By Wade Shepard, Forbes Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region of the world, with rural migrants moving into cities a clip that has even surpassed that of China and India, as the continent becomes one of the final frontiers of the forth industrial revolution. This rapid transition presents big challenges but also offers big rewards for […]
Ethiopian Press Agency Honorable Peoples of Ethiopia, ladies and gentlemen, today marks the day of the announcement of the long-awaited coming great news, a watershed in the course of our years of toiling. This is a historic day that the first filling of the GERD has come to a completion. I would like to congratulate […]
University World News, by Marguerite Dennis In June Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, delivered a statement at a meeting in Equatorial Guinea. He said: “Together and united, Africa will be unstoppable.” New African’s editor Baffour Ankomah recently wrote: “Africa’s vast oil and mineral reserves will prove to be a conduit for investments in […]
MEMO Panel A newly published Malabo Montpellier Panel report, Meat, Milk & More: Policy innovations to shepherd inclusive and sustainable livestock systems in Africa, ‘highlights options for sustainably promoting growth in the livestock sector, drawing from what four African countries—Ethiopia, Mali, South Africa, and Uganda—have done successfully in terms of institutional and policy innovation as well as programmatic […]
CGTN Currently, the distinction of being Africa’s tallest building belongs to The Leonardo, in Johannesburg’s upmarket Sandton neighborhood. The skyscraper stands 234m high but projects underway in several other countries will all rise above the Leonardo. Construction of the 250m-high Mohammed VI Tower in the Moroccan capital of Rabat started a year ago. Once completed, […]
Even as trade and economic relations between India and Ethiopia (key African state) are booming, there is still huge scope to expand and diversify trade between the two countries, said V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs said on Wednesday. “I invite Indian entrepreneurs to consider establishing high-quality educational institutions, of both technical and […]
JERRY HILDENBRAND, Android Central Recently Google, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and other tech companies were named in a lawsuit that claims each knew that forced child labor is being used to mine the cobalt that goes into a lithium-ion battery. The cobalt in question is being mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and if history is […]
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 […]
By Negash Abdurahman Ethiopia-US relations that formally started almost 120 years ago on the basis of trust and mutual respect have now degenerated into a one-sided disrespect and abuse. Since 1903 the two nations have maintained their relationship despite government transitions and present domestic challenges. Ethiopia is vulnerable. It’s a pawn in America’s big power play […]
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