Ethiopia’s Growth: Real or Deceptive?

By Solomon G.S. In today’s Ethiopia, not only are the liberties of citizens trampled by the regime, but the rank of the destitute is increasing at a high rate. It is simply impossible for a citizen of the country to think that they have inviolable rights as human beings, that their moral worth and dignity

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Ethiopia Seeks Tech Companies to Share Chinese Mobile Contract

By William Davison, Bloomberg Ethiopia will give other companies parts of a telecommunications project it awarded to ZTE Corp. (000063) after a contract dispute with the state-owned Chinese company, Communications and Information Technology Minister Debretsion Gebremichael said. The government has held talks with Helsinki-based Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) and Ericsson AB of Sweden about them taking

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Ethiopia the 5th least Wi-Fi connected countries in the World , Denmark the best one!

Denmark is the ‘world’s most connected country’ By Soo Kim, Telegraph Denmark pips South Korea for ease of mobile and internet access, while Britain comes fifth in annual ranking Denmark has been named the world’s “most connected” country based on mobile phone and internet use. Scandinavia dominated this year’s rankings, with Sweden in third place, followed

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Ethiopia plans debut international bond sale

FT-Ethiopia could be the latest African country to tap international bond markets for the first time, after mandating Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan to take it on a roadshow to meet investors this week. Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a gross domestic product per capita of just $1,240 (adjusting for

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‘Sophisticated’ Regin spyware found

The sophisticated Regin malware had been used to spy on airlines, said Symantec An “extremely complex” and “stealthy” spying program has been stealing data from ISPs, energy companies, airlines and research-and-development labs, a security company has said. With a “degree of technical competence rarely seen”, Regin had probably taken years to develop, Symantec said. And

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Can Farming in Ethiopia be Successfully Commercialised? Video

BBC News The BBC’s Lerato Mbele reports from the Ethiopian town of Wonji, just south of Addis Ababa, for Africa Business Report. (Photo BBC)  There may be a property and infrastructure boom in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, but more than 70% of Ethiopians still live in rural areas – farming grain and livestock.

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Haile Gebrselassie: From athletics to the boardroom

Haile Gebrselassie Gebrselassie: ‘I learnt to be more patient in business’ By Lerato Mbele, BBC Haile Gebrselassie is the most famous man in Ethiopia. The double Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion over 10,000m had a glittering athletics career and is now a successful and busy entrepreneur. So when you manage to get an

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Ethiopian Airlines says Ebola costs $8 mln/month in lost revenue

ANTWERP, Belgium, (Reuters) – The outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is costing Ethiopian Airlines $8 million a month in lost revenue, as the disease is putting travellers off the entire continent, the airline’s chief executive said on Thursday. “For us, the Ebola effect is stronger than any slowdown in the global economy,” Tewolde Gebremariam,

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Defence spending Arms and the African: Ethiopia bought 200 Ukrainian T-72 tanks

The continent’s armies are going on a spending spree GOMBE AND KAMPALA | The Economist THE north-eastern Nigerian town of Chibok is spared little. Earlier this year fighters from the extremist group, Boko Haram, abducted more than 200 local schoolgirls. In the past week insurgents and government troops have traded possession of urban districts and surrounding

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U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Announces Establishment of New Visa Class for Maritime Professionals

Press Release Bahir Dar, Ethiopia – In remarks today to government officials, faculty and students at the Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute (EMTI) in Bahir Dar, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Patricia M. Haslach announced the establishment of a new visa class for Ethiopians – the C1/D visa. This new crewmember transit visa will facilitate travel to

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