01 May 2015 Economic News Round-Up
. Ethiopia Registering Remarkable Achievements, Says UNDP 2014 Report . Addis Ababa April 30/2015 – Ethiopia has registered remarkable achievements in economic and social changes, United Nations...
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. Awash Woldia / Hara Gebeya Railway Line Project, Ethiopia . Awash Woldia/Hara Gebeya Railway Project is a new railway line being constructed between the Ethiopian towns Awash and Woldia. Ethiopian...
View ArticleCircum Proves Up Major World Class 4.2B Tonnes Potash Project in Ethiopia
. Stunning what a private company can accomplish with half the capital in half the time as Allana Potash, sans cheap sellout of shareholders. Proof positive the sky’s the limit under competent...
View ArticleEthiopia’s long-serving minister brings recipe of success to AfDB
. For much of the past two decades, Sufian Ahmed’s attention has been focused on rebuilding Ethiopia’s economy after years of war and famine, eventually helping turn it into one of the fastest-growing...
View Article09 May 2015 Business News Briefs
. Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Mulls Adding Stock, Bond Trading . . by William Davison The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange plans to broaden the range of crops it trades and wants to introduce stocks and...
View Article13 May 2015 Ethiopian Economic News
. A delegation of 14 major Chinese companies visiting Ethiopia . Addis Ababa: May 13, 2015 – . FDRE President Mulatu Teshome has urged a delegation of 14 major Chinese companies to actively partake in...
View ArticleEthiopia: 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...
View ArticleSaving Ethiopian Agriculture from Age-old Rigidities
. 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...
View Article22 May 2015 Ethiopia Business News
. 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...
View Article30 May 2015 News Briefs
. 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...
View Article03 June 2015 Financial News Round-Up (UPDATED)
. 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)...
View Article05 June 2015 Ethiopian Commercial News
. 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....
View Article08 June 2015 News Round-Up
. 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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