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24 August 2914 News Round-Up
Sergey Lavrov to visit Ethiopia . The Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, is scheduled to visit Ethiopia next month, The Reporter has learnt. According to sources, Lavrov will come to Addis...
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Ethiopia’s promise buried in web of State regulations
By Toddy Thairu Posted Sunday, August 24 2014 Ethiopia is fast becoming the preferred destination for foreign investors coming into sub-Saharan Africa, according to the World Bank. Ethiopia’s...
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27 August 2014 Business News Briefs
In search for power, Ethiopia turns to growing sugar . Author: E.G. Woldegebriel An irrigation system showers a sugarcane field with water at the Kuraz sugar project in southern Ethiopia . ADDIS...
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28 August 2014 News Round-Up
Ethiopia ready to join COMESA free market area . The government of Ethiopia has finalized preparations to join the Eastern and Southern African Common Market (COMESA) free market area, the Ministry of...
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31 August 2014 Development News (UPDATED)
Agriculture improvement summit in Ethiopia starts on Monday It is the effort of African governments to energise the continent’s important but neglected agriculture sector, different players in the...
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Land Grabs Or Agricultural Development
“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise that we cannot eat paper” Wolf Robe VENTURES AFRICA – When I was a kid, my...
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03 Sept 2014 News Round-Up
. Turkish Company to Supply Textile Factories Through Bonded Warehouse . The scheme enables foreign countries to test the water in Ethiopia, before deciding whether or not to invest Established in...
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04 September 2014 News Items
Ethiopia working to utilize potassium fertilizer to improve soil fertility . Tekalign Mamo . Ethiopia is working to properly utilize potassium (K) fertilizer to improve soil fertility thereby...
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05 September 2014 News Round-Up
. AFRICA INVESTMENT-Garment-making finds new low-cost home in Ethiopia . By Aaron Maasho – ADDIS ABABA, Sept 5 / 2014 (Reuters) – As basic wages soar in China, low-end manufacturing is starting to...
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06 September 2014 News Items
. Potassium to be the first chemical fertilizer for teff . . While kicking off the first international potassium symposium on the role of potassium in cropping systems of sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia...
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08 Sept 2014 News Round-Up
. Allana Potash Initiates Preliminary Economic Assessment on Production of Sulphate of Potash (SOP) . TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Sep 8, 2014) – Allana Potash Corp. (AAA.TO) (“Allana” or the...
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09 Sept. 2014 Development News (UPDATED)
. Ethiopian, Chinese joint venture sign deal to build 391MW hydropower plant . . Addis Ababa, 9 September 2014 (WIC) – SUR Construction PLC teamed up with two giant Chinese companies to build a new...
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11 Sept 2014 News Briefs
. Turkey outdoes China in terms of Ethiopia investment . . While Turkish investors had arrived later, they had since poured some $1.2 billion worth of investment into Ethiopia, Habte said. Despite...
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13 Sept 2014 News Round-Up
. Allana Potash Continues To Drift Amidst Ag Malaise Stephen Simpson, CFA Sep. 12, 2014 . Summary Allana shares continue to drift lower, despite a...
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16 Sept Business News
. Ethio-Canada business summit opens in Toronto Alongside the first Canada-Africa 2014 Business Summit, the Ethio-Canada Business and Investment Summit also opened on Monday in Toronto. This four-day...
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Ethiopian leather shoes finding markets across the world, but there is little...
. By ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSETuesday, September 16 2014 . In Summary Though Ethiopia’s leather industry has been facing challenges such as power shortages, logistics and contrabands. The fact that some...
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Agriculture in Africa: Less Talk, More Action
FTF’s Jim Barnhart (above, far left) visits Ethiopia’s first fertilizer blending factory, operated by a local cooperative union. . September 16, 2014 By Jim Barnhart, Deputy Assistant to the...
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18 Sept 2014 News Round-Up
. Ethiopian delegation in Toronto meets founder of Legendary MegaCorp The Ethiopian delegation met with Hector Reyes, Founder of Legendary MegaCorp on Tuesday (September 16) in Toronto, on the...
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20 Sept 2014 News Briefs
Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines Announce Order for 20 737 MAX 8s . - Order is the largest single Boeing order by number of airplanes from an African carrier CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing...
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22 Sept 2014 Business News
. Al-Amoudi to Invest $500 Million in Ethiopian Coffee, Oranges . . By William Davison Sep 21, 2014 Horizon Plantations Ethiopia Plc, majority-owned by Saudi billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, plans to...
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