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Chambers of Commerce Still Rangling Over Building

A lingering debate between the Addis Abeba and Ethiopian Chambers of Commerce over the ownership of a seven-storey building located around Mexico Square has sparked again.

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Mugher to Establish Cement Tech. Institute 

An initiative taken to establish a Cement Technology Institute (CTI) by Mugher, the state owned cement factory has been endorsed by the Ministry of Industry (MoI) and is to be established this year at a cost of 4.8 million Br.

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Ethiopian, Star Celebrate Alliance

Ethiopian Airline (ET) and Star Alliance are to hold a celebration of the joining of the former to the biggest network of airliners on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, where all the CEOs of the 27 members save two will attend.

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Emmissions, Roadworthiness Standards Soon to Take Effect

The Ethiopian Transport Authority (ETA) is getting closer to setting the standards vehicles will be tested on before they are deemed roadworthy. They will be enforced through automated inspections that are planned to begin next month.

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Zemen Selects Design for 31-Storey Headquarters

Zemen Bank has selected the design presented by JDAW Consulting Architects & Engineers for the headquarters it plans to construct on a 2,304sqm plot on Abebe Aregay St.

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While activity in the construction sector has slowed down reasons vary in,...

 
   

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Editor's Note  

Mainstreaming transparency has become a popular administrative...

 
   

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The notion that state-led development can avoid the boom and bust cycle normal in capitalism is ...

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Global economic turbulences have turned debates back to the basics. Systemic fundamentals are...

   

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"Even if they love me, as I do them, they are hard on me."

Mohammed Ali Al-Amoudi (Shiekh), chairman of MIDROC Ethiopia Technology Group, made the remark about the bigwigs of the government, in an event that marked the inauguration of a commercial centre named after his grandfather, Haji Mohammed Yasin, constructed in Dessie, a city located 401km north of Addis Abeba. The government does not preferentially treat him in anyway, he stated in an exclusive report by EthioChannel, an Amharic weekly, published on December 3, 2011.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Climate Adaptation Avoids Conflict Epidemics

 

With climate negotiations dominating global policy discourse, dry lands need special attention, as they involve the most volatile challenges for global peace, argues Jeffery Sachs, Professor of Economics at Colombia University, the United States. He insists that tailored and comprehensive adaptation responses...Read More

 

African Agricultural Future Bright

Nothing better illustrates the crucial role that science must play in African farming than the contrasts in agricultural productivity between our continent and the world as a whole. Food productivity has increased globally by 140pc in recent decades, the figures for Sub-Saharan Africa over the same period show a fall. Read More

 
 
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Watching a playwright making a confession on a hidden camera recording in a recent documentary on the national television...

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The Fine Line

Heads of overseas missions of Ethiopia across the world appear to be in a hushed competition to mobilize as many resources ...

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Out and About
 

Sellers of sambusas, the deep-fried dough triangles filled with,...

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