Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, tops the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Shortlist
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is one of the nominees in the Henrik Urdal’s 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Shortlist for his unprecedented political reform in […]
Month: February 2019
Roads connecting Ethiopia and Kenya elevate trade by 400 pct: AfDB President
(Xinhua)–President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina, PhD, on 14th February 2019 revealed that road connectivity among neighboring Ethiopia and Kenya has helped […]
Improving conditions for solar energy investment in Ethiopia
The four solar photovoltaic projects announced by the Ethiopian government are in addition to two Scaling Solar projects which are currently being procured under the […]
United States launches a $40 million Health Financing Improvement Program to support Ethiopia’s healthcare coverage
ADDIS ABABA (U.S. Embassy)–The United States launched, on 14 February 2019, a new, five-year USD $40 million Health Financing Improvement Program to invest in expanding […]
VIDEO ― UNHCR chief praises Ethiopia’s innovative approach to refugees
“What has developed here is a unique approach to self-reliance of refugees where the government of Ethiopia has been extremely open to new approaches,” said […]
In Ethiopia, climate change leads herders to retrain as farmers
In the Hamar area, 1.5 million of the 3 million animals that herders owned perished during the particularly brutal 2015-2016 drought, when the region saw […]
FIFA President opens regional development office in Addis Ababa
ADDIS ABABA (FIFA.com)–On 11 February 2019, FIFA President Gianni Infantino officially opened FIFA’s third African Regional Development Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The establishment of […]
Eutelsat Partners with Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters for Video Capacity on EUTELSAT 8 West B
PARIS (Press Release)– Eutelsat Communications (ETL) has signed simultaneous multi-year contracts with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) for […]
Global Fund praises African leadership on investing in health
Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund, expressed thanks and solidarity with Africa’s commitment to investing in health and greatly advancing efforts to end […]
The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy launched at Addis Ababa University
The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy, published on 10th January 2019 and edited by Fantu Cheru, Christopher Cramer & Arkebe Oqubay, and has 1008 […]