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25 November 2014 Economics News Briefs (UPDATED)
. Power Development Plan to Receive 20bn Dollars Injection . Powering Africa: Ethiopia meeting sees government announce intention to build 10 to 12 new power generating projects. . Power Development...
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01 December 2014 News Round-Up
. China-Ethiopia relations: an excellent model for South-South cooperation . . China and Ethiopia have strengthened their bilateral relations, which be an excellent model for South-South cooperation,...
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03 December 2014 Business News (UPDATED)
. Ethiopia’s bond offering rated by Moody’s and S&P . Moody’s has assigned a provisional (P)B1 rating to Ethiopia’s upcoming dollar-denominated bond offering, while Standard and Poor’s (S&P)...
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Building Economic Bridges Between Ethiopia and France
Debretsion Gebremichel (PhD), Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Finance, Economic cluster Coordinator and minister of Communication and Information Technology(2nd right) and Matthias Fekl, state...
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05 December 2014 News Round-Up
. Ethiopia eyes record coffee exports . By Aaron Maasho in Addis Ababa . The head of Ethiopia’s exporters association says the East African country expects coffee exports for its 2014/15 crop to hit a...
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09 December 2014 Business News (UPDATED)
. Intra-COMESA Trade now at US $20.9 billion . Intra-regional trade in COMESA has steadily risen from US $3 billion to US $20.9 billion since the establishment of a Free Trade Area in 2000. This...
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Crop Loss Tackling Under Whelms
Dereje Digaffe (above, pictured) was winnowing the raw wheat to separate the grain from the chaff, winnowing is part of crop processing during the port harvest season, and it is locally called...
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Financing Africa’s massive projects
. Innovative bankrolling gains popularity and raises high hopes among key countries . By: Kingsley Ighobor and Busani Bafana . An artist’s impression of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. . It is...
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19 December 2014 News round-Up
. Investment: Made in Ethiopia . By Jacey Fortin in Addis Ababa Almeda Textiles benefits from low overhead costs, but is limited by challenging logistics. . Low costs attract investors, but there are...
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23 December 2014 Business News Briefs
. Voucher to Replace Cash Credit for Farmers . Voucher, a system tested in a pliot project since 2012, is replacing cash-credit to farmers in some woredas . Left to right TeshomeWalle (PhD), head of...
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29 December 2014 News Items
. Defunct Fertilizer to Re-emerge in a Policy Reversal . Draft policy will introduce new fertilizer use in the country . Tekalign Mamo (Prof.) state minister and advisor to the minister and Selechi...
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02 January 2015 News Round-Up
. Official: Ethiopia dam project could start power generation by June . A much-delayed $1.8 billion dam project under construction along Ethiopia’s Omo river could begin generating power by June and be...
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2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 49,000...
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07 January 2015 Ethiopia Business Briefs
. Agency Importing Over 8.6 Billion Birr Worth Agricultural Inputs . Addis Ababa: January 7, 2015 (FBC) - The Ethiopian Agricultural Development Supplier Agency disclosed that it is importing over...
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Costly fertiliser holds back a green revolution in Africa
. Sub-Saharan farmers are being denied high yields because they cannot afford the chemical means to replenish nutrient-depleted soil Soil isn’t sexy – but it could explain hunger in Africa The...
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Hey all! Vote for Cam Read as your alternate appointee and reject the rest of...
Why not? Also, don’t forget to reject their ridiculous rolling stock option plan while you’re at it okay? AGM scheduled for January 20.Filed under: Ag Related, Economy, Infrastructure Developments,...
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09 December 2014 Business News (UPDATED)
. Intra-COMESA Trade now at US $20.9 billion . Intra-regional trade in COMESA has steadily risen from US $3 billion to US $20.9 billion since the establishment of a Free Trade Area in 2000. This...
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Sub-Saharan Africa Manufacturing: Where To Build A Factory?
Originally posted on EMerging Equity: By Kurt Davis Jr. Amidst a continent experiencing unprecedented levels of economic growth, a growing middle class, more stable political conditions, and favorable...
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12 January 2015 News Round-Up
. ICL Announces Potash Program for Ethiopia . ICL, a global manufacturer of products based on minerals in the agriculture, processed food and engineered materials markets, announced that it launched a...
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Ethiopian 2015 (and beyond) prospects appear very bright indeed!
With the appreciation of prices in the 3 main exports Ethiopia offers, it appears the sky’s the limit in 2015. It seems all the stars have aligned quite nicely for Ethiopia in as 2015 unfolds. The...
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