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Ethiopians Prefer Driving Home-grown Cars

Ethiopians Prefer Driving Home-grown Cars

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Ethiopia's Devaluation Leads to Food Price Hikes

Ethiopia's Devaluation Leads to Food Price Hikes

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Nitrus Oxide Economy???

Nitrus Oxide Economy???

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Time to Tame the “Lion River”

Time to Tame the “Lion River”

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 Ethiopia Devaluates its Currency by 20 Percent

Ethiopia Devaluates its Currency by 20 Percent

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Ethiopia Launches Tourism Development Policy

Ethiopia Launches Tourism Development Policy

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Polaris Eyes Ethiopian Finance, Insurance Market

Polaris Eyes Ethiopian Finance, Insurance Market

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Two Indian Information Communication Technology (ICT) companies signed a partnership agreement here in Addis Ababa this morning (August 27, 2010) to provide financial technologies to the Ethiopian banking and insurance companies.

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Ethiopians Prefer Driving Home-grown Cars

Ethiopians Prefer Driving Home-grown Cars

By Luc van Kemenade NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA CONTRIBUTOR
With public purchasing power on the rise, Ethiopia’s small but emerging middle class yearns to cruise around Addis Ababa in style.

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Africans Set to Manufacture Tractors, Machineries

Africans Set to Manufacture Tractors, Machineries

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Industries for Africa (IfA), the Sweden-based foundation, launches mega project which will make the top African mechanical engineering students manufacturers of tractors and other machineries.

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House Approves Ethiopia’s 2010/11 Budget

House Approves Ethiopia’s 2010/11 Budget

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The House of Peoples’ Representatives, which will conclude its five-year session next week, approved today (July 1, 2010) the 77.2 billion birr (around 5.7 billion USD at current exchange rate) national budget of the country.

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VOA Launches Broadcasting via Email Subscription

VOA Launches Broadcasting via Email Subscription

Voice of America (VOA), which has been broadcasting its news and programs for 28 years for Ethiopian and Eritrean audiences in Amharic language, has launched today (August 3, 2010) broadcasting its programs via email subscription.

 

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Al–Shabab Continues Attack in East Africa: Six Somali Parliamentarians Killed

Al–Shabab Continues Attack in East Africa: Six Somali Parliamentarians Killed

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Islamist militants killed 32 people in Mogadishu yesterday (August 24, 2010), including six parliamentarians by attacking a hotel. 

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U.S. Government Renovates HIV-AIDS Clinic at Ambo Hospital

U.S. Government Renovates HIV-AIDS Clinic at Ambo Hospital

The Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Clinic at Ambo Hospital, which has just undergone a 120,000 USD renovation funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), was inaugurated today (August 5, 2010). 

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Seventh African Development Forum to Focus on Climate Change

Seventh African Development Forum to Focus on Climate Change

BY NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA REPORTER

The seventh African Development Forum (ADF VI), which will be convened here in Addis Ababa from 10 to 15 October on the theme, “Acting on Climate Change for Sustainable Development in Africa’ is set to gather over 800 experts in the field of climate change.

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Dropout Persists in Ethiopian Elementary Schools

Dropout Persists in Ethiopian Elementary Schools

BY NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA REPORTER

After implementing national education sector development program for the past five years, Ethiopian Ministry of Education failed to reduce the percentage of dropout students from elementary schools.

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International Short Film Festival Opens In Addis

International Short Film Festival Opens In Addis

BY NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA REPORTER

A week-long international short film festival entitled ‘Images That Matter’ opens here in Addis Ababa at the Ethiopian National Theater.

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Bushmen Launch Appeal over Right to Water

Bushmen Launch Appeal over Right to Water

The Bushmen of Botswana have lodged an appeal against a High Court decision that denied them access to water on their ancestral lands.

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Ethiopian Filmmaker Wins International Contract

Ethiopian Filmmaker Wins International Contract

BY NEW BUSINESS ETHIOPIA REPORTER

Ethiopian filmmaker, Henok Mebratu, has won a pitching competition organized by the Ethiopian Film Initiative (EFI) www.ethiopianfilminitiative.org in Addis Ababa.

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