Tag: ethiopia

DJIBOUTI/ETHIOPIA : Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

July 5, 2021
State-run electric companies Electricité de Djibouti (EdD) and Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) recently began looking for a consultant to work on a project to build the second power interconnection line between Ethiopia and Djibouti. Source link

ETHIOPIA : The final obstacles on the road to Ethio Telecom's privatisation

June 26, 2021
On 14 June, the Ethiopian government kick-started the tendering process for the future partial privatisation of the state-owned telephone operator Ethio Telecom. Source link

SUDAN/ETHIOPIA/EGYPT : Emirates seek to mediate between Sisi, Abiy, and Hamdock over GERD mega-dam

May 2, 2021
The initiative was many weeks in preparation (Africa Intelligence, 29/03/21). UAE crown prince Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MbZ) made a very brief visit to Cairo on 24 April to meet President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. During a two-hour face-to-face meeting Source link

UNITED STATES/ETHIOPIA : Pro-Abiy diaspora mobilises in Washington

April 9, 2021
L’American-Ethiopia Public Affairs Committee est venu s’ajouter à la liste déjà longue des associations et groupements d’intérêts éthiopiens basés aux Etats-Unis. Source link

Africa: Scholar Recommends Ethiopia’s Economic Policy to Other Africans

December 13, 2020
Ethiopia is a good example to African countries with regard to pursuing home-grown economic policy and strategies that are free from the dominance of developed countries, a renowned African policy scholar said. In an emailed interview with The Ethiopian Herald, Political Economy Professor at Nairobi University, Michael Chege stated that the policies and strategies of

Airports targeted by missiles in Ethiopia amid conflict

November 14, 2020
A regional government in Ethiopia fired rockets at two airports in a neighboring state amid a deadly conflict that appears to be growing. Two airports in Ethiopia’s Amhara state were targeted in the strikes late Friday. One, the Gondar airport, was hit and sustained damage. The second rocket missed its target, the Bahir Dar airport,