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, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300 Investors have applied for their operating licences in droves and the Investment Authority has been only too happy to oblige, even as they collect the 600Br processing fee. At the end of the 'provisional' administration, came the 'caretaker' administration which had investors keen to see their perseverance finally rewarded. WUDINEH ZENEBE, Special to Fortune, tells how time and again the process of allocating land by the different administrations has come across various challenges frustrating the anxious investors to no end. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300Last week marks the 25th year after the terrible famine of 1984-85 in Ethiopia. It was reported to have claimed the lives of close to one million people, and it remains a scar on the collective psyche of Ethiopians. It has also been a haunting memory for a world that allowed it to happen. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300The United Nations Climate Change Treaty, signed in 1992, committed the world to "avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system." Yet, since that time, greenhouse-gas emissions have continued to soar. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300The global climate talks in Bangkok attracted more than 4,000 delegates from 177 countries. The major elements in the climate negotiations were adaptation action; reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries; technology; capacity building and finance. This was what President Barack Obama described as a tough journey to delegates of the G20. However, he reminded all that there is not much time left to make this journey. He is right said, NEGUSU AKLILU, Interim Coordinator of the African Climate Appeal. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300Imagine the long and tedious process of gathering decrepit one Birr notes. It is, without a doubt, the this particolar note which suffers the worst of the wear and tear when compared to any other note in circulation. Gnarled from months of use and abuse, these bills are brought in to be destroyed while new ones are to be printed. The National Bank of Ethiopia's (NBE) Vice Governor, ALEMSEGED ASSEFA, gives an inside look at the advantages and disadvantages that the new minted one Birr coin may have on Ethiopia's growing economy. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300With the cloudy dawn of the New Year, also comes upon us a brand new season for politics and elections. The year 2010 - eight years younger in the Ethiopian calendar - is the year that the voting public will yet again go to the polls to decide; in the Revolutionary Democracy (Revo Dems) that is the current fate of the country; who or what party will be on top of the political totem pole. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300The extremities in weather bring the issue of climate change front and centre as people all over the world experience the alteration of the norm. Despite this fact, the average temperature in Ethiopia truly does confirm the '13 months of sunshine’ slogan. Never too hot and never too cold, the climate lives up to the mantra drawing tourists from far away places to its peaceful lakes and placid weather. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300A few weeks ago, the country director of the World Bank for Ethiopia and Sudan, Ken Ohashi, ran a commentary in this paper advising leaders of the ruling party to really look to the east so that they could emulate a developmentalist growth model in the real sense of the word. It may sound like an advice worth their attention, should they strive to come out of the twin challenges the macro economic management has been confronted with at the moment: High inflation and foreign exchange crunch. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0300