Ethiopia opens its first free trade zone
The Government of Ethiopia introduced its first free trade zone in Dire Dawa this week inaugurating the facility…
Ethiopia, Algeria officials discuss investment in pharmaceuticals
Nebiat Getachew Assegid, Ambassador Ethiopia to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, discussed with Dr. Abderrahmane Djamal Lofti…
Innovative initiative to transform African agriculture
As the current crises and disruption in food networks lay bare most African countries’ dependence on food imports,…
AUC launches malaria conversation guide for youth
The African Union Commission (AUC), Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development launched the first continental conversation…
Ethiopia’s mega dam third phase water filling completes
The third round of filling water in the reservoir of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has completed…
US official reflects on transitional justice in Ethiopia
The United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack and Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson met with…
Africa commemorates civil registration and vital statistics day
The fifth Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day will be commemorated on 10 August 2022, during the…
UN agencies to mobilize investment for climate-resilient projects in Africa
Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the…
Ethiopia secures 50 billion Birr from tax dodgers, contrabandists
Out of the total 336.7 billion Birr annual tax income of Ethiopia for the budget year concluded July…
Foundation to scale up Covid-19 vaccinations in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Rockefeller Foundation announces the launch of the Vaccination Action Network (VAN), a $7.4 million locally-led, peer-to-peer learning…
Ethiopia’s coffee export earnings increase 22 percent
Annual export earnings of Ethiopia from coffee export has increased by 22 percent to $1.4 billion during the…
Global alliance launched to end AIDS in children
Globally, only half (52%) of children living with HIV are on life-saving treatment, far behind adults where three…
IFC, Absa Bank partner to deliver affordable housing in South Africa
To increase access to affordable housing in South Africa, IFC and Absa Bank Limited, one of the leading…
Ethiopian Airlines orders Africa’s first A350-1000 Airbus plane
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the flag carrier of Ethiopia, has upsized four of its A350-900 on order to the…
Rwanda, Senegal issue vaccination certificates using SMART health card
This week the Governments of Rwanda and Senegal began issuing vaccination certificates for COVID-19 using the SMART Health…
Spanish agency president disappointed by Ethiopian Government
The President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Spain, Ms Paula Gil, expresses her ‘great diaspointment’ for not being…
US Ambassador visits U.S. Investments in Adama, Ethiopia
The United States Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, visited healthcare…
UAE to provide lifesaving nutrition supplies to Ethiopia
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government, through the Famine Relief Fund, has made a USD$6 million contribution to…
US, Russia top officials set to arrive Ethiopia today
The recently appointed US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa (SEHOA) Mike Hammer, and Russia Foreign Minister,…
Hybrid-electric aircraft completes 1,880 miles test flight
The Ampaire hybrid-electric EEL demonstrator aircraft today completed a 1,880 statute mile mission from Los Angeles to Oshkosh,…
Ethiopia deputy PM meets Switzerland Ambassador
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnnen met on Thursday, the Ambassador of Switzerland in Ethiopia,…
Raxio data center set to improve Ethiopia’s financial services
Raxio Ethiopia, the nation’s first hyperscale ready Tier III carrier neutral data centre, today hosted Executives of Ethiopian…
Cabo Verde becomes Africa50’s 32nd shareholder
Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, has welcomed the Republic of Cabo Verde as its newest Shareholder country.
Ethiopia achieves 94 percent tax revenue target
The Ministry of Revenue of Ethiopia has said it has achieved its 93.53 percent of its tax revenue…
African leaders call for financing to protect the world’s biodiversity
At the Africa Nature Finance Forum, held yesterday on the sidelines of the inaugural African Protected Areas Congress…
US Ambassador visits Gondar in Amhara Region of Ethiopia
Ambassador Tracey Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia visited Gondar, Amhara July 19-20.
Ex Ethiopia PM calls for fast-tracking Africa’s food system transformation
Former Ethiopia Prime Minister, and Board Chair of AGRA, Hailemariam Dessalegn has urged Africa’s leaders to collaborate in…
IMF AFRITAC East steering committee completes 24th meeting
Chaired by Mr. Fikadu Digafe, Vice Governor and Chief Economist of the National Bank of Ethiopia, the International…
US provides $55 million for Ethiopia’s food-crisis response
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced nearly $55 million in additional food-security…
Eritrea trains 5,000 Somali special forces
As part of a military cooperation and strengthening regional security, the Government of Eritrea has trained 5,000 special…