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, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300 A high-level Ethiopian government delegation led by Girma Birru, minister of Trade and Industry (MoTI) left for India last Friday to discuss sugar development projects the latter finances after the Indian financir realeased the fund for the project, knowledgeable sources disclosed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Indian Bank Releases Finance for Stalled Sugar Projects.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300More than 2,600 residential units, shops, cafeteria and restaurants in Kebele 07/14 of the Lideta District, a vast majority of them owned by the Kebele, are to be demolished in a couple of weeks time to give way to the construction of a group of buildings. http://www.addisfortune.com/Lideta to Knock Down Old Walls, Build New.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Awash International Bank (AIB) is to construct the first ever four-storey building in Gimbi Town, West Wellega Zone of Oromia Regional State, 441 Km west of Addis to house its first outlying branch. http://www.addisfortune.com/Awash Bank's High Rise Building to Change Gimbi Landscape.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Coca Cola bottler in Ethiopia, East Africa Bottling Share Company (EABSC), is to resume production within the next two weeks, after the state owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) agreed to provide 1.8 million dollars for the import of the basic raw materials the bottler has run out of, impeccable sources disclosed. http://www.addisfortune.com/CBE Extends S1.8m Lifeline to Coca Cola.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) last week started a 12 million dollars worth programme to help rural households access the micro finance services market in four regional states under the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP). http://www.addisfortune.com/USAID Injects $12m into Rural Micro Finance.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Opening up the financial and telecom sectors may help Ethiopia speed up its WTO accession process, Peter F. Allgier, deputy US representative to the World Trade Organization said. http://www.addisfortune.com/Finance, Telecom Liberalisation May Quicken WTO Accession.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopia's agricultural production in the 2008/09 meher season has grown by 8.25pc against last year's performance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) disclosed. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agriculture Production Registers over 8pc Growth.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300The Prime Minister has said that the government would itself export the coffee if the exporters failed to do so. This would be in an attempt to bridge the gap between the demand for imports, expected to hit nine billion dollars and the forex brought in by exports, projected to be about 2.5 billion dollars in the current budget year. http://www.addisfortune.com/Meles Warns Coffee Exporters against Hoarding .htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Ayu Bireha, a girl in her late twenties, visits the fish market in Piazza on a regular basis. Last Thursday, March 12, 2009, she arrived at the market in the morning to get the traditional substitute for meat during the main fasting season of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, Hudade. http://www.addisfortune.com/Fasting Feeds Fishy Business Boom.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Ethiopia is an investment-friendly country with a stable-macro-economic environment. Its monetary policies have played a significant role in creating an enabling climate to addressing the needs of the public, assisting the economic activities and attracting investors. Ethiopia has been taking apt measures to improving the investment policy of the country with the aim to promoting sustainable economic development. http://www.Addismillennium.comMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300From the sun-scorched reaches of the Danakil Depression to the shimmering string of beautiful Rift Valley lakes, Ethiopia is a land of wonder and enchantment. Ethiopia is a tourist paradise reflects the diverse faces of the country’s cultures, landscapes, and wildlife. Ethiopia is the epitome of the entire sub-Sahara ecosystem where rare indigenous animals roam free, birdlife abounds and colorful wild flowers and native plants carpet the land. http://www.Addismillennium.com/aboutethiopia.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300All the Brief News Articles from various papershttp://www.addisfortune.com/newsinbrief.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Get all the Previous Volums of the News paperhttp://www.addisfortune.com/Addis_ Fortune Archive.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300