Eastern African sub-region to grow 4.9 percent in 2021
A new report produced by the African Development Bank says the Eastern African sub-region’s economy will grow by…
October 2021
Ghanaian digital commerce companies secure funding
Today, the Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce Accelerator welcomed four Ghanaian digital commerce companies, OZÉ, Shopa, Swoove, and…
London to host tourism investment summit
The International Tourism and Investment Conference (ITIC) will hold, in partnership with World Travel Market (WTM London), its…
Eastern Africa experts discuss COVID-19 economic impacts in Kigali
Experts assembled in Kigali, Rwanda to reflect on COVID-19 economic impacts and resilience experiences at the sub-continental 25th…
Africa to experience steep drop in staple crops by 2050
Staple crops in eight African countries could decrease by as much as 80 percent by 2050 in some…
Africa’s second plant breeding conference kicks off in Rwanda
Scientists, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and students from Africa and beyond are meeting this week in Kigali, Rwanda and…
High-level UN delegation to visit farmers in Egypt
A high-level delegation of Executive Board members and senior staff of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)…
Ethiopian Airlines partners with Aero HygenX
Ethiopian Airlines Group and Aero HygenX executives, inventors of RAY – an autonomous aircraft sanitization robot – signed…
Why Western, U.S. media reactivated reports on Ethiopia
Weekend reading – BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Over the past few days and weeks, the propaganda machines…
Puratos enters Ethiopian market
Puratos Ethiopia has announced today that it has built the first of its kind food manufacturing factory and…
Djibouti Telecom begins cable landing station construction
Djibouti Telecom, a leading strategic center for international telecommunications services in East Africa, begins construction of new cable…
Intentional investment in girls’ education vital
The British Council in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) supported by the United Nations Children’s…
Climate disasters threaten African continent
With COP26 around the corner, our focus should be on the devastating impact of climate change as we…
Ethiopian Airlines resumes flight to Enugu, Nigeria
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest pan African airline, has resumed weekly passenger services to Enugu, Nigeria from 09…
Ethiopian Airlines renews $110 million deal with SabreSonic
Sabre Corporation, a software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, and Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopia’s flag…
Democratic Republic of Congo detects Ebola virus disease
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced that a new laboratory confirmed…
Ethiopia forms a new regional state
Following the referendum vote held last Friday, five zones and one Wereda (district smaller than a zone) in…
Tena Oil plans to create 500 new jobs
54 Capital a Conglomerate producing the popular Edible Oil Tena Oil” has announced today a major expansion in…
ECA model biodiversity project takes root
The second anniversary of the “Nature-based Solutions for Water Resources Infrastructure and Community Resilience in Ethiopia” project was…
Ethiopian Airlines, AccessRail partner to provide intermodal transportation
Ethiopian Airlines has signed Codeshare and Interline Agreement with AccessRail to widen connectivity options for its passengers destined…
Sahel crisis: Answers from dynamic demography
BY MABINGUE NGOM- It is now a decade since the Sahel crisis unfolded. Yet, the region has picked…
Ethiopia appoints opposition members as ministers
For the first time the Government of Ethiopia has appointed opposition members to serve as ministers in the…
Rwanda to host land policy in Africa conference
The fourth edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) is set to be held in…
Several African leaders attend Ethiopia’s PM inaugural
Several African countries leaders including presidents of Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Prime Minister of…
Former President becomes Speaker of House of Federation of Ethiopia
The former President of Amhara Region Agegnehu Teshager, today elected to serve as Speaker of the House of…
Ethiopia elects Abiy Ahmed to lead new government
Based on the result of the general election held last June, Ethiopia today established a new government by…
UN boss reaction angers Ethiopians on twitter
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians on social media expressed their anger towards the response of the United Nations…