EVENT ― African Innovation Week 2019: Addis Ababa
EVENT: African Innovation Week 2019 DATE: October 28 – November 02, 2019 ORGANIZERS: Ministry of Innovation and Technology, IBA Ethiopia Center for Innovation PLACE: Addis […]
Month: January 2019
Timket: Ethiopia’s most colorful holiday of the year
Timket is celebrated every January throughout the country. But many consider Gondar to host the best experience: Its 17th-century pool, surrounding one of the city’s […]
Guinea worm wanes to 28 cases globally; Ethiopia, Mali report zero human cases
After an isolated outbreak in 2017, the Ethiopian national program intensified interventions including aggressive treatment of potentially contaminated water sources, resulting in zero human Guinea […]
Ethiopian parliament ratifies legislation that gives employment, education rights to refugees
The Ethiopian parliament approved a new refugee rights legislation which is part of Ethiopia’s commitment towards the implementation of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF). […]
Climate change and deforestation are putting more than half of the world’s wild coffee species at risk, scientists said
Action is urgently needed in specific tropical countries, particularly in Africa and particular in forested areas which are being hit hard by climate change and […]
Nearly 36 million children in Ethiopia are poor and lack access to basic social services, a new report reveals
The analysis, UNICEF Ethiopia jointly conducted with relevant government partners, reveals that 88 per cent or 36.2 million children are multi-dimensionally poor, defined as a […]
Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time
Anopheles stephensi Liston mosquito is a major malaria vector with a geographical range from the Middle East through the Indian subcontinent and China. WACO, TX […]
CBE launches its first international mobile money transfer service to Ethiopia with WorldRemit
WorldRemit, with which the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia has collaborated, is a leading digital money transfer service that makes sending money as easy as sending an […]
Former Ethiopian first lady partners with CFPA to promote the welfare of women and children in Ethiopia
In an exclusive interview with ChinAfrica, Roman Tesfaye, former Ethiopian first lady, talks about her future projects and comments on her collaboration with her Chinese […]
Ethiopian Airlines signs WheelTug slot agreement
Ethiopian will be able to reduce its costs and improve its system-wide performance through fleet utilization gains and more dependable departures, a press releases from […]