The Ethiopian government has just completed the financing for the construction of the Assela wind farm thanks to the validation of a loan agreement previously signed between the Ministry of Finance and Danske Bank. Denmark’s main bank is supporting the project with a loan of 117.3 million euros, part of the financing promised by Prague. […]
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Ethiopia’s tourism sector interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past seven months, will fully be reopened by the end of this October, Tourism Ethiopia announced. Tourism Ethiopia director-general, Sileshi Girma said most tourism facilities including hotels, tour operators and tourist destinations had halted operations because of the pandemic. The government has tried to help
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A young Ethiopian journalist Fiyori Tewolde has produced and distributed the country’s first Braille newspaper. Braille is a system allowing visually impaired people to read by using raised dots to represent letters that are felt by the fingertips. “There are around four million Ethiopians with a visual impairment and I noticed that they didn’t have
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The Great British Bake Off (popular British baking series) this Season highlighted Ethiopian Coffee. Baker Mark paid homage to Ethiopia with his Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony as part of Biscuit Week creation! Northern Irish Mark fell in love with baking at a pie shop in Edinburgh – he visited every day while he was at university
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Education Development Trust, which leads the UK’s £20m technical assistance to Ethiopia, is supporting education system leaders globally. Their most recent thinkpiece, #LearningRenewed, shares a vision for school reopening in low-income countries. As education systems around the world begin to emerge from Covid-19-related lockdown, governments are facing the difficult decision of when and how to
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In 2011 American child Rachel Beckwith tragically lost her life in a car accident at the age of 9. She had recently donated her 9th birthday to the charity Water skipping her party and birthday gifts – so kids she’d never met could have clean water. She raised $220 – enough to help seven people.
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In the summer of 2019, I was given the chance to attend the Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) summer Program held annually (June-July) in the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut. This is where I expanded my understanding of international affairs and globalization and how to develop and implement positive actions to counteract some
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Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has now inaugurated the Entoto Natural Park. The Prime Minister on the occasion expressed his gratitude to those who have contributed towards the construction of the park, which is part of the Beautifying Sheger Project. The park has been equipped with various facilities, including sports centers, restaurants, coffee shops (visitors
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The new documentary film “Ethiopia’s Elephant Crisis,” by award-winning American journalist and filmmaker Antoine Lindley, brings to the forefront the challenges that Ethiopia faces in wildlife conservation, especially its efforts to save its endangered elephants.Ethiopia has already lost its black rhino, now it is losing its elephants… Commissioned by Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority with support
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With the feeling that perhaps Ethiopia is over the worst of the pandemic, Ethiopia is now getting back to work. The State of Emergency was not renewed in early September, Government offices are gradually opening with different offices set to open over the coming month, and the country is now opening for tourism. However, it
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