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Ethiopia’s
surface water potential is estimated
at 122 billion cubic metres per
annum, which is one of the highest
in the sub-Saharan Africa. Despite
the potential of water supply
sources, Ethiopia is among the
countries with least access to
drinking water supply for the
population. Currently, the national
water supply coverage is about 52pc
while that of Addis Abeba is 73pc.
The Addis Abeba Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA), the sole entity
responsible for providing water to
the city, produces a total of
301,000 cubic metres of water per
day from Legedadi and Gefersa
treatment plants, and from water
wells found in the city while the
daily water demand of the city is
estimated at 450,000 cubic metres.
As a result, the demand is observed to exceed the supply by about 27pc
and the distribution network reaches
only about 73pc of the needy area.
Moreover, about half the population
has less than 12 hours per day of
water service, and a quarter have no
service at all. As of July 2011, the
authority had about 350,000
customers connected to its water
supply system whereas most of the
unserved people live at the
periphery of the city, which has
been incorporated into the city
administration in recent years.
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Drought, Inflation Force Gov't into $ 94m Wheat Buy |
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The Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise (EGTE) has
signed a 94 million dollar contract with Agrimpex
Company Limited for the supply of 300,000tn of
milling wheat two weeks ago, sources disclosed to
Fortune. |
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Labour Board Summons CEO over ET Dispute |
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The Federal Labour Affairs Board has extended the
hearings in a labour dispute between the Ethiopian
Airlines Basic Labour Union and management by an
additional week to allow for further negotiation
between the two parties, a decision made in a
hearing held on August 12, 2011. |
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Addis Abeba Hopes to Host Digital Summit |
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The 10th annual Innovation Africa Digital Summit
will be held in Addis Abeba from March 27 to 29,
2012, according to the Ministry of Communication and
Information Technology (MCIT). |
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Twin Leather Institutes, Twine Knowledge, Raw materials |
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The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) in
collaboration with Footwear Design and Development
Institute (FDDI) is to start on a twining programme
for the Leather Industry Development Institute (LIDI)
of Ethiopia as of August 15, 2011, following the
submission of the proposal on August 6, 2011.
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Petroleum Enterprise to Import South African Coal |
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The Ethiopian Petroleum Enterprise (EPE) is to
import coal from South Africa with the aim of
securing a sustainable supply of coal as an
alternative source of energy for cement factories in
Ethiopia, Fortune has learnt. |
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Ten Million Birr for 384sqm Plot |
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Bole District has announced on August 2, 2011, the
names of the highest bidders for plots at an open
auction held on July 1, 2011. located near the
Millennium Hall off Africa Avenue. |
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Wegagen Selects Developers for New HQ |
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China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic
and Technical Cooperation (CJIC) has been awarded a
contract to construct the headquarters of Wegagen
Bank, which will be situated by National Stadium on
Ras Mekonnen Street, at a cost of 733 million Br. |
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Heineken Celebrates Market Entry |
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Heineken officially entered the Ethiopian beer
market on Thursday, August 11, 2011, commanding an
18pc share of the market. |
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Textile Sector Nets $62.2m |
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Ethiopia’s textile sector has collected 62.2 million
dollars from exports during the 2010/11 fiscal year. |
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Ethiopia Drafts WTO List of Trade Goods |
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Ethiopia, which applied for World Trade Organisation
(WTO) accession in 2003, is to send a list of goods
and services that the country wishes to open its
doors for negotiations to offer WTO members in a
couple of weeks. |
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City Focuses on Arat Kilo Redevelopment |
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The Addis Abeba City Administration has decided to
auction 30 plots of land in the Basha Wolde Chilot
neighbourhood on Niger Street. The area occupies a
total of 30,284sqm according to a recent study on
urban planning, conducted by the city administration
last week. |
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10m Br Facelift for Wollo Sefer |
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Wollo Sefer's roadside in Kirkos District's are to
undergo a massive facelift stretching from Ethio-China
Friendship Avenue to Alexander Pushkin Square a.k.a.
Sarbet; a project that will cost the Addis Abeba
City Administration 10 million Br. |
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ESCAPE FROM POVERTY?
Experience of Micro and Small Enterprises |
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Governments and development organisations have designed
support programmes that encourage Micro and Small
Enterprises (MSE) as vehicles for climbing out of poverty.
The Addis Abeba City Administration has also been engaged in
MSE development, in an effort to help cut urban
unemployment. Still, MSE programmes are in need of
refinement in order to ensure sustainability, writes MAHLET
MESFIN, FORTUNE STAFF WRITER. |
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Summering in Addis Abeba |
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Ethiopia’s kiremt, rainy season, takes place when much of
the world is on summer holiday. The Ethiopian Diaspora use
their summer breaks to visit their homeland, while tourists
from different corners of the world come to enjoy the cooler
weather and the plethora of urban venues, giving local
businesses a boost, writes HADRA AHMED, FORTUNE STAFF
WRITER. |
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/INTERVIEW
Common Approach to Boosting
Food Security
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World food security, Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform
and sustaining the agriculture budget in the European
multiannual financial framework lasting from 2014 to 2020
are some of the numerous challenges that the Romanian
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development,
Dacian Ciolos, faces. Educated in Agricultural Trade from
the University of Rome and in office since 2009, he leads
the green policies of European Commission in Brussels,
Belgium.
When speaking of CAP, a comprehensive agricultural reform
programme that eats close to 40pc of the EU’s budget, Ciolos
reiterates that this remains the only community policy of
the EU, in an interview organised by Afronline.org (Italy)
in partnership with Fortune (Ethiopia), Sud Quotidien
(Senegal), Les Echos du Mali (Mali) and Le Républicain
(Niger).
Africa, a continent where both farmers and consumers see the
CAP as a thorn in the eye, hopes that Europe will finally do
something to guarantee equal access to food. Ciolos affirms
that this could only be realised if the world collaborates
in controlling agricultural commodity price speculation that
threatens food security and undermines the fight against
poverty. |
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