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 Tue, 04 May 2010 00:04:29 +0300 Judging by the latest national census, the size of the younger population claims 20pc of the 75 million Ethiopians counted two years ago. Of these, a little over 15 million were between 15 to 24 in age. Over half of these were born in the early 1990s, at the time or after the rebel forces-cum-government, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), ousted the military government in Addis Abeba, exactly 19 years ago this month. Today, a little over 10 million of these youth have come of age to qualify as first-time voters, able to join the ranks of the electorate. For the first time since the nation began conducting multiparty elections, a generation born and raised under the reign of the EPRDF and taught the subject of Civics in schools, in the manner the Revolutionary Democrats designed through their education policy, has become eligible to vote. Many of them, however, seem to have little interest in politics. Rather, their passion lies in the English Premier League and American rap music, discovered BRUH YIHUNBELAY, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER. http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) was told to bring down its ambitious budget request of 15 billion Br for 2010/11. http://www.addisfortune.com/Roads Authority to Cut Budget Down to Size.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Five-thousand hectares of land taken from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MoME) has been leased to NAHO Plc for the construction of a hotel. http://www.addisfortune.com/NAHO Plc First to Gain from PM’s Hotel Strategy.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The largest textile factory in Ethiopia, built by Turkish investors and hoped to transform the national industry, officially started full operations during its inauguration on Friday, April 29, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/PM Inaugurates Largest Textile Factory.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is to encourage the participation of contractors hitherto absent in road tenders by making changes to its set of requirements. http://www.addisfortune.com/More Contractors to Qualify for ERA Projects.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Germany pledged 46 million Br to support the multi donor sponsored Sustainable Land Management Programme (SLMP). http://www.addisfortune.com/Germany’s 46m Br Sustains Funding for Sustainable Lands.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The defence lawyers in the Ayat case  presented their objections to the charges instituted by the prosecutors of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA); the court also denied the defendants the right to bail. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ayat Defence Objects to Prosecution’s Charges .htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300BASF, a German company, is to bring a steady supply of chemicals to Ethiopia, to be sold to local tanneries in the local currency, the Birr. http://www.addisfortune.com/Gov’t Seals Tannery Chemical Deal with German BASF.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia is here, as invited by the Ethiopian government, to observe the Parliamentary and Regional General Elections of the year 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Chief, Deputy EU Observers in Précis.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300The decision was made at a Council of Ministers meeting, two weeks ago. The Procurement Services Office will answer to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), which is at work to get it started in time for the next fiscal year. http://www.addisfortune.com/New Procurement Dept. to Reduce Gov’t Costs.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Tsadkan G. Tinsae, former chief of staff of the Ethiopian Army, is now leading a group of businesspeople in establishing what would be the first brewery to be installed in the northern part of the country, Alamata Wereda, 600km north of Addis Abeba. http://www.addisfortune.com/Former Army Chief Leads Northern Brewery Venture.htmTue, 04 May 2010 00:04:29 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0300