Year: 2014

  • Africa

    The U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba issues alert on potential “imminent terrorist attack” in Bole area

    The U.S. Embassy in Addis Abeba issued an alert advising U.S. citizens in Addis Abeba of a potential terrorist attack by the Somali based militant group Al-Shabaab. The alert advised U.S. citizens “to avoid large crowds and places where both Ethiopians and westerners frequent.” The Embassy says it has “received threat reports of al-Shabaab’s intent to target the Bole area.…

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    Ethiopia to host third Powering Africa meeting

    The 3rd Annual Powering Africa meeting will take place here in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia,  from 20 -21st November 2014, the organizers say. Entitled Powering Africa Ethiopia (PA:E), the meeting is organized by EnergyNet, a London based company known for producing global portfolio of investment meetings focused on Africa’s power and infrastructure sectors. Some of the key areas expected to be…

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  • Africa

    Rod of Correction

    The Encyclopaedia Aethiopica under scrutiny By Gregory Norris The crowds kept pouring in until a multitude took shape. Above them stood this modern day Joshua who promised to uplift them from poverty. At long last, deliverance was at hand. The year was 1972 and Jamaicans had had enough. A decade after independence, standards of life had not only failed to…

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    Temsalet: a book celebrating phenomenal Ethiopian women launched

    The Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA) launched Temsalet: Phenomenal Ethiopian Women, a book featuring stories and photographs of 64 accomplished Ethiopian women, on the 7th of October 2014. The inauguration of the book was followed by a week-long exhibition “Faces of Temsalet” featuring photographs by award-winning Ethiopian photographer Aïda Muluneh whose portraits of the women accompany each story in…

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  • Africa

    USAID coordinator for disability and development visits Ethiopia

    Expands program for participation of persons with disabilities to 49 primary schools   Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, USAID’s global Coordinator for Disability and Inclusive Development, and world-renowned lawyer and advocate for rights of persons with disabilities and children, visited Ethiopia this week to advance support to people with disabilities and facilitate their inclusion in the country’s development process.   Ms. McClain-Nhlapo participated…

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  • U.S

    Bad news doesn’t always travel fast

    Faulty ignition switch which caused airbags not to deploy during a crash forced America’s giant car manufacture General Motors to recall 1.6 million vehicles worldwide. While this is a recent fiasco, GM is no stranger to similar bad news; it is just that at General Motors bad news travels slowly,   Tomas Mega from Las Vegas, NV In June, General…

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  • Africa

    Africa needs innovative finance to bridge infrastructure gaps: The Africa progress panel

    African nations have already begun to tap into global financial markets. Domestic tax and savings also offer solutions Power outages and the lack of roads, railways, and ports have long been a frustrating feature of business in Africa, hindering home grown entrepreneur and foreign investor alike. “To become more competitive globally, Africa must close these infrastructure gaps to unlock quality…

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  • Africa

    Key events at the Africa Hotel Investment Forum in Addis Abeba

    The Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) 2014, which took place in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia from 29th Sep. to 1st Oct. has provided the more than 500 participants who gathered from all over Africa from speed networking to in depth discussions on topics that matter to the hotel and tourism industry throughout the continent. Some of these topics included: what’s Africa’s…

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  • Africa

    Marriott International pledges to train local staff abroad

    Marriott International, which has just become one of the largest hotel groups in the continent after its acquisition of the South African based Protea Hotel Group on April this year, said in its effort to keep the hotel’s global standard, it plans to take local employees abroad for training. Speaking at a press conference on the side of the Africa…

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    Athlete Haile Gebreselassie shares experience in hotel investment at the ongoing AHIF

    Highlights of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) 2014, which concludes today, included a breakfast conversation with the Olympic Gold medalist and hotel investor Haile Gebreselassie. Haile discussed what it has taken for him to succeed and why he has chosen to put some of his hard earned money in to the hospitality sector. He will also share his view…

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