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Comm’n Requests Former ETC CEO’s Assets Frozen

The Federal Ethics and Anticorruption Commission (FEACC) requested the Federal High Court to freeze properties belonging to former CEO of the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC), Tesfaye Birru, and ..

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Ministry Rejects Oil Companies’ Profit Review Request

The persistent profit margin review request of the five oil distributing companies has finally been terminated by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI).

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MIDROC Strikes Gold Big in Two Reserves

MIDROC Gold Mine Plc, one of the subsidiary companies under MIDROC Ethiopia Technology Group, seems to have finally landed a breakthrough gold reserve finding in East Sakaro, Guji Zone of the Oromia Regional State. The reserve, found after four years of intensive exploration, is estimated to contain 17,250Kg of the commodity.

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Sher Begins Leasing 200hct Greenhouse

Sher Ethoipia Plc, a company established by Dutch investors, constructed a 200hct greenhouse for flower and vegetable development at a cost of 40 million euros (540 million Br). The company has started leasing this

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Agenda    

Realising the drain on foreign currency and following on the success of other ...

 
   

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Editor's Note  

One of the biggest events of the past year has been the almost 100pc increase

 
   

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Economic Commentary  

As US President George W. Bush enters his last of eight years in the White House J. Peter Pham (PhD) argues one of his currently unrecognised legacies will be greater connection with the African continent. Long-neglected, the superpower is turning its attention to a

   

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THE YEAR IN BRIEF

The year 2007 brought in the new Ethiopian Millennium and an accompanying tide of mixed economic indicators for the business community. With all the hype generated by the Millennium Secretariat Office's public relations campaign, Ethiopia's image as a unique country with deeply embedded traditions intermingled with its portrayal as an investment environment that .... 2007 In Brief

 
MIDROC’s Ambitious Visions of Next Five Years
 

Owner and chairman of MIDROC Ethiopia, Sheik Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi, last week signed an agreement at the Sheraton Addis with the Malaysian Consultancy firm AgriNexus to grow four .... Read More

Seasonal Piety

 

The procession was majestic and deliberately perpetual. As the Tabot and the huge procession slowly moved through the villages, men and women came out of their residences and kissed the ground and ululated to pay their respect of faith in the passing Tabot... Read More

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VERBATIM
 

"If a customer tells a service provider to jump, he should not ask why, but rather how high."

In consultations with producers in the garment sector, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi urged them to look inwardly, brushing aside complaints about lack of government assistance in an underperforming sector.

 
 
View Point

The race to increase US presence in Africa has a firm military component. Its commitment to establish more military bases across the continent has come under heat from both domestic and African sources. In the US, ......

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Life Matters
 

I have been watching the events of the latest United States (US) primary elections with great interest. This is partly because of ....

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View From Arada
 

The taxi assistants know better. They buy coins from vendors or beggars at exorbitant rates. One Br sells at 80pc of its face ....

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