African women land security crucial to eradicating poverty
Africa cannot eliminate poverty or achieve inclusive development without the participation of women, African Union Commission’s Rural Economy…
November 2019
Expert panel calls for fair, efficient land management
Experts attending this year’s conference on Land Policy in African have called for fair and efficient land management…
Classic Sugarless Coca-Cola comes to Ethiopia
The Coca-Cola Company brings the refreshing taste of classic Coca-Cola without sugar to consumers in Ethiopia. It officially…
Education Can’t Wait invests in Ethiopia refugees’ school
Education Can’t Wait (ECW), a global fund dedicated to education in emergencies, invests in the construction of 84…
African countries advised to improve land database
Michael Lipton, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Sussex and Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies advised…
Ethiopia opens door for China’s eCommerce giant
With the aim of selling its products online, the government of Ethiopia and Alibaba’s Co-founder Jack Ma Foundation…
UN expert advises effective land governance to Africa’s development
Effective land governance is critical to achieving Africa’s development, particularly the continent’s 50-year development plan, Agenda 2063, says…
Cepheus Capital invests in Ethiopia’s Tabor Ceramics
Cepheus Growth Capital Partners (Cepheus Capital), the private equity which has injecting finance in promising sectors in Ethiopia…
Africa can’t end huger denying women land rights, AU says
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire – Without ensuring land rights for women, Africa cannot end…
Sidama zone becomes Ethiopia’s 10th region
Sidama zone, which is used to be part of the Southern region of Ethiopia today, becomes the 10th…
Ethiopia to repatriate 1,400 people from Tanzania, Yemen
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia says the government is working to repatriate 1,300 Ethiopians trapped in…
Ethiopia to create twenty million jobs
In the coming ten years the government of Ethiopia aims to facilitate the creation of twenty million jobs…
Africa Free Zones meeting opens in Addis Ababa
The 4th annual meeting of Africa free zones opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this morning under the theme…
Ethiopia ruling coalition agrees to unify
The ruling coalition in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which has four member political parties,…
Political parties agree to avert ethnic clash in Ethiopia
Seven Oromo and Amhara political parties, including the two in the ruling coalition, have agreed to avert the…
Who contains Ethiopia’s change under siege?
By AREGU B. WONDIMUNEH – Change has been a buzzword that reverberated in the ears of most citizens…
How continental free trade benefits Africans
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Experts and senior government officials FROM EASTERN African countries have met in Asmara,…
Ethiopian telecom regulators meet global investors
The recently established Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) today host a consultation meeting on Ethiopian telecommunication reform process and…
African Linked creates community for digital citizenship passport
African Linked is set to change the narrative that surrounds the concept of global citizenship by connecting the…
African Innovation Week features textile, leather fashion
As part of the ongoing African Innovation Week (AIW) 2019, a fashion show dubbed, Textile and Leather Innovation,…
Ethiopia ranks top in illiteracy in eastern Africa
Ethiopia ranks top in eastern Africa having the largest number of illiterate people – over 57% illiterate women…
African free trade can create 2 million jobs, doubles growth
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Asmara, Eritrea – The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)…
Regional integration experts’ meeting opens in Asmara
BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Asmara, Eritrea – Experts from across the 14 eastern Africa courtiers have gathered…
Addis Ababa to host the Africa Fintech Summit
Leading innovators, investors, and policy makers from around the world are set to gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,…
78 killed in Ethiopia following Oromo activist Facebook post
The number of innocent people killed I Ethiopia following the Facebook post by an Oromo ethic group Activist…
Extreme weather displaces 273,000 Somalis
More than 273,000 people have been left displaced due to severe flooding across Somalia as more extreme weather…
U.S. trains Ethiopians mass destruction weapons’ counterproliferation
The United States government provides the first of its kind training on counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction…