June 11
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The Aspen Institute Announces 2013 New Voices Fellows [press release]
The Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute announced today the first 12-member class of the New Voices Fellowship, a groundbreaking new program designed to amplify expert voices from the developing world... Read more »
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Army Worm Destroys 8,368 Hactare of Cropland Region
Addis Fortune
Close to 8,368ha of belg cropland was reportedly destroyed by army worms in Wolayita zone of Southern Regional State, an area that suffered from late onset of the 2013 belg rains... Read more »
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Plan to Connect Addis Abeba With Surrounding Special Zones
Addis Fortune
An area structure plan, designed to integrate economic and social activities in Addis Abeba with those of the surrounding Oromia Special Zones, could be in place soon, after... Read more »
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Seventy Years of Anbessa Buses
Addis Fortune
The Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise, which was established in 1943 with five military vehicles running only five routes, is currently celebrating its 70 years of anniversary. Read more »
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From Carestones to Cobblestones
Addis Fortune
With times, the approaches to the construction of access roads have also changed. The practice that once used to employ carestones has now settled for the rather soft breeds,... Read more »
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Nyota Discovers a New Gold Anomaly in Ethiopia
Addis Fortune
Nyota Minerals Limited, a British company, announced last week the discovery of a new gold anomaly at the Company's 100pc owned northern block exploration areas located in Western... Read more »
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Govt to Introduce New Construction Pricing Directive
Addis Fortune
Alarmed by the constant price fluctuation on construction materials, the Ministry of Urban Development & Construction (MoUDC) has prepared a draft directive to change the fixed... Read more »
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Addis Fortune
With a number of businesses failing to comply with set standards, temporary closures have been enforced Read more »
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Prime Minister Hailemariam Visiting China This Week
Ethiopia Government
Prime Minister Hailemariam is scheduled to pay an official visit to the Peoples Republic of China from June 12th to June 15th at the invitation of the Chinese Government. Read more »
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Prime Minister Hailemariam Calls for More Action Against Human Trafficking
Ethiopia Government
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has urged the National Movement against Human Trafficking to reinforce its effort s to end human trafficking. The Prime Minister while... Read more »
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Let Trust Prevail Over the Nile Waters
Addis Fortune
The clouds over the Nile waters have become denser, after the Administration of Hailemariam Desalegn announced the change in course of the Blue Nile River - locally named Abay - in... Read more »
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Local Firms Shine At ICT Exhibition
Addis Fortune
Zelalem Dagne, managing director of Global Technology and Investment plc displaying one of his company's best product, the cargo tracking software application, to Peter Gaskuoth,... Read more »
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Roads Authority Awards Br2.8 Billion Project
Addis Fortune
The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) last week signed an agreement with two Chinese companies to upgrade the Kombolcha-Bati-Mille road to asphalt-concrete level. The 133 Km-long... Read more »
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City Budget Leaps By a Quarter
Addis Fortune
As Mayor of Addis Abeba, this week will be Kuma Demekesa's last time to hear budget proposals and defences from sectoral institutions and districts under his administration. Read more »
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Addis Fortune
Banking Backlog as Housing Scheme Registrations Begin At CBE 's Temenja Yaj branch, the lines would start forming early in the morning and gradually swell to reach the street where... Read more »
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Get Help, Open Up - IMF Tells Govt
Addis Fortune
The quantity of imported goods, far above the regional average, is a concern for Ethiopia Jan Mikkelsen, right centre, country representative of the IMF for Ethiopia, briefed the... Read more »
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Addis Fortune
After the disruption caused by numerous high profile arrests, there is the hope it will soon be business as usual Beker Shale, director general of the Ethiopian Revenues &... Read more »
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Addis Fortune
Although the road coverage of Addis Abeba, reached close to 14 percent currently from 12pc two years before, the Addis Abeba City Roads Authority seems to ignore the pedestrians... Read more »
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Ethiopian Wins Bombardiers Airline Reliability Performance Award
Addis Fortune
Ethiopian Airlines has won the 2013 Airline Reliability Performance Award from Bombardier Aerospace for the third time in a row. The award was given to Ethiopian for achieving an... Read more »
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Govt Encouraging the Diaspora, Foreign Investors
ERTA
Ethiopia recently has begun to beacon foreign investors, Financial Times reported. Read more »
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Is War Over Nile Likely? [opinion]
Addis Fortune
On Monday, June 3, 2013, Egypt's politicians engaged themselves in one of their favourite pastimes; repeating time-worn myths about the Nile River, their ownership of it and their... Read more »
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Addis Fortune
Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy has graduated 26 pilots trained with Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) including, Selam Tesfaye, left, the only female to graduate at the ceremony... Read more »
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Times of Zambia
AIRTEL has expanded international roaming footprints to Ethiopia, bringing the number of roaming partners to 300 networks. Read more »
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Is Simple Life Possible? [opinion]
Addis Fortune
The key to success lies in the balance of the office and home, and their distinctions. There was a time when the boundaries between office and home were fairly clear. These days,... Read more »
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Currency of Doubt [opinion]
Addis Fortune
Economic differentials have largely defined the relevance of currencies that countries trade with. So too have political, geographic, societal and cultural premises shaped the... Read more »
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