total freedom you enjoyed under my government.” On the 19th of February, 2019, HE Jonathan further said: “The choice before Nigerians […]
VOXEU By Xinshen Diao, Mia Ellis, Margaret McMillan, Dani Rodrik Before Covid-19 struck, many economies in sub-Saharan Africa were expanding rapidly – faster than at any time since independence. Yet African growth accelerations were anomalous when viewed from the perspective of comparative development patterns; structural changes were accompanied by declining within-sector productivity growth in modern […]
Borgen Project By Liesl Hostetter Winding through some of the driest regions in the world, the Nile River is a lifeline for more than 300 million people. This vital source of freshwater irrigates crops and deposits silt for fertilizer. In addition, hydroelectric dams generate renewable energy. The rivers, lakes and reservoirs of the Nile basin […]
Ethiopian Herald BY DARGIE KAHSAY Kenya expected to complete power interconnection with Ethiopia by next June Ethiopia has fully completed its portion of the construction of the Ethio-Kenya power grid and is awaiting the completion of Kenya’s side for trial operation, Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) disclosed while Kenya announced to complete its portion by next […]
By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN)Despite South Africa averaging more than 2,500 hours of sunshine a year, solar energy generates less than 1% of its electricity. By contrast, the UK produces 4% of its electricity from solar, with considerably less sunshine. South African supermarket Shoprite sees a missed opportunity. The chain is the continent’s largest food retailer, with 140,000 employees and […]
News Resource Radisson Hotel Group announced the signing of the Radisson Hotel Bahir Dar, located in the North East of Addis Ababa. It will be the first Radisson branded hotel and the Group’s fourth hotel in the country. This brings Radisson Hotel Group’s African portfolio to almost 100 hotels in operation and under development. The […]
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