http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300 The economy is down to its knee; a serious deficit in power provision, estimated by independent experts to have reached 200Mw, has created a sense of desperation among managers of both large scale industries and small businesses in urban centres. Those in charge of managing the nation’s power business urge the public to be patient for one more month. The construction of a new dam, Gilgel Gibe II (below), with a generation capacity of 420Mw electric power, is about to go through a three-phase testing process before it gets commissioned in July 2009. Work on this project is almost complete, with just over 200m left of the tunnel that is instrumental to the start of power generation, writes OMER REDI, FORTUNE STAFF WRITERhttp://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300For a family as destitute as Felekech Tessema, 48, a resident in Lideta District, Kebelle 07/14, her small muddy house was welcoming to strangers. Located on a dusty, gravel road a few metres off Chad Street, in front of Lideta Cathedral, her six square metres home, with a tiny bedroom annexed to it, is crammed. http://www.addisfortune.com/City to Develop Lideta Neighbourhood with 236m Br Investment.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA) is going to implement a newly formulated National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) as of September 2009, though it is yet to secure the tens of millions of dollars needed for its implementation, its officials disclosed. http://www.addisfortune.com/New National Statistical Strategy in the Cards.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300The joint ICT glossary project, currently in its finale stages, is under the strategic agreement of the Ethiopia Information and Communication Technology Development Agency (EICTDA), the Addis Abeba University (AAU) and Microsoft. It is meant to translate terminologies used in the software from English to Amharic - Ethiopia’s official language at federal level. http://www.addisfortune.com/Bank of Abyssinia Probe Leads to Additional Arrests.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300At the Atlanta discussion, Eleni Gabre-Madhin (PhD), chief executive officer (CEO) of ECX presented information on the development and function of ECX trade system and talked about the strategic goals of ECX, which she said incorporates bringing quality control, risk management, price discovery, and market liquidity to Ethiopian agricultural market stakeholders. http://www.addisfortune.com/Speciality Coffee Assoc. Proposes Alliance with ECX.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300The idea of transforming the agency - a city government institute responsible for identifying tax payers, collecting revenues, following up on the revenues collected through districts and kebelles and making sure it is delivered to the Finance and Economic Development Bureau on time - came after the pilot implementation of the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) in January 2009. http://www.addisfortune.com/City Revenues Agency May Undergo Restructuring.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300The three parks under the agency are among the 15 which the agency has been running in addition to the 16 new parks it took over from the Addis Abeba Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in January 2009. http://www.addisfortune.com/City to Outsource Public Parks.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopian meat exporters have resumed sending their products to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia early May following the lifting of the temporary ban that the kingdom had put on Ethiopian meat products since March, sources disclosed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Saudi’s Lift of Suspension of Ethiopian Meat Imports Hazy.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300Early in the morning last Monday, May 18, 2009, the airplane rented from the East European country for six months to transport about 2,000tn of chat from Dire Dawa to Bosaso, Somaliland, went off the runway as it was about to takeoff, officials from the air port disclosed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Cargo Plane Crashes at Dire Dawa Airport.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopia is an investment-friendly country with a stable-macro-economic environment. Its monetary policies have played a significant role in creating an enabling climate to addressing the needs of the public, assisting the economic activities and attracting investors. Ethiopia has been taking apt measures to improving the investment policy of the country with the aim to promoting sustainable economic development. http://www.Addismillennium.comMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300From the sun-scorched reaches of the Danakil Depression to the shimmering string of beautiful Rift Valley lakes, Ethiopia is a land of wonder and enchantment. Ethiopia is a tourist paradise reflects the diverse faces of the country’s cultures, landscapes, and wildlife. Ethiopia is the epitome of the entire sub-Sahara ecosystem where rare indigenous animals roam free, birdlife abounds and colorful wild flowers and native plants carpet the land. http://www.Addismillennium.com/aboutethiopia.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 +0300