This week, Secretary of State John Kerry and Thomas R. Kuhn, President of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), signed a joint statement of intent for collaborative action in support of the modernization…
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, Gulf Air, today commenced its highly anticipated direct operations to Bandaranaike International Airport, in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, with 5 flights per week.
Thousands of Burundians on Thursday witnessed the ground-breaking for a 7.5 MW solar field that will add 15% to the East African country’s generation capacity.
Associate Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Perin Saint Ange, urged water ministers of developing countries to combat water scarcity and help farmers access the water they need to…
With the main objective of increasing access to regional bus users in Addis Ababa, Kifiya Financial Technologies, one of the major payment service providers in Ethiopia, added 80 additional e-ticketing agents in all…
The African Development Bank Group provided financial assistance to the people affected by the earthquake which hit the Kagera region, in northwestern Tanzania last September.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the Brookings Institution and the University of Warwick are set to host an international conference in Rome aimed at advancing global efforts…
JSS Empowerment Mining Fund agreed to sponsor the new Junior Miners Pavilion, including the much anticipated Investment Battlefield Competition at the upcoming Investing in African Mining Indaba conference.
Three research groups from USA, Finland, and UK were selected as awardees of the 5 million US dollar grant awarded for the Second Cycle of the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and its partners Pathfinder and John Snow, Inc., marked the successful completion of the Integrated Family Health Program in Ethiopia, which saved lives of…
Expanding its service in one of the fastest growing continents in the world, Ethiopian Airlines says it is set to start flying to three more destinations in Africa until June 2017.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, together with The MasterCard Foundation, today announced a cooperation agreement valued at $1 million with microfinance institution FINCA in the…
Ethiopia’s University of Gondar and Canada’s Queen’s University today announced a 10-year, $24.2 million partnership. The partnership aims to advance inclusive higher education for young people with disabilities in Ethiopia and Africa…
By Ambassador Amina Mohamed – Africa, the cradle of mankind and home to the youngest population in the world, has a historic opportunity to realise its full potential, in sharing our potential…