
Uhuru Kenyatta and Kenya’s Media: A Bitter-Sweet Affair That Didn’t End Happily
The Conversation President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime came into power in 2013. It was the first to implement most of the provisions of Kenya’s 2010 constitution. The media were eager to see how the government, led by Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto, would adhere to article 34 of the constitution, which deals with the freedom of the press. […]

Expanding Ethiopia’s Green Initiative To The Whole Continent
The Ethiopian Herald Environment protection is the epicenter of economic development. Considering that it has a multifaceted advantage, the Ethiopian government has been undertaking various tasks in relation to greenery. Some argue that the issue of the environment could not be the only option for growth and development citing the experience of some countries in […]

Around the World in Pancakes
Do you know your aebleskiver from your pfannkuchen? An introduction to 23 international pancake varieties. by Niki Achitoff-Gray Updated Jun. 26, 2019 Pin Share Email For most Americans, the word “pancake” conjures a stack of fluffy, hot-off-the-griddle flapjacks, a pat of butter slowly melting beneath a rivulet of maple syrup. But pancakes take myriad forms around the […]

African Sensation: Ethiopian Airlines Staying Ahead Of The Curve In Technology
The company has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the largest variant of the A350 Family, the A350-1000, becoming Africa’s first customer for the aircraft Ethiopian Airlines Group, the flag carrier of Ethiopia, Africa’s largest airline group, has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the largest variant of the A350 Family, […]

Ethiopia Inaugurates Its First Free Trade Zone In The Eastern Part Of The Country
A month after the Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics designated Dire Dawa Industrial Park as the location for Ethiopia’s first Free Trade Zone (FTZ), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and senior government officials attended the inauguration ceremony at Dire Dawa City located 445 km East of Addis Ababa. Such zones are very important to facilitate export […]

Using The Latest Technology Platforms, Ethio Telecom Plays Major Role In Effective financial system
The Ethiopian Herald In the world of globalization, technology plays a key role in connecting and making life easy for the people of the world. In this regard, companies that are working on telecommunication have been reforming themselves and creating new ideas to be a step closer to their customers. Ethio Telecom is a textbook […]

The Continuous Provocations on Taiwan Force Beijing To Break Off Multiple Forms Of Dialogue With The US
The US continued its provocation to China by sending a delegation of five lawmakers to China’s Taiwan region On Sunday. The US congressional delegation comprising four Democrats and one Republican arrived in Taiwan for a two-day visit. The congressional trip to the self-governed island came less than two weeks after a separate visit by US […]

A Day After Launching Power Production From The 2nd Turbine, Ethiopia Completed The 3rd Filling Of GERD
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the completion of the third phase of filling the reservoir of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river, saying “from the beginning that we did not want to make the river our own.” Including the third filling, the dam has able to hold about 22 billion cubic […]

What is heirloom coffee?
Heirloom coffee is a convenient (sort of) way to describe Arabica coffee plants whose variety may not be easy to ascertain. The term is of particularly abundant usage in reference to Ethiopian coffees, of which there are thousands of varieties, and where a particular producer’s output may include a broad range of these. When these coffees don’t fall into […]

The Hidden Agendas Behind Democracy- Trojan Horse Policies and Ideas
Politicians are experts at spinning ideas to improve appeal, after all, selling ideas is part of their job. No doubt you are familiar with political marketing from elections. It can take some digging to get to the real policy behind the rhetoric. This post will talk about how policies and ideas can be packaged to […]

Europe’s ‘Gas Grab’ in Africa is Just the Latest Abuse of its Relationship With the Continent
By Catherine Fieschi When Emmanuel Macron made one of his first visits to Africa as France’s recently elected young president in 2017, his speech at Ouagadougou University in Burkina Faso was designed to set the tone for a new relationship between his country and African countries. ‘There no longer is a French policy for Africa,’ he […]

Europe Should Have Rethought Its Africa Policy Before Lavrov’s Trip To The Continent
Russia’s overtures in Africa have left European officials anxious about the EU’s cautious pace to re-engage the Ethiopian government and Africa as a whole, despite accusations of war crimes and ethnic cleansing. It’s unimportant whether this is being done for the so-called “wrong reasons” related to improving the bloc’s competitiveness vis a vis Russia, nor […]

China-Africa Cooperation Advancing to Peace Support in The Horn
China has been a multidimensional development partner to African countries. This economic partnership has been cemented through time and now seems to have advanced to peace and security cooperation. When the First China-Horn of Africa Peace, Good Governance and Development Conference was held in Addis Ababa between 20 and 21 June 2022, Horn of Africa […]

Ethiopia Eyes for Wheat Self-Sufficiency and Export It by 2025
After teff wheat is the second most important food security crop in Ethiopia. Its production in Ethiopia for 2021/22 is projected at a record level of 5.52 million MT while corn is forecasted to be 9.4 million MT. The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has identified top priorities that can increase the production and productivity of […]