http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300 As the National Bank of Ethiopia prepares to upgrade to an electronic national transfer system, commercial banks are scurrying to implement their own centralised, online, real-time, electronic banking solutions. Those that fail to upgrade within 11 months may be left out in the cold, unable to do business with the central bank, writes HAILU TEKLEHAIMANOT, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Tax is one of the major mechanisms that governments use to raise money to enable them to build infrastructure and provide services. A functioning tax collection system, and a citizenry that abides by it is crucial for a country’s growth. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Encouraged by the report of the FIFA Inspection Group that Germany and South Africa were both “very well qualified” to host the tournament, millions of people awaited the decision from Switzerland about who would host the 2006 FIFA World Cup. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The Failed Sate Index, annually conducted by the US-based Fund for Peace (FfP), measures states’ vulnerability or risk of conflict. The index’s premise that all states are prone to fail might paint a grim picture of the world, but by measuring the vulnerability of a country it indicates which institutional capacities should be improved. Ethiopia ranked 17th, in the alert zone. A look into the details of the index by Daniel Berhane, a blogger at danielberhane.worldpress.com, is revealing. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300The song, composed by the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is titled Agricultural Development Led Industrialisation (ADLI). What takes the world by surprise is not the melody, lyrics, or the composition of the song, but rather the paradox circumscribing the song. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300There are many homeless people in the city who, in the past, had a safe haven to turn to in the church. Those days are over. Nowadays, many churches have security bodies to police church compounds and to keep the homeless, the destitute, the poor, off church property. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Here it goes again; regime change in Somali Regional State, one of the half dozen over the past decade. Claiming notoriety for such political turmoil, the regional state and a few of its peers among peripheral states in the country could give a lesson or two to the federal government and major power centres in the country about how to topple presidents without spilling blood. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0300