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Only
few years ago, Djiboutians were of the view that their port
was bigger than Ethiopia’s demand to its international
trade. They have come to accept that the volume of
Ethiopia’s import and export, believed to be covering 70pc
of transit, has become bigger than what the Port could
handle.
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ERA Requests 12b Br for Next
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The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) stunned the
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development late
last week requesting a 12 billion Br budget for the
2008/2009 budget year.
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City
Cabinet Bans Lease Boards from New Land Transfers |
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The Addis Abeba City Caretaker Administration
Cabinet early last week instructed the central, as
well as district lease boards of the city, to stop
passing decisions on land related issues, until such
time the newly elected administration takes office.
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EEPCO Finally Admits Power
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A week after the Ethiopian Electric Power
Corporation (EEPCO) stated that there was no
shortage of power in the country, the management on
Thursday April 3 admitted that a power shortage has
occurred due to the prolonged absence of Belg rain.
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The programme is a three year initiative of USAID to
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| Editor's Note |
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Veterans of Ethiopia's merchandise trading
have a story to tell; it is a story of how
they
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The five biggest private
equity funds in the world manage over three trillion dollars in funds, an amount
that is more than the overall budgets of India and Russia combined. Although not
entrenched as much as they are in the West, private equity funds are.... |
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Flu or Hypertension? |
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Stifled by a runaway inflation whose year-on-year average
picked to 22.9pc this month, what ails Ethiopia’s economy
has been a subject of fierce debate in parliament last week.
Tamrat G. Giorgis
and Endale Assefa, Fortune Staff Writers, and Tesfalem
Waldyes, Special to Fortune, have followed the
parliamentary discourse and the mixed public reaction that
has....Read More |
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VERBATIM |
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Anything worth having, worth
achieving, worth fighting for, starts with a dream. I once heard a quote: “It is
a beautiful thing to dream. But to realize one’s dreams through hard work and
ambition is even better. |
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Eleni Z.
Gabre-Madhin, Chief Executive Officer of the Ethiopia Commodity
Exchange, delivering an opening speech on April 4, at a National
Forum held at the Economic Commission for Africa in order to
present and discuss the design and operational systems of the
Exchange. |
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Three
days after Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had a showdown, on
March 18, with his Parliamentary political rivals over their
allegations of neglect of the drought in the eastern and
southern parts of the country, when delivering his half-year.... Read More |
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A native of the Gerar Jarso Wereda in the North Shoa
Zone of the Oromia Regional State, Mekete Debalke is
a farmer who sweats to support his extended family
of nine. Cultivating wheat, sorghum, barley, pea and
teff on his eight hectare plot of land, ....
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View Point |
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Edier
and Eqube are certainly
popular traditional grass root organizations whose establishment and purpose
have nothing to do with controlling inflation, price hikes or .... |
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Life Matters |
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I
was invited to try out a new restaurant last week,
which is adjacent to the National Museum on King .. |
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View From Arada |
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At the
time of writing this article we were having some showers of
light rain, much to the relief of .... |
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