Ethiopia: Africa’s New China?
. Posted on May 8, 2015 by Lennox Yieke Ethiopia is emerging as Africa’s economic powerhouse and is in many ways where China was a while back. As cliché as it may sound, the expression ‘looking like a...
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. Published on April 4, 2015 . In recommending how to enhance food security through agricultural growth in Ethiopia, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) once said, “successful...
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. Growth of Ethiopia construction sector to surpass that of regional peers, BMI says . Light Rail Construction – Ethiopia Construction Sector to grow driven by infrastructure investments Ethiopia’s...
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. Ethiopia Plans Manufacturing Hub With $10 Billion Factory Parks . by William Davison – May 18, 2015 “According to the vision, Ethiopia would be a leading manufacturing powerhouse in Africa,” Arkebe...
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. US Extends Ethiopia’s Agoa Market Access for 10 Years . The Ethiopian Investment Commission Director General Fitsum Arega recently told The Ethiopian Herald that Ethiopia has been given another 10...
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. Ethiopia, China sign industrial expansion agreement Addis Ababa: May 30, 2015 – . Ethiopia and China have signed an industrial expansion agreement. Sufian Ahmed, Minister of Finance and Economic...
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. Railway projects a priority in Ethiopia . Jun 4, 2015 Railway expansion and construction projects will continue to be a priority in Ethiopia even in the next growth and transformation plan (GTP)...
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. Ethiopia eyes bond trading in cautious capital markets opening . Fri Jun 5, 2015 By Aaron Maasho and Drazen Jorgic . * Bond market could expand pool of funds for state * Foreign investors likely to...
View ArticleAgriculture will drive Africa’s rise to economic power
. I was in Mali recently where I met a woman, Maimouna Coulibaly, who several years ago left her job in the United States and returned to her home country to start a seed company called Faso Kaba....
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. Ethiopia eyes extra 12,000 MW in power projects by 2020 . By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia plans to launch hydropower dams and other renewable energy projects over the five years to 2020 that...
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