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Labouring in Addis
The Concrete Jumble |
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Owing to the voluminous construction
activity underway in Addis Abeba,
carried out by the government and
the private sector alike, much
needed manual labour finds itself in
great demand. However, at a wage
averaging 20 Birr per day, and for
work as demanding in the corporeal
faculty of the labourers as it is in
their time, the sector grew at a
yearly rate of 12pc, and accounted
for five per cent of the GDP in
2008. Take a sneak peek into the
largest employment sector in
Ethiopia, second only to agriculture
and those employed.
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Roads Authority Pays 23m Br
for a Kilometer |
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The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) awarded to
YENCOMAD Construction Plc what is said to be the
most expensive road construction project in Ethiopia
at nearly 23 million Br for a kilometre of a two
lane road. |
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Three Join EIC Board |
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The appointment of the new directors, including Daba
Debele, head the Capacity Building Bureau of the
Addis Abeba City Administration; Degu Lakew, head
of the Government Accounts Sub-processes at the
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED);
and Alemnesh Worku, Civil Service Bureau head at the
Ministry of Capacity Building, followed the
appointment of Muktar Kedir, Secretary of the
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF),
as chairman of the board on December 11, 2009.
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Branding Products by Origin
Extended |
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The Home Garden Project, which has undertaken a
study to identify certain products to be branded and
promoted by place of origin, is expecting an
extension beyond its envisaged termination at the
end of 2010, because of a delay in the ratification
of the Geographical Indication Bill, which would
carryout the implementation. |
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Dashen Bank’s Duelling Labour
Unions |
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The management of the Dashen Bank and the Federation
of Banking and Insurance Trade Unions of Ethiopia
together with the founders of the disputed labour
union of the bank have met on Monday, January 4,
2010, agreeing to keep the union going on. |
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Ethiopia Ranked 28nd out of 51
African Nations |
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Ethiopia has been ranked the 28th best place in
Africa to live according to the Quality Life Index (QLI)
ranking for the year 2010 by the magazine
International Living (IL); its international
ranking was 163 out of the 194 countries surveyed.
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Gov’t Approves $13.2m Loan |
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IFAD offered the loan, in June 2009, to tackle land
degradation through sustainable land management
including undertaking soil and water conservation
activities around Lake Tana in the Amhara Regional
State. |
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Awash Irrigation to Help
Pastoralists Settle |
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The Fantale integrated irrigation project, which
could help the Kereyu pastoralists to settle, is to
be inaugurated on January 25, 2010. |
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Sunshine to Construct Agana,
Axum Schools |
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Sunshine Construction Plc will begin the
construction of two schools this month in Agana and
Axum towns, in the Southern Nations Nationalities
and Peoples (SNNP) and Tigray regional states at a
total cost of 15 million Br. |
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gtz Exhibits 13 University
Projects |
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The gtz International Service (gtz IS) is to hold a
photographic exhibition of the works it has
undertaken for the government under the University
Capacity Building Program (UCBP) on Monday, January
11, 2010, at the Goethe Institute in the Addis Abeba
University Faculty of Business and Economics. |
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Habesha Breweries Cheers at
50,000sqm |
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While compensation for evacuated residents will be
more than that offered by the regional
administration’s rate, according to the managing
director, it is significant to note that the area
has an essential element for putting up a beer
factory, good water resource potential. |
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| JANUARY
03 2010 |
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Elsewedy to Get 20,000ht
for Egyptian Industrial Zone |
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Elsewedy Cables Ethiopia Plc, a cable manufacturing
plant in Dukem, is to be granted the 20,000ht of
land it asked for to establish an industrial zone in
the Afar Regional State for Egyptian companies. |
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US Removes HIV as Bar to
Visas |
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The requirement, which had been in effect since
1987, has been repealed. The US Embassy Consular
Section in Addis Abeba is to contact visa applicants
it turned down in the last year because they were
HIV positive. It is going to call them to reapply
for visas, according to a statement the US Embassy
sent to Fortune on Thursday, December 31,
2009. |
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City Roads Authority Inagurates 12.42Km |
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The Addis Abeba City Roads Authority (AACRA)
inaugurated 12.42km of roads yesterday, January 2,
2009, which cost over 30 million Br per kilometre
and took longer than scheduled to complete. |
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Oppositions Secures Re-election of Observers |
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This followed a decision on Thursday, December 31,
2009, by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE)
following complaints filed by almost all of the
opposition parties, according to Mohamed Abdurahman,
public relations head of the board, told Fortune.
He said the parties had asked for the re-election of
observers in 88 kebeles in Addis Abeba alone. |
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Addis Abeba and Oromia to sort out Border |
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High-level delegates of the Addis Abeba City
Administration, led by Mayor Kuma Demeksa and
high-level delegates of the Oromia Regional State,
led by President Aba Dula Gemeda, had a field visit
Thursday, January 1, 2010, with the intention of
addressing long-standing border conflicts between
the two regions. |
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Ethiopia Hotel Hogs Privatisation Bids |
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In a government bid to privatise 11 state
enterprises, including a hotel, a printing press, a
farm and factories, Ethiopia Hotels Enterprise has
attracted the largest interest from bidders, with
over 45 of 70 potential bidders buying the bid
document for the hotel. |
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New Heights for Dashen Bank Labour Dispute |
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The dispute between Dashen Bank and a group of its
employees, who tried to organise their colleagues in
all of the bank's branches into a labour union they
formed, escalated to a new level Friday, January 1,
2010, when the management called a meeting with
1,200 of its employees at the Ras Hotel and
facilitated the formation of another union. |
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Ministry of Health to Fight
Pneumonia with $246m Plan |
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This January, the ministry will introduce the
pneumococcal immunisation for children less than one
year old all over Ethiopia, Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention Director General Kesetebirhan
Admasu (MD) told Fortune. The programme will
be carried out for three straight years at a total
cost of 66 million dollars, of which 64 million has
already been pledged by the Global Alliance for
Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), the remaining two
million dollars coming from the government will
cover the remaining two million dollars required for
providing support. |
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Oromia Land Use Study Handed
Over to Gov’t |
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The Oromia Water Works and Design Enterprise (OWWDE)
is to hand over the last of the land use management
study it has been undertaking for the Oromia Special
Zone Land Administration and Environmental
Protection Office this January 2010. |
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Matti Multiplex to Go 3-D |
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Nearly four years ago, Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of
the most influential persons in American Cinema, was
inspired while watching the adventure-filled
Christmas animated movie, “The Polar Express” in
three dimensions (3-D). The DreamWorks Animation CEO
gathered his team immediately afterwards. “I have
seen the future of cinema, and it is 3-D,” he said.
“…Whoever gets into it at the beginning … is going
to profit the most.” |
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DECEMBER 13 2009
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Nib Insurance Over-invests |
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Nib Insurance S.C. has not complied with the
National Bank of Ethiopia’s directive which limits
an insurance company’s investments in company shares
to no more than 15pc of its total admitted assets,
the independent auditor’s report indicated. |
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Dashen Bank Clouds
Unionization Efforts |
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The organisers of the labour union also submitted a
certificate of recognition given to them by the
Addis Abeba City Government Labour and Social
Affairs Bureau the following day. They say they had
worked on it secretly for six months, assisted by
the Industrial Federation of Banking and Insurance
Trade Unions. |
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Yangfan Motors Joins Ranks of
Local Auto Assemblers |
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Yangfan Motors Plc,
registered in Ethiopia by Lifan Motors, the Chinese
auto manufacturer, has unveiled its new model
automobiles during the launching ceremony held on
Tuesday, December 9, 2009, at the Sheraton Addis.
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African Talent: Jewel in the
Making |
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It all started with MTV's African Music Awards
organisers' attempt at placing Ethiopia on the world
music map. Determined to expand its competitor base,
the award organisers approached US based Ethiopian
record producer and fashion designer, Rozy Bruck.
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BUCKLE UP ADDIS!
As the
countdown to the date of the implementation comes to an end
tomorrow, December 21, 2009, the ambiance in Addis Abeba is
electric as the new traffic regulations are ushered in. The
streets are abuzz with commotion to acquire mobile phone
accessories, though the law forbids anytype of phone use
while operating any vehicle. Seatbelts, too, are in high
demand as the city hosts a large number of automobiles that
go without. Drivers never seemed to care to maintain or even
keep their safety belts. Addis Abeba buckles up under the
shadow of old habits of road indiscipline dying hard.
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what are the rules motorists in
addis should observe?
Drivers are not permitted to drive
without fastening their seatbelts
anywhere in Addis Abeba. So, get
used to it.
The law on mobile phone usage is
clear when it comes to using
headsets and Bluetooth devices,
drivers are not allowed to use their
mobile phones while driving.
The unconscionable act of watching
movies and television while driving
is now forbidden.
If drivers and passengers are
accustomed to buying or giving alms
on the road or at traffic lights it
is time to let go of that custom, as
it is the driver who will pay the
fine.
Life is fragile crossing over
ring-road barriers and railings as
has been evidenced. And now it is an
offence to the law.
The lane lines are painted white to
be observed and respected; if these
are not obeyed the driver will be
charged.
Driving under the influence of
alcohol or drugs is beyond suicidal.
It can also be homicidal, so think
twice before doing so. It is
obligatory.
Pedestrians who cross the road
disregarding the zebra crossing will
be fined for the act. |
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