
“We are prepared to make multi-billion-dollar investments in Ethiopia and its people,” CEO of DFC Adams Boehler
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 […]

Ethiopia’s Tourism sector is on the rise
Africa News Room Ethiopian Airlines was announced winner of the Selling Travel Agents Choice Awards for “Airline to Africa Ethiopia participated at the 40th World Travel Market (WTM), which took place from Monday 4th November – Wednesday 6th November at ExCeL in London. WTM is the largest business-to-business travel event in the UK and attracts a 50,000-strong crowd […]

Scientists Are Fighting Over One of the Hottest Places on Earth
Popular Mechanics By Caroline Delbert Some say life can exist there. Others say no way. Two recent studies came to opposite conclusions about the same evidence of life in a caustic pool in Ethiopia. Extreme environments on Earth may model habitats on other planets, like the moon Titan. The evidence of life found in Ethiopia is DNA from […]

The 2nd phase of Bole international airport expansion to commence at the cost of $138 million
Xinhuanet The China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) announced on Friday the company is speeding up passenger terminal upgrading project of Ethiopia’s largest airport, the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. Speaking to Xinhua, Li Xiudong, Deputy Project Manager at CCCC Ethiopia Office, said his firm is working to finish a 138 million U.S. dollars expansion and […]

The Horn Of Africa
World Atlas Today, we know the countries of the Horn of Africa as Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia. However, humans have inhabited the Horn of Africa for thousands of years – some evidence dates back as far as 125,000 years ago. People is an overview of the unique features of this region. History Ethiopia Pre-history […]

Total government debt ballooned to $69 Trillion in just Two Decades
Visual Capitalists $69 Trillion of World Debt in One Infographic Two decades ago, total government debt was estimated to sit at $20 trillion. Since then, according to the latest figures by the IMF, the number has ballooned to $69.3 trillion with a debt to GDP ratio of 82% — the highest totals in human history. Which countries […]

USAID and Ethiopia Ministry of Health partnered to launch the new Digital Health Activity
US Embassy The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Ministry of Health, announced the launch of the new USAID Digital Health Activity to continue investments in digital information solutions to further strengthen the country’s health system and improve the quality of services. USAID Mission Director Sean Jones […]

Extreme poverty and reducing inequality remain Africa’s biggest challenges
UNECA Eradicating extreme poverty and reducing inequality remain some of Africa’s biggest challenges which the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is trying to help member States tackle through various policy recommendations and actions. This was said Thursday by Ms. Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Director of the Gender, Poverty and Social Policy Division at the ECA, in remarks […]

Herodotus’s Ethiopia
In Book 3, chapters 16–26, Herodotus narrates the fate of three military expeditions planned by Cambyses. One never gets off the ground, another vanishes in the desert sands, but the third, against the Macrobioi Ethiopians living at the southern edges of the earth, has attained fame despite being no less a failure. Its fame is […]

Enoch ‘The black prophet’
By Dr. Aberra Molla, Ethiopian Journal Ethiopia has its own ancient calendar. According to the beliefs of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, God created the world 5500 years before the birth of Christ and it is 2012 years since Jesus was born. Based on this timeline, we are in the year 7512 of the eighth millennium […]

Jack Dorsey eyes Africa’s Bitcoin market
The Twitter CEO’s tweets have set the crypto community ablaze with speculation about his intentions. Decrypt By Adriana Hamacher Jack Dorsey, Bitcoin fanboy and Twitter/Square CEO, is on a modern day mission to Africa. Dorsey alighted in Nigeria last week. While coy about the exact purpose of his month-long tour, which also takes him to Ghana, Ethiopia and South […]

Addis Ababa Honors the city of Washington DC and it’s Mayor Bowser by Naming it’s street on their behalf
The DC Line LaToya Foster (EOM) Celebration Part of Renewal of Sister City Agreement that Establishes Cooperative Relationship in Areas of Economic Development, Public Health, Sustainability, Education, and Government Collaboration (ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA) – Today, representing the 704,000 residents of Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the renaming of an Addis Ababa street in honor of […]

The Nile Could Be a Window Into the Underworld
GIZMODO Byy Ryan F. Mandelbaum Some scientists think the Nile river might be revealing the mysteries of the mantle beneath it. There’s been debate over the age of the Nile—whether it formed from a river redirecting around 5 million years ago or whether a proto-Nile has flowed through the area for 30 million years. If […]

Ethiopian flag carrier is seeking approval from Transport of Canada to launch Montreal route
Simply Flying Ethiopian Airlines inaugural A350 arrival event at Toronto Pearson International, we found out that the airline is working towards launching an Addis Ababa to Montreal flight. In a speech to media at the event, Samson Arega, Ethiopian Airlines Canada Country Manager informed those present that the Ethiopian flag carrier was seeking approval from Transport […]