By Esseye Mengste About 20.4 per cent of the total population of Ethiopia lives in urban areas, which has rendered it as one of the least urbanized countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite this low level of urbanization, however, the country has one of the highest rates of urbanization even by the standards of developing countries,[…]
Recently, the Economist magazine in its article published under the title ‘Ethiopia’s scheme to help the poor is setting an example’ narrated a story about how the country is setting an example in helping the poor through its safety net program. In fact, the magazine claimed, if the program succeeds, it would become an example[…]
By Yared Tsegaye Out of the nine road projects the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) awarded to eight companies late last week, a Chinese firm made the highest offer to construct a 68.8Km alternative road for Limalimo. Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd, a company founded in 1993 in Beijing offered 31 million Br a kilometre[…]
column By Getahun Alemu Is an Engineer. He Can Be Reached At Galemu@yahoo.com. Regarding a great many Ethiopians overseas and here at home, I am glad that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has chosen the path of national unity as a means to heal the wounds inflicted by tested and failed divisive political rhetoric. I[…]
Photo: Pixabay (File photo). Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s Chinese-built Eastern Industry Zone officials said Monday that construction of its second phase will commence soon as demands from foreign companies increase. Eastern Industry Zone Vice Director, Jiao Yongshun, told Xinhua that the industry zone has currently run out of land for interested investors. According to Jiao,[…]
Photo: Ethio Telecom Ethio Telecom is one of the entities that may see more private investment. The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Executive Committee has decided to privatize state-owned mega manufacturing and service delivery enterprises to local and foreign investors. The decision was made at the meeting the Executive Committee of the Party held[…]
By Shushay Adane Wealth inequality exists everywhere. It is not unfamiliar to experience millions of people with tremendous financial distress within a stone throw from the homes of millionaires and billionaires. More saddening, there are also others who live on the streets and under bridges within a few steps from these billionaires’ homes. The good[…]
Photo: Giustino/Wikimedia Commons The Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia. ADDIS ABABA (ENA) – Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Egypt Taye Atsekeselassie said that the recent visit of Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed in Egypt was successful in promoting confidence and understating between the two countries. An Ethiopian high-level delegation led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had a[…]
Reverse engineering is the process by which a man-made object is deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, or to extract knowledge from the object; similar to scientific research the only difference being that scientific research is about a natural phenomenon . At this particular time, reverse engineering and ICT have become one of the basic[…]
Ethiopia is envisioned to be Africa’s industrial hub by 2025. A number of industrial parks are already being built at a huge cost in various states of the country. Some giant world class manufactures have begun to rent sheds in these parks and others are also in the pipeline to export their Ethiopian made products[…]