A little over a year after our inaugural charity bike ride which launched Ride the Rift, we are staging the second edition of our charity bike ride in Ankober. All profits from this event will be given to support local guides and cooks who have had no income due to the impact of COVID-19 and […]
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Ethiopia is known and appreciated the world over for its exquisite and intricate Crosses representing the centuries old Orthodox faith of the country going back to the preAxumite period. Crosses were first created out of wood, bone, leather and stone. The Falasha Jews, allegedly first practised the art and skill of producing crosses from silver.
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The Ethiopian Art Conservation Program (EACP) is a bilateral project between Belgium and Ethiopia which has been in place since January of this year. In August 2021 it became an independent organization responsible for providing restoration and conservation education in Ethiopia. For both the structural build-up of the project and the implementation of the education,
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RIDE THE RIFT is a collaborative effort by four Ethiopian tour operators to re-energise Ethiopia’s tourism sector after the Covid-19 crisis and the conflict in Northern Ethiopia. In support of the call of PM Dr. Abiy for the Ethiopian Diaspora around the world to join the Great Ethiopian Home Coming, we have developed some special
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DESCRIPTION This is one of the many types of bread made in Ethiopia, and it has a special ingredient; before baking, you wrap the moist dough in Koba Kitel – that is, the leaves of the Enset plant, a vital food source in many Southern Ethiopian cultures. Enset is often referred to as “false banana” because
Benyam Bisrat, the youngest of 9 children from the Jupiter family dynasty, is the managing Director of Jupiter International Hotel where he achieved great success culminating in Jupiter being credited as the best company in Ethiopia to work for (survey taken by Deloitte). Raised with the principals of taking care of People before Profit, Benyam
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Christmas in Ethiopia is called Ganna (or Genna) and is celebrated on January 7th. An important Ethiopian holiday, visitors in the country can get an insight into the religious traditions and culture of the African nation. Ganna comes 12 days before the Timkat festival, another important holiday. Travelers with an Ethiopian eVisa can spend up to 90 days in Ethiopia
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Mafi Mafi is among the six finalists of the 2021 Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Frontier Challenge – each finalist was carefully selected from over 430 applications received from start-ups and scaleups globally. Building on Tommy Hilfiger’s sustainability vision to Waste Nothing and Welcome All, the third edition of the program strives to continue amplifying and supporting
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A little girl who grew up in Addis, Sosina Wogayehu loved acrobatics from the age of 6 and grew up to become a globally renowned circus artiste creating multiple opportunities for many other young Ethiopian acrobats. After years abroad and an international career and education in Australia, Sosina returned to Ethiopia in 2013 to establish
The Circus Center: Training and Empowering Ethiopian Youth Read More »
Actuel Interiors is a creative furniture design house with a vision to become the #1 contemporary urban lifestyle brand in Ethiopia and beyond. It designs and creates products that are functional, emotion inspiring and filled with a passion for beauty and quality. Actuel interiors bring together designers, architects, artisans and artists to re-imagine exciting and
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