http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Addisfortune is the Largest English Weekly in Ethiopia. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300 After coming close two billion Birr over-budget, running two years past the original deadline and resulting in the unfortunate loss of the lives of 47 workers, including three Chinese nationals, the hydroelectric dam built on the Tekeze River, 903km north of Addis Abeba, was finally inaugurated on November 14, 2009. http://www.addisfortune.com/Short Inauguration after Tekeze’s Endless Construction .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Government of Djibuti is harvesting 60,000ql of wheat from its farm in Western Arsi around Serofa, in the Ormomia Regional State. The tiny nation, which is Ethiopia’s gateway to the sea, had been granted 3,000ht of prime land in June 2009, where it started growing wheat immediately. http://www.addisfortune.com/Djibouti Generates Grain on 3,000ht Gesture .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopian Airlines has cancelled the bit what would have been a multimillion Birr consulting contract for the four-star hotel it plans to construct on a 40,000sqm plot near the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, sources disclosed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ethiopian Cancels Hotel Construction Consulting Bid .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Karaturi Global, an Indian company with agricultural interest in the Gambella Regional State, requested, in early November, that the Ministry of Water Resources authorized it to use the Baro River to irrigate crops for its intended agricultural development project. http://www.addisfortune.com/Indian Investors Enquire to Irrigate with Baro River .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300The job of procuring vehicles for government bodies whose budget comes from the federal government has been transferred from the Transport Authority to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED). http://www.addisfortune.com/Auto Acquisition Transferred from Transport Authority to Finance Ministry .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority (ERCA) has achieved 96.6pc of its target for the first four months of the 2009/10 fiscal year by collecting 12.3 billion Br from tax and non-tax revenues, Melaku Fenta, the authority’s director general, disclosed to Fortune. http://www.addisfortune.com/Authority Achieves 96.6pc of Revenue Target for 1Q .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Pearson Education Ltd of the UK and Star Educational Books of India have won the international tender of the Ministry of Education (MoE) for the adaptation, printing and distribution of four textbooks, including teachers’ guides, for high school education. http://www.addisfortune.com/UK, India Firms Bag Lucrative Text Book Deals .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Members of the Council of Ministers voted on Friday, November 20, 2009, in favour of a bill that will make asset registrations and disclosure of financial interests mandatory to those holding public offices. http://www.addisfortune.com/Surprise Assets Registration Bill Passes Ministers’ Council .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Mohammed Ali Al-Amoudi was pivotal in the preparation and organisation of both the Saudi-East African Forum, which took place at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC), and the corresponding exhibition at the Millennium Hall, spending 30 million Br renovating the hall.http://www.addisfortune.com/Al-Amoudi’s Efforts to Initiate Saudi Agro Investments .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300An expression one of the participants of the 15th annual shareholders meeting reception party of the United Insurance SC (UNIC) used to describe Eyessus Work Zafu, managing director of the insurance firm while he was speaking about the yearly performance of the firm was “The old lion is roaring,” http://www.addisfortune.com/Habesha to Cement Request for Bids ok Tuesday .htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300