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Hotel JV with Chinese Companies |
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Ethiopian Airlines has entered into a 60 million
dollar joint investment with the China Africa
Development (CAD) Fund and HNA Hotels and Resort
Group (HNA Group); they signed the agreement on
November 7, 2009, in Egypt. |
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Kenyans to Converse Electric Connection |
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delegation led by Kiraitu Murungi, Kenyan minister
of Energy, is coming to Addis Abeba through the
invitation of the government of Ethiopia for talks
about financing the Ethio-Kenya electric power
interconnection project. |
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Roads Authority Asks for Directions from
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The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is preparing for
the next Road Sector Development Programme (RSDP),
which could cost 40 billion Br. |
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| Agenda |
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The National Palace
was alight on Friday evening, November 27, 2009 with
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Editor's Note |
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Being the custodian of the Ethiopian state
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Economic
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Ethiopia's economic landscape
is characterized by a lack of competition, which allows many firms to survive
despite their low productivity, observed
Ken Ohashi, World Bank's
Country Director for Ethiopia and Sudan.
He advises policymakers at the federal government to take a series of measures
including introducing an industrial policy regime to promote a much wider range
of industries, as opposed to a few selected ones. |
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The economic and financial crisis has been a telling
moment for the economics profession, for it has put
many long-standing ideas to the test. If science is
defined by its ability to forecast the future, the
failure of much of the economics profession to see
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Finally! A bill that has been languishing in the
legislative machinery for almost a decade has passed
a landmark phase. The Council of Ministers passed a
bill, last week, which would force any federal and
regional official worthy of a title to disclose and
register... |
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"We
are not convinced it would be appropriate for our own economic policies to
liberalise at this stage." |
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Girma Birru,
minister of Trade and Industry told Reuters on Wednesday,
November 25, 2009, in an interview about Ethiopia's readiness to
be a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The minister
also said that the country is not ready "to bow to pressure to
liberalise its telecommunications and banking sectors while
negotiating terms to join the WTO." |
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It
was indeed an historic moment seeing Meles Zenawi,
chairman of the EPRDF, exchanging smiles and shaking
hands with opposition political leaders. Following
an agreement on electoral code of conduct negotiated
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Browse along
the coffee shelves in a British supermarket and one finds that
buying their favourite beans is no longer a simple matter of the
taste and price. These days, the importers and roasters are
likely to tell more about the ethics of their business than the
flavour of their products, ELIZABETH BLUNT, SPECIAL TO FORTUNE,
reports from London.
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View Point |
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With the
recently held Fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)
and China's 10 billion dollar pledge for Africa, the pundits
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Life Matters |
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I
had a situation this week, where I ended up spending
the day and breaking bread... |
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View From Arada |
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From
organised large-scale slaughtering to shoddy, unclean
backyard butcheries, .... |
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