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India promises continued credit lines to Ethiopia
By Hadra Ahmed | IANS India Private Limited Addis Ababa, July 14 (IANS) The Exim Bank of India’s line of credit (LoC) to African countries is growing in proportion to the Indian companies’ interest in...
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Africa and the BRICS: a win-win partnership?
BY Mthuli Ncube | July 12, 2013 The fifth meeting of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) held earlier this year in Durban, South Africa, was seen as an opportunity for...
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Ethiopian Government to Make WTO Offer on Services by September
By William Davison July 14, 2013 Ethiopia will submit an offer to the World Trade Organization on access to services such as banking and telecommunications before the next meeting of a decade-long...
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Opinion: African policymakers must reject seed colonialism
By Nnimmo Bassey Posted on Monday, 15 July 2013 Seeds and the environment are central to livelihoods in Africa. Take control of the seeds, and you have the continent by the jugular vein. That...
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Africa’s urbanisation: making sense of the numbers
BY Tielman Nieuwoudt | July 16, A few years back I conducted a route-to-market project for a pan-African television network in Zambia. Our project took me to Chipata, the capital of the Eastern...
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Can $79 Billion Build a Private Sector From the Ground Up?
Ethiopian Business by IDG Connect on Jul 16, 2013 Slide Show link here: http://www.slideshare.net/IDGConnect/ethiopian-business
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Ethiopia to stage regional Banking and ICT conference
By BiztechAfrica – July 17, 2013 A major continent-wide conference on banking and ICT will be held in the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa on 2 August, as the horn of African country emerges as one of...
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The philosophy of continuous improvement
Thursday, 18 July 2013 Ethiopia set up the Ethiopian Kaizen Institute (EKI) in November 2011 with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Japanese foreign aid arm. Kaizen...
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Tams Dam: 1060 MW hydropower dam in the Baro Akobo basin
Written by Berhanu Fekade - Two projects being studied for possible irrigation of 11.3 thousand hectares The Ministry of Water and Energy has appointed a state-owned local enterprise and a...
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Top Kenyan executives face tax evasion probe
By VICTOR JUMA In Summary The taxman is set to launch fresh assessments of big firms whose contribution to the consumption tax revenue stagnated in the year to June compared to double-digit growth in...
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Africa’s Institutions Endorse AfDB’s Africa50 Fund to support Infrastructure...
20/07/2013 In a joint declaration issued in Tunis, Tunisia, on 19 July 2013, African institutions endorsed the AfDB’s Africa50 Fund as Africa’s vehicle to facilitate large-scale mobilization of...
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Africa’s Land Reform Policies Can Boost Agricultural Productivity, Create...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Africa has an opportunity to revolutionize agricultural productivity and end poverty But land governance needs to be improved A new report outlines challenges and describes solutions...
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Hilton Leads Rush to Africa in Fastest Boom: Real Estate
Above pictured: Sheraton Addis, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Hilton Worldwide (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Nadja Brandt – Jul 22, 2013 Marriott International Inc. (MAR), Starwood Hotels & Resorts...
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Water resources and irrigation development in Ethiopia
Sourced from Ethiopian Herald here: http://www.ethpress.gov.et/herald/index.php/herald/development/3348-water-resources-and-irrigation-development-in-Ethiopia Ethiopia is the second most populous...
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Most African countries will be middle income by 2040, says Carlos Lopes
BY Kingsley Ighobor It’s been a year since Carlos Lopes was appointed UN under-secretary-general and executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....
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Stratex prepared to persevere in East Africa
By Philip Whiterow July 24 2013 Rock-chip surface samples had also identified a new mineralized zone, the Saba Zone, to the west of the previously defined Airstrip Zone. Gold explorer Stratex...
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COMESA signs private sector deal with AMSCO
The private sector across the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is set for a major boost following the signing of a development agreement between the regional economic community...
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Cotton Industry in a Spin
The absence of an independent entity, according to cotton growers, has contributed to problems they faced in accessing seeds, pesticide control, skilled labour and a rather rough market. By...
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Mung Beans to Enter ECX Trade Floor
Pictured above: Addisalem Balema, director general of the ECEA. By ELLENI ARAYA In the next few months, the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) will install mung beans as the sixth commodity to be...
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The PC16: Identifying China’s Successors
By George Friedman Editor’s Note: For more information on purchasing the full PC16 report, which assesses each member of the grouping, and for details on custom briefings and analysis for your...
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