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, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300 Solomon Tekelemariam, who has more than two years of coffee grading experience and is a Certified Q Grader (Coffee Quality Control) at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), is seen here testing the coffee sample at the ECX coffee testing laboratory. The graders at the ECX laboratory only receive the coffee samples in code so as to allow independent and unbiased evaluation. The coffee samples are evaluated for defects caused by insects and fungus on the raw beans, defects during slow roasting, and aroma when mixed with hot water. The coffee is then given a score on fragrance or aroma, flavour, acidity, body, and uniformity among other criteria. Forty per cent of the evaluation happens before roasting and the rest happens during and after roasting. Specialty coffee that scores 80 and above is eligible for Q Certification. The Coffee Quality Institute has been training 37 graders from the ECX who are now certified graders and cuppers. Q Certification will allow coffee from Ethiopia to take advantage of market opportunities in the international specialty coffee market.  http://www.addisfortune.com/addisfortunenews.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Minister of Communications and Transportation (MoCT), Driba Kuma, has encouraged the private sector to use the multimodal transportation system, which is to be fully operational beginning July 7, 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Minister Encourages Private Importers to Go Multimodal.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Tena Kebede, owner and CEO of TK International Plc, and three others were sent to jail to serve two years after the Federal High Court lifted the suspension of the execution of the sentence that the Federal First Instance Court passed on December 2010. http://www.addisfortune.com/Tena Kebede, Three Others Head to Jail.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued draft directives which amend the old bank licensing directive, restricts persons with significant influence, and allows for the introduction of interest free banking. Two of these directives, drafted for the implementation of the Banking Business Proclamation were issued in August 2008. http://www.addisfortune.com/NBE Directive to Scrutinise Bank VIPs.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Members of the Audiovisual Producers Association broke down in tears following the ruling of the Cassations Bench to uphold the ruling of the Amhara Supreme Court, which had found Zelalem Fisseha guilty of copyright violations; the association subsequently ended the production boycott of the entertainment industry. http://www.addisfortune.com/Cassations Confirms Amhara Court’s Copyright Conviction.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300A five-year strategic review was presented by the office of the Federal Auditor General to Parliament on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, instead of the audit of the budget for the 2008/09 fiscal year and the first nine months of 2009/10 came as a surprise to MPs. http://www.addisfortune.com/Fed. Auditor Gen. Surprises MPs with Five-year Review.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopia’s petroleum reserve fell to a worrying 87,000 cubic metres, or only 13 days of supply, down from 130,000 cubic metres in 2005/06. http://www.addisfortune.com/Ethiopias Petrol Reserve Falls to 13 Days.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300After Josette Sheeran was appointed as the 11th executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) in 2006, her official inaugural visit was to Ethiopia, in April 2007. For an organisation that is feeding more than 90 million poor people in more than 80 countries worldwide, it was symbolic to start her career with the country perceived by the outside world as a poster child of hunger and famine. http://www.addisfortune.com/WFP Bids to Buy in Bulk at Commodity Ex..htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Flora Eco Power (Ethiopia) Plc failed to pay around 2.5 million dollars that it allegedly owes to various institutions and individuals by June 10, 2010, the due date that it promised, following close to 40 lawsuits brought against it.http://www.addisfortune.com/First Bio Fuel Firm Fails Payment Promise.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Aetopic Energy Plc, the company cofounded by Ahmed Kello (PhD), former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, proposed to the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) early in June to provide wind turbine parts for the Aysha Wind Park Project in Dire Dawa. http://www.addisfortune.com/Former Ethiopian CEO Proposes Provision of Wind Turbines.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Always on the frontline of pioneering new business initiatives and marketing tools, Access Capital Services has made a daring promise of handing over homes within a year. It is so daring, EDEN SAHLE, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER, discovers, that the company has to address some issues before it can deliver on its promises. http://www.addisfortune.com/FEATURE-Real Estate Firm Makes Bold Promises to Finish Apt in Years Time.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0300