Ethiopia becomes one of the three African countries that have an online system that enables teachers and students to interact online. Huawei with UNESCO launched the implementation of the Technology-Enabled Open Schools for All (TeOSS) project.
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The topping out ceremony of the construction of the future headquarters of the Africa Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Africa CDC) was held in Addis Ababa, marking the first phase completion of the project. -
The Ministry of Trade & Regional integration launched the National Warehouse Receipt pilot project, a system that enables farmers to get credit for depositing grains in exchange for a warehouse receipt. -
The Public Procurement Service (PPS) canceled the bid it announced to buy 300,000 tonnes of wheat for humanitarian assistance. Price variation from the global market led the government to cancel the tender, according to information obtained from the PPS. -
Huawei introduced a range of new products and a new operating system this week. The new products available to the global market include smartphones, smartwatches, and tablets powered by its new operating system Harmony OS2.
Politics
Two years after the June 23rd attempt to assassinate the then new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed (PhD), Ethiopia continues to be racked by political killings every year. Particularly, the month of June seems to be the harbinger of nothing but calamity.
The latest round of talks among three key Nile River Basin countries failed to resolve a contentious dispute over construction of a giant $4.6bn hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia, Sudan's irrigation minister said Wednesday.
China and the United Nations backed calls for Ethiopia to resume talks over its plan to begin filling a giant hydropower dam that is opposed by Egypt.
The eagerly expected 2020 general and regional elections of Ethiopia have been indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Following the election’s cancellation- which if not for the pandemic was scheduled to take place in August- the issue has become a controversial topic.
Business
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Many assumed the military operations in Tigray which brought the quick end of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) will hugely affect the telecom services among others. In fact, it was difficult to determine the outcomes of the law enforcement operation as information was limitedly coming out of the Tigray. -
From the outset, the economic constraints of locomotion were simple. People have used different sorts of transportation as simple as a horse. This made commuting more meaningful and sentimental, adding the element of necessity, albeit with an inconvenience of sorts. But through time one could argue human beings’ civilization spectrum took off with a modicum of moderation to hold a grip on. -
It took more than 100 years for Ethiopia to set the telecom sector liberalized. It has been almost three years since this initial decision of the government was publicized. -
The largest wireless carriers operating in Africa are starting to form partnerships ahead of making offers for new licenses to be awarded by Ethiopia, which is opening its telecom industry to international companies. -
Ethiopia reported its first Covid-19 coronavirus case on 13 March. The infected individual was later identified as a Japanese citizen. Ten days later the Ethiopian government announced the closure of the country’s land borders. -
Ethiopia, Africa’s largest coffee grower, could face “significant volatility” in the crop’s yields in a decade due to changing weather patterns, according to McKinsey & Co.
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INTERVIEW
Meried Bekele is the founder of IE Network Solutions, one of the leading privately owned network infrastructure and data center service providers in Ethiopia. With more than 100 projects to date, a 100,000,000 Birr annual revenue and 12 years of experience, his company has been accompanying businesses, institutions and organizations to achieve digital transformations.
Kibur Kibret is a prominent member of AIESEC Ethiopia as director of business development. Here he reflects with Detail Ethiopia on the organization, on the benefit of membership, on its history in Ethiopia as well as its vision.
Adane Firde, 25 is an emerging photographer, now running his first exhibition of his unique everyday Ethiopian photographs inside blueMoon this week. It was opened last week with many people in attendance. Here, he reflects with Detail Ethiopia on his photography, the motivation behind them and his future as a photographer.
Teodrose Fikremariam was once a noted political activist, a prolific writer who later fell on hard times in the United States. With much accomplishment and willing to reflect on his own life in order to promote a slew of public causes and issues he cares about, the Ethiopian - American recently reflected on his own American story, on his activism, on the recent conflict in Ethiopia and on how others can learn from his, if they want to follow in his footsteps.
Architecture
Throughout history, the means of expression of humans have evolved with time. Our culture, identity and existence depends on our lifestyle and progress, the way we express ourselves, the artifacts we build, and the culture we develop. All of these are reflections of what we are, what we have learned and what we will be remembered by.
Ethiopia's wonderful architectural heritages, the Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibela has always impressed the world. The monolithic Churches were built centuries ago and they still catch the eyes and hearts of tourists from around the globe. It reflects the then civilization of the country.
As one thinks of the name of a certain city on the planet, there comes a vivid picture which represents that particular city’s unique features that specifically identify it. Apart from serving as residence and business centers, buildings depict a country’s culture, architecture, and civilization.
Construction of Ethiopia’s US $5bn Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) is now 71% complete according to Belachew Kasa, Project Deputy Director.
There's nowhere on earth quite like Abuna Yemata Guh. Although less impressive architecturally than most, the church is spectacularly sited within a cliff face, halfway up a sheer rock pinnacle 4km west of Megab.
LIFESTYLE
Situated in the baking heat of Samara, Afar, is a refugee camp that has welcomed thousands of former Ethiopian refugees from abroad. Ethiopia, beyond its troubling narrative of the displacment of its own populations in the millions, remains home to more than one million refugees from neighboring nations such as, South Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia and now Yemen and Syria.
Our desire to buy new things, acquire new products, upgrade our phones, homes, and our cars is escalating with today’s age of material abundance and consumerism. We want the new, we want the best and we want it now.
Emotions hanging on a wall in a kaleidoscopic character embodying the artist’s narrative content roaring out to reach our insanity, comprehending the fragments of the dense truth, artists are the conscience of society, taking the first step in carrying the burdens of human uncertainty, providing technical resolution by weaving the subject matter into life with tools of color, rawness, passion and desire.
In recent weeks, as many as 50 Ethiopian women, formerly employed as domestic workers in the homes of Lebanese citizens, have been abandoned by their employers outside the Ethiopian consulate in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. Employers apparently resorted to this after being unable to pay their salaries.
In Focus
The ascension of Abiy Ahmed (PhD) to the top government job as Prime Minister of Ethiopia has opened many doors, paving the way for a raft of women to assume key posts in his cabinet.
A talented marketer, Frehiwot Tamru is one of the very few influential female leaders within PM Abiy’s administration. She turned Ethio Telecom around a much significant state run enterprise right after she was appointed CEO almost two years ago. Once the highly indebted Ethio Telecom, now with it’s outstanding USD 3.1 billion loan from China EX-IM Bank, has not been black listed as a defaulter.
Despite political upheavals coupled with natural hazards and the COVID-19 pandemic, certain government agencies have delivered commendable performances during the 2012 Ethiopian Year. While some have struggled to meet a certain set of targets, others have achieved projected milestones.
ail tracks, a set of photographers, a wedding couple, a Prime Minister and a visiting dignitary. This is how Ethiopian Prime Minister gate crashed a wedding photo session whiles on official duty.
