Forum in Ethiopia to reflect on investing in Africans
The third Africa Business Forum on Investing in People, Planet and Prosperity takes place on Tuesday, 11 February 2020, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the margins of the 33rd Ordinary Summit of…
Towards zero female genital mutilation
A joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of…
Ethiopia to host agriculture ministers’ forum on locust outbreak
Agriculture ministers of from locus outbreak affected eastern African countries Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are set to meet in Addis Ababa this week on the sidelines of the African Union heads of…
UN Secretary-General set to arrive Ethiopia
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is scheduled to arrive Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union to be held from 9-10 February at the…
Coca Cola to introduce Schweppes Novida in Ethiopia
The Coca Cola company is set to introduce Schweppes Novida Pineapple in Ethiopia. The a new non-alcoholic malt beverage is new to the Ethiopian market after the factory, which used to produce…
Ethiopia begins selling its gas produce in local market
The Government of Ethiopia has began selling its gas produce in the local market. During the first six months of Ethiopia’s current fiscal calendar which started July 8, 2019, the country has…
Ethiopia appoints 65 military generals
As part of its ongoing multifaceted reform reform, the Government of Ethiopia today appoints 65 military generals of which five are women.
How continental free trade benefits Africans
New Business Ethiopia Videos BY ANDUALEM SISAY GESSESSE – Asmara, Eritrea – Experts and senior government officials FROM EASTERN African countries have met in Asmara, Eritrea, for the first time from November…
HIV/AIDS leads to 17,181 deaths in Ethiopia in 2017
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – A research paper released by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) reveals that HIV/AIDS was responsible for 17,181 deaths in Ethiopia in 2017.
British company finds gas reserve in Ethiopia
NewAge (African Global Energy Ltd), the British energy company has discovered 1.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserve in the Ogaden basin of Somali Region of Ethiopia, local media reported.
Ethiopia’s industrial parks generate $103 million export income
The government of Ethiopia has secured $103 million export earnings from products manufactured in industrial parks over the first nine months of its fiscal year started July 8, 2018.
World Bank President visits Ethiopia
The President of the World Bank Group (WBG), David Malpass, who met Ethiopian government officials in Addis Ababa, expressed his institution’s support to the ongoing economic reform of Ethiopia.
UN agency suspends operations in western Ethiopia
The United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it has suspended its operations in the Western part of Ethiopia, Gambella region due to insecurity.
Journalists from the globe confer in Ethiopia
Journalists from across the world gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a three days conference and celebrate the World Press Freedom Day.