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The Unlikely Story of Ethiopia’s Olympiacos Hellenic Athletic Association Byline: Philip Chrysopoulos

With its blue and white colors, private facilities, philanthropic work, many sports clubs, the Olympiacos Hellenic Athletic Association goes beyond embracing the Addis Ababa Greek community and represents Hellenism itself in the African country. In 1910, the Greek community was the most populous of all Addis Ababa’s foreign groups, with 334 people, mainly from the […]

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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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Addis Ababa en route to becoming cycle friendly

Addis Ababa is planning to build 200km of cycle tracks which will help to connect high density residential areas with commercial districts. The Safe Cycling Program aims to make the city a cycle-friendly city. In 2019, Addis Ababa adopted the Non-Motorized Transport Strategy following the commitment of the City Administration to invest in the development

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Train link between Ethiopia and Sudan to be studied

The African Development Bank has approved a $1.2 million grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study into a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan. This grant from the African Development Fund, the Group’s concessional-rate lending arm, covers 35% of the total cost of the study, estimated at $3.4 million. The

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