March 31, 2014 By:APA A UK-based company, GlaxoSmithKline, has trained 3,000 Ethiopians on extension services ahead of its planned investment in Ethiopia’s health sector, sources said Monday.The company’s vice president and East Africa regional director Dr. Allan Pamba, said the…
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30 March 2014 ADDIS ABABA, March 30 (Xinhua) — Ethiopian Airlines, one of the fastest growing airlines in Africa, on Saturday launched its maiden nonstop flight to Shanghai, China’s largest city and commercial hub. Addressing an inauguration ceremony held here,…
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By Denise Roland 29 Mar 2014 The Telegraph Drugmaker eyeing up sites in Ghana, Ethiopia and Rwanda for new facilities GlaxoSmithKline is poised to announce a multimillion pound investment in Sub-Saharan Africa to step up its presence in the region,…
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29 March 2014 World Bulletin / News Desk World-famous British and Swedish clothing brands Tesco and Hennes and Mauritz (H&M) are currently sponsoring training courses for Ethiopian textile workers, a move that signals interest by the two high-profile manufacturers in…
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March 29, 2014 By Ehidiamhen Okpamen VENTURES AFRICA – The Africa Group (TAG), a US-based boutique advisor and venture capital investor, has acquired a 25 percent stake in Telemed Medical Services (Telemed), an Ethiopian engineering services that designs health systems…
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28 March 2014 By Jonathan Walker Birmingham post Home Office survey of people of Somali origin in Birmingham in 2005 found that 34 per cent said they had chewed khat in month before the interview Khat The Home Secretary has rejected calls…
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28 March 2014 BY JOSEPH FLAHERTY Wired Around the world, 768 million people don’t have access to safe water, and every day 1,400 children under the age of five die from water-based diseases. Designer Arturo Vittori believes the solution to this catastrophe lies not…
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28 March 2014 By CAROL DRIVER DailyMail Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia: Dallol volcano in the Great Rift Valley – the world’s largest rift system which stretches 6,000km from the Red Sea down to Lake Malawi. Up to 74km in places,…
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Fibre2fashion News Desk – India Addis Abeba:Turkish textile manufacturing firm Akber is set to construct the biggest textile plant worth US$ 175 million in the Ejere town of the Oromia region of Ethiopia, as per the Ethiopian Textile Industry Development…
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27 March 2014 ITCM Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s expanding carrier, is teaming with Blue Dot World to sponsor the first ever London Coffee Stop Awards. Through to April 2nd, coffee lovers are invited to vote for their favourite coffee shop from…
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