Chinese Companies Invest 4 Bln USD in Ethiopia in 2 Decades
ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) – Chinese companies have invested around 4 billion U.S. dollars during the last two decades in Ethiopia, employing 111,000 Ethiopians on permanent […]
Hailemariam Desalegn
Inspired by China’s Success Story, Ethiopia Modernizes Its Economy
With a young population, Ethiopia is banking on overseas investment in industrial parks to create jobs and produce a stable and thriving economy. By He […]
Singapore’s DPM Teo Chee Hean to Visit Ethiopia and South Africa
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean will meet Singapore companies based in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, and meet key regional leaders in the […]
Ethiopia Sets Its Sights on $30bn Apparel Exports
Ethiopia is raising the bar on its garment and textile ambitions, targeting exports worth $30bn by 2025: a huge goal for a country whose annual shipments currently sit […]
Ethiopia Rejects UN, EU Calls to Investigate Deadly Protests
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Associated Press)—Ethiopia’s prime minister is rejecting requests by the United Nations and the European Union to investigate months of anti-government protests that […]
Africa’s Biggest Hydropower Plant (GERD) to Supply Power to Sudan
The transmission line will connect the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River with Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister said. By […]
EU Special Rep. for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis Visits Ethiopia to Launch Strategic Engagement on Human Rights and Governance
Addis Ababa―The European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, paid an official human rights visit to Ethiopia on 4-6 April 2017. The visit […]
Tanzania Plans to Import 400 MW of Electricity from Ethiopia
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Reuters)–Tanzania plans to import 400 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Ethiopia to power its industrial drive, Tanzanian President John Magufuli said […]
Ethiopia-South Sudan Road Opens up Trade Route
The construction of the two roads was agreed at a more general meeting between Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir. […]
Ethiopia: PM Hailemariam Desalegn Meets UK’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
Addis Ababa (FBC)–Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn held discussion with Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson in Addis Ababa yesterday (March 16). During their […]