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Japanese Visiting Delegation
Picks Coffee Samples for Testing |
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delegation from the All Japanese Coffee Association
(AJCA) visited Ethiopia on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,
as part of their efforts to resume buying Ethiopian
coffee. |
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Oracle, SAP Head-to-Head Over
Telecom's IT Contract |
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The two global IT giants, the German SAP and the
American Oracle Global, find themselves in another
battleground in their respective bids to bag a
multimillion dollar contract from a state
enterprise. The two companies are now fighting to
get the contract from the state owned telecom
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Government to Propose Takeover of Public
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The Addis Abeba Educational Bureau will propose in
early September 2009 to the city cabinet the
preparation of a new proclamation concerning the
transfer of public schools to government control. |
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GTZ’s Solar, Hydro Power Innovations Impress
at Trade Fair |
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The German Technical Corporation (gtz) has presented
some of the more interesting exhibits at the United
Trade Fair and Bazaar with its Solar and
Hydro-electrical equipments. |
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English Premier League Football has become big
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Editor's Note |
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The politics of elections are on the
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Economic
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An explosion of initiatives
by promoters of various project ideas in the quest for capital has led to
cut-throat competition for what industry analysts describe as other peoples'
money (OPM), a rather skeptical expression for initial public offerings (IPO).
One reason for the increase of this phenomenon in Ethiopia is a tightening on
the provision of cheap loans from banks explains Million Kibret, managing
partner at Next Consult PLC. |
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The Great Lakes region of Africa reveals the
continent's challenges. I went there recently to see
the effects of the economic crisis, countries coming
out of conflict, and integration. In the Congo, I
crossed paths with Secretary Clinton. Now we need to
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For instance, Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles
Zenawi, a darling of the West for his articulation
of Africa's agenda during the G8 Summit, (the
strongly liberal magazine The Economist described
him as a person with sharp mind, elephantine memory
and bristling with energy and vigour) was not
invited when President Obama visited Accra, Ghana.
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events in Mekelle, Debremarkos and Adama are clear demonstrations of how
petrified the EPRDF is of peaceful struggle rather than armed struggle. " |
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Seyee Abraha,
former strongman of the TPLF, now a leading opposition figure,
writing to the Amharic weekly Addis Neger, last week. He
blamed people he described as "vigilantes" associated with the
Oromia People's Democratic Organization (OPDO), one of the four
parties in the ruling alliance, for the disruption of a public
meeting called by leaders of Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ)
in Adama town on August 16, 2009. He argued that these events
serve as anecdotal evidence to prove how much the "political
space" has been shrinking in Ethiopia. |
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Welina Sissay, cannot remember when she got the
scars but she remembers how. When she was a baby
someone in her family took a knife to her back and
made three, five-centimetre cuts down the
middle......
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A Stranger Comes to Town |
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Swarms of huge tractors and earth moving equipment
have invaded the agricultural town of Bako, 251Km
south west of Addis Abeba. They are being used by
Karuturi Global LTD, an Indian company that
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Most would agree that the market is at its most efficient
when allocating finite resources. Reservations lie in the
argument that the right conditions may not exist for the.... |
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Over the last week, I thought for sure the "end of
days" had come, with electricity having .... |
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View From Arada |
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Many people would expect life to be easy when they leave
Ethiopia for Europe. However, one of the most emotionally
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