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Ethiopia: Eastern Africa’s Power Nexus

Ethiopia, a country of more than 90 million people, has a large rural population and a strained infrastructure. But the latter is changing quickly, as...Read more

T’ej Featured on TODAY Show

The Gold Medal-winning wine, Bee d'Vine, was featured on a TODAY Show segment about honey wines. Bee d'Vine was founded by Ayele Solomon, who was born...Read more

Building food security in Ethiopia

AFAR (NORTHEASTERN ETHIOPIA) - Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), set up in 2005, aims to make fully food secure the millions of p...Read more

Ethiopia’s 2013-14 Exports Increase 6% on Jump in Oilseed Sales

Ethiopian exports rose 5.8 percent to $3.3 billion in the year through July 7 partly due to an increase in oilseed revenue, the country’s second-lar...Read more

Ethiopia: Dairy Innovation Fund Launched

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Irish Aid signed a collaboration agreement at the Sheraton Addis to provide funding...Read more

Africa’s growth path: Reduce diseases, Bill Gates cautions

Unless Africa dramatically decreases its rates of malnutrition and premature mortality, it will not achieve the productivity levels necessary to compe...Read more

Study Questions Who “Fair Trade” Actually Helps

In April, the Fair Trade, Employment, and Poverty Reduction (FTEPR) project at SOAS, University of London, released itsstudy, "Fairtrade, Employmen...Read more

ECX to Launch Commodity Traceability, Online Trading Projects

The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) said it would implement commodity traceability and online trading projects this Ethiopian fiscal year. ECX In...Read more

Food Security is Land Security

How can the world feed a global population of 9 billion by 2050? The answer might seem simple enough: grow more food. The “green revolution,” a p...Read more

Ethiopia’s First Ever Fertilizer Blending Plant Inaugurated

Tullo Bollo, Oromia, Ethiopia – On June 1, 2014, Ethiopia’s first ever fertilizer blending factory opened it’s doors thanks to the Ethiopian Min...Read more

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