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 Local shoe manufacturing seemed an industry doomed to perish around 2002, when Chinese and other foreign alternatives invaded the local market. Yet currently, some local shoe manufacturer have grown bigger than before, even managing to have penetrated the foreign market as well, bringing in much needed foreign currency as OMER REDI, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER reveals. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300The latest appearance of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi during his now more or less regular question time at Parliament was perhaps his shortest. It could also be said to have been the least interesting, for many of the questions directed from MPs were too weak to get the best out of him. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300This writing is motivated by Wondwosen Michago’s thoughtful reflections headlined, “Navigating over the Nile: Where’s the New Nile Water Agreement” [Volume 9, Number 462, March 8, 2009]. His commentary questions whether there is real cooperation between negotiators of the 10 countries located alongside the Nile Basin, or whether it is a futile ritual of “pseudo cooperation” carried out under the celebratory, if not illusory, theme of “United in Diversity by the River Nile - Our Heritage, Source for Regional Cooperation.” http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Now that President Obama is in office, what could be projected? What, that is, might it mean to reconsider U.S. relations with Ethiopia in ways that align them with the orientations of an Obama presidency? Donald N. Levine, emeritus professor of University of Chicago, and author of three books, including the acclaimed "Wax & Gold" and "Greater Ethiopia" addresses these questions. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Driving a taxi is considered an honourable profession by the Ethiopian women who have taken on this job in Washington DC. These women are no more challenged in the "hacking" task than their male counterparts; and the job ensures bread and butter on the table for their families. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300I would have loved to come up with a perky upbeat topic that I could have written on for this week; it would have gone to serve as the comic relief for the tragedy that has become the life we are currently leading. This calamity of a play is of Shakespearean proportions and just keeps going on and on, with the end of even the first act nowhere in sight. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Reading is an integral part of the acquisition of knowledge, and as such, in any nation a culture of reading should be promoted among all age groups to ensure mentally healthy citizens. Yet surprisingly, in Addis Abeba there is a marked absence of public libraries. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0300Immediately after Bekalu Zeleke was appointed as the youngest president of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), he was confronted with a little nuisance, gossip disclosed. He was summoned by a court in relation to an employee who had sued the bank and was subsequently awarded close to 14,000 Br, according to gossip. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 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 +0300