The Battle of Adwa is known to have stopped the colonial aggression of Europeans in Africa after Ethiopian forces surprised the world by defeating heavily-armed Italian troops that attempted to conquer the Empire in 1896. Behind this victory that maintained Ethiopia as the only African nation that was never colonized, lies a brilliant military strategist […]
Bloomberg, By Nizar Manek The Ethiopian economy isn’t generating enough to pay off loans the state took to finance the Horn of Africa nation’s ambitious infrastructure and development programs, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. Government investment in projects such as Africa’s biggest hydro-electric dam, sugar projects and a series of industrial parks across the nation have […]
National Review Will the Erdogan regime become to that continent what Saudi Arabia became to the Middle East? When the Carter and Reagan administrations began supporting Islamists in Afghanistan, few policymakers recognized the Pandora’s box they were opening. The great global threat, after all, was Communism. And even if radical Islamism was a threat — as […]
CAIRO: There are fears that a unilateral attempt by Ethiopia to begin filling a huge new dam on the Nile will lead to the failure of technical discussions with Egypt and Sudan. Disagreements between Ethiopia and Egypt on filling the reservoir and generating power within a few months on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), […]
Forbes, by Rachel Wolfson Former Ethereum Co-Founder, Founder of Cardano and CEO of IOHK, Charles Hoskinson, announced the launch of an enterprise blockchain framework that aims to provide financial services to billions of people living in African countries. Known as “Atala” (named after a butterfly that resides in Florida), IOHK’s framework is intended to serve […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ethiopian Ministry of Education launched the new READ II project to improve the reading and writing skills of 15 million children in grades 1-8. The five-year, $86 million READ II project will build on successful partnerships forged between USAID and the Ministry of Education to […]
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 […]
The Nation Young people from Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and other countries across Africa are scheduled to participate in a conference holding August 16 and 17 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The conference with theme: “Back to the Future- Young People Reimagining today’s Politics”, is being organised by the Baywood Foundation to enlighten African youths about […]
Oxford Prospect Better power supply is key to unlocking Africa’s economic potential, including job creation, access to knowledge, agricultural and industrial transformation. As many as 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, around 43% of the population, live without access to electricity. The majority of those live in rural areas but even in cities, electricity only reaches a […]
Elections should usher in change, but in too many cases they highlight how entrenched political shortcomings are in contemporary African democracies. For the first time since independence in 1980, Zimbabweans held an election without president Robert Mugabe on the ballot paper. The July 30 election was meant to be a watershed moment for the country, and yet the […]
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