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Congratulations to Tilla for winning prestigious award as best day spa in 2020

Africa Spa Awards for 2020 were proud to announce their winner for Day Spa – 2020 category to @tillaclub in Ethiopia. Tilla is more than a spa or fitness club. TILLA is a lifestyle brand devoted to creating a new wellness ecosystem for their clients.  GM Simone Lipari : “We are extremely honored and thankful […]

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Ethiopian clothing

This article describes the different garments of traditional and historic Ethiopian clothing. Bernos (also transliterated Barnos, Burnos) is a wool cloak-like garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Ethiopian and Eritrean highlanders. The term seems to be an adaptation of the Maghrebi version of Burnous. Donald N. Levine notes that the wealthier men

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Export of refrigerated Ethiopian fruit and vegetables by train bound for Europe

Ethiopia has carried out its first exports of avocados by train under a pilot project forming part of the National Cool Logistics Network. An inauguration ceremony was held at Modjo Dry Port to mark the recent loading of the first refrigerated containers bound for the European market. The 24-tonne consignment was produced by dozens of

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Lilit’s Handwoven-beautiful hand woven fashion items and home accesories.

Lulit’s handwoven was founded in 2015 and Lulit Sahle-Michae is the owner and creative director of Lulit’s Handwoven clothing and accessory shop. After obtaining her fashion and marketing BA in London, and working at various fashion and textile companies in France (including Mahlia Kent in Paris where she discovered her passion for the art of

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Gaber Garment

Gaber garment

Jennet Lemma is the founder of Gaber Garment, a garment manufacturing social enterprise dedicated to empowering women in Ethiopia. A returnee from the United States, she repurposed her garment factory in April to produce face masks and protective gear. She retained jobs for all of her 75 employees, mostly women, despite the economic downturn caused

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Locally Assembled Electric Car given to PM Abiy Ahmed

Athlete Haile Gebresselassie has presented the first electric car fully assembled by Hyundai Motors in Ethiopia to Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed today. Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed said the electric car present has came at a time when the government is working to transform Ethiopia’s greening and climate change resilient aspirations in to concrete

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Book; changing rural Ethiopia

This book documents transformation in twenty rural communities in Ethiopia, that have changed almost beyond recognition, in complex ways with different implications for various people–men and women, adults and youth, rich and poor. The communities have become less rural through urbanisation and more outward-looking, including through labour migration. The local economies have become more diversified,

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