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, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300 Most Southern Sudanese may think their highly praised referendum process was a burial ceremony for war. Before, during, and after the referendum they have shown how tired they are of the battlefronts. Despite their evident determination to avoid them, they appear to be witnessing another type of battle. This time around, it will not cost them lives, but hundreds of thousands of dollars, reports TESFALEM WALDYES, SPECIAL TO FORTUNE, from Kampala, Uganda. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300The construction industry has been given carte blanche when it comes to the important task of meeting deadlines and standard requirements to the satisfaction of the owner of the building under construction; not to mention the safety for the labourers involved, in accordance with stringent labour laws. Despite this happy and seemingly professional attitude towards the importance of construction work, a blind spot has gone unaddressed. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300Africa is to grow by five per cent in 2011, but Africa is more aid dependent than five years ago. For 24 countries (including Ethiopia) out of 50 for which data is available, aid makes up between 15pc and 20pc of gross national income (GNI). http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300Macroeconomic policymakers in Ethiopia are keen to use devaluation as an instrument to promote exports, but for the devaluation to produce positive results, increases in the overseas demand for products due to prices have to outweigh the influences of other factors, such as enhanced domestic capacity to boost supply, argues Belay Gezahegn (belaygez@gmail.com), a trained economist and human resources expert at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE). http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300The talk of the town in Addis Abeba and wherever else Ethiopians live is the price control regime recently instituted by the government. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300While the prices of some vegetables and fruits recently saw a rapid increase, their consumption has accelerated too, possibly as a result of the escalation of the prices of meat, eggs, and chicken. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300Something unexpected must have changed in the reshuffling of officialdom in the Revolutionary Democrat camp, those in the gossip corridors have been murmuring lately. The original succession plan was to bring an army of young, but inexperienced, cadres to the frontline, but to keep the old guard at the back, recalled gossip. It was meant to create a “council of elders” in the Chinese style. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300Out and Abouthttp://www.addisfortune.com/Out_and_About.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0300