Having Your Cake and Eating It: Can you have Economic Growth & Mitigate...
The accepted wisdom is that you can’t have economic growth and mitigate against climate change at the same time. Not so, according to a new study. Ethiopia was one of three global case studies taking...
View ArticleEthiopia and Portugal to Boost Trade, Investment Ties
Ethiopia and Portugal should boost their trade and investment relations utilizing the long-standing diplomatic cooperation of the two countries, Portugal’s Ambassador to Ethiopia said. In an exclusive...
View ArticleEthiopia: One of the Five Fastest-Growing Countries in the World
With the global economy bouncing back slowly but surely from the recession, some of the world’s top emerging economies are seizing the opportunity to shine China, the world’s most successful emerging...
View ArticleEliminating Bureaucratic Hurdles Impeding Businesses
The World Bank recently issued its annual flagship report which measures the ease of doing business across the countries of the world. Entitled Doing Business 2015: Going Beyond Efficiency, the report...
View ArticleWorld’s Power Producers Flock to Ethiopia
The Power Africa meeting, a continental energy talk held for three consecutive years in Addis Ababa, has been attracting interest from energy industry representatives. Experts who attended the two day...
View ArticleBusiness Solutions to Value Chain Problems: Learning from the first...
Agriculture makes up more than 43% of the Ethiopian GDP, generates over 70% export values and provides livelihood for more than 85% of its citizens (UNDP 2013). Though Ethiopia’s agricultural potential...
View ArticleDario Minutella
Mr. Dario Minutella is a Manager at A.T. Kearney, which is a leading global management consulting firm with offices in more than 40 countries. A.T. Kearney is a partner-owned firm, committed to helping...
View ArticleNuredin Mohammed
Mr. Nuredin Mohammed is the General Manager at the Ethiopian Trading Enterprise (Alle Bejimla, or simply ALLE), a public enterprise initiated by the Ethiopian government. The primary mandate of the...
View ArticleAdam Abate
Mr. Adam Abate is a founding partner of Apposit and is responsible for the business development and operations of the company. Apposit focuses on mobile financial services, data collection and...
View ArticleTurkish investors to build a modern city in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa
Turkish investors that are interested to invest in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, housing development as well as the city construction works held discussion with President Mulatu Teshome on Thursday,...
View ArticleEthiopia issues USD 1 billion sovereign bond
Following the decision that was passed by the Government of Ethiopia to dip into the international money market, it announced to investors on Wednesday that it has issued a sovereign bond amounting one...
View ArticleSheep Leather to Become the New Ethiopian Brand
Dubbed as champion product approach, Ethiopia is set to brand its leather and leather products made of sheep skin to Japanese market and beyond. Sponsored by the Japan International Cooperation Agency...
View ArticleCoca Cola, Ambo Water to be under one umbrella
The oldest modern mineral water, Ambo Mineral Water, a.k.a. Ambo Tsebel, was bought jointly by the UK-based multinational brewer, SABMiller PLC, and SouthWest Development (SWD), will join the Coca Cola...
View ArticleGovernment Contemplates Beefing up Investment Commission
The recently-restructured Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) is anticipated to oversee two essential government activities, industry zone management and export promotion, which are considered to be...
View ArticleEthiopia adopts Israeli Day/Night Solar Power System
Powered primarily by the sun, AORA’s Tulip energy system works 24/7 – even at night and when it’s cloudy Solar energy is an ideal solution for the power needs of the developing world – except for one...
View ArticleSaudi Billionaire to Invest $100 Million in Ethiopian Farm
Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, an Ethiopian company owned by billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi, plans to invest $100 million in a rice farm in western Ethiopia next year to kick-start the stalled...
View ArticleEthio-South Africa Business Forum Opens in Addis Ababa
The Ethio-South Africa Pre-investment Trade Mission meeting was opened on December 2 at the Ellile Hotel, Addis Ababa in the presence of higher government officials, South African investors,...
View ArticleEastern, Southern African Trade Fund Will Boost Regional Business Flow
Expectations have heightened in Rwanda and beyond as plans have been unveiled by the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (commonly known as PTA Bank) and GML Capital to establish an...
View ArticleEthiopia’s Bond Offering rated by Moody’s and S&P
Moody’s has assigned a provisional (P)B1 rating to Ethiopia’s upcoming dollar-denominated bond offering, while Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has assigned it a ‘B’ rating. The bond, Ethiopia’s first...
View ArticleWhere will Huge State Investments lead Ethiopia?
From thousands of kilometers of railways and highways to mega dams to tens of thousands of partially government-sponsored houses to cobblestone roads, Ethiopia is a nation under-construction. About a...
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