Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) reported, quoting Office of the Prime Minister, that “[o]n the margins of the Belt and Road Forum (BRF), the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with four Chinese companies that have decided to invest in Ethiopia”. FBC listed target sectors: Taison Group Read more…
Background Overview Innovations based on scientific and technological knowledge have underpinned successful developments all over the world. These developments span from poverty-reduction efforts in developing countries to tackling some grand challenges in the industrialized world. Regardless of where the developmental efforts are, they all have a common theme of boosting Read more…
We are all becoming familiar with the phrase “disruptive technologies” nowadays which is in widespread use in connection with emerging technologies (e.g., cloud services) because these technologies do away with conventional on-premises deployment of services (e.g., servers and associated IT infrastructure). While this is true in the developed world, the Read more…
China has cancelled interest on all loans to Ethiopia that were taken out before the end of 2018. China has also extended the terms of its loan to Ethiopia to finance Railways from ten to thirty years. These have been celebrated by many on social media and elsewhere. As far Read more…
First, you may like to read our lead article for launching the Media Review: The Five Principles of Ethical Journalism and Ethiopia’s News Media. The following video, which documents an interview of Mr Bekele Gerba by Mr Simeneh Bayfers of Walta Media (Part 2 of an interview) is the most Read more…
The Ethical Journalism Network (EJN) lays down Five Principles of Ethical Journalism as a guide to the profession. These are: Truth and Accuracy Independence Fairness and Impartiality Humanity Accountability With the new-found press freedom over the last year, Ethiopia’s news outlets (including YouTube streaming) are not only increasing in their Read more…
Gadaa Fashion Night is an Oromo traditional and modern costumes show that just debuted in Finfinnee, Oromia. According to the host of the show, model Bilisuma Asefa, the show will be an annual event to showcase Oromo clothing and other fashion accessories to the world. The show featured both female Read more…
A few years ago I travelled to Cape Town to attend an academic conference. I reserved a couple of days for sightseeing at the end of that event. It would be silly to leave the place without climbing Table Mountains or short of traveling to Cape Point, which is located Read more…
On March 19th, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) Governor, Yinager Dessie, presented eight months review of Ethiopia’s 2011 budget to the house of representatives. In that report he spotlighted Ethiopia’s miserably low foreign exchange reserve. In his attempt to stress the seriousness of the matter, he specifically stated that: Read more…
እዚህ ቪዲዮ ላይ የምትሰሙት የዳንኤል ንግግር ጭብጥ “የዓላማ ጽናት” ወሳኝነት ነው። ጽናቱ ደግሞ ኢትዮጵያ ሳትቀየር እንደነበረች ከትውልድ ትውልድ የማስተላለፍ ሃላፊነትን ይመለከታል። ባንድ መልኩ በጎ አስተሳሰብ ይመስላል፣ የዓላማ ጽናት ተፈላጊ የምሆንበት ጊዜ አለና! የዳንኤል ድስኩር ግን መርዛማ የምሆንበት ምክንያት አለው። ይሀውም ኢትዮጵያ የተለያየ ገጽታ አላት። ለምሳሌ ዳንኤል መልሶ መላልሶ የሚያንቆለጳጵሳት የድሮዋ Read more…