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The U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit: Deepening Trade and Commercial Ties
Zenia Lewis and Witney Schneidman – July 24, 2014 Editor’s Note: The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit blog series is a collection of posts discussing efforts to strengthen ties between the United States...
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01 August 2014 News Round-Up
. Leaders explore joint financing for LAPSSET project . Written by KENNEDY KANGETHE The leaders who attended a consultative meeting in Nairobi on Thursday were President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda,...
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05 August 2014 Business News Briefs – (UPDATED)
. US-Ethiopian Summit concludes successful and US companies to invest billions in Ethiopia . Tigrai Onlne – August 04, 2014 A high level Ethiopian delegation have concluded a very successful US –...
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Africa agricultural initiative gets $7 billion boost from private companies
By Juliet Eilperin – August 5, 2014 A group of African and U.S. firms on Tuesday will announce an additional $7 billion in spending to promote agricultural development in Africa, nearly doubling an...
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18 August 2014 Business News
US-Africa Summit An ‘Eye Opener’ For U.S. Business Community . By Dana Sanchez http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/us-africa-leaders-summit” width=”621″...
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The coming of the multinationals
By Asrat Seyoum and Wudineh Zenebe New foreign policy direction has been in the works in Ethiopia during the past few years. It is a slow evolution to the so-called ‘economic diplomacy’ and by now, the...
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28 August 2014 News Round-Up
Ethiopia ready to join COMESA free market area . The government of Ethiopia has finalized preparations to join the Eastern and Southern African Common Market (COMESA) free market area, the Ministry of...
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Biosafety Bill to Open Door to GMOs in Ethiopia
It was in 2009/2010 that the Ethiopian Institution of Agricultural Research stared constructing a Central Biotech Laboratory in Holetta town, (above) complete with a molecular lab, plant biotech,...
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05 September 2014 News Round-Up
. AFRICA INVESTMENT-Garment-making finds new low-cost home in Ethiopia . By Aaron Maasho – ADDIS ABABA, Sept 5 / 2014 (Reuters) – As basic wages soar in China, low-end manufacturing is starting to...
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16 Sept Business News
. Ethio-Canada business summit opens in Toronto . Alongside the first Canada-Africa 2014 Business Summit, the Ethio-Canada Business and Investment Summit also opened on Monday in Toronto. This four-day...
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Agriculture in Africa: Less Talk, More Action
FTF’s Jim Barnhart (above, far left) visits Ethiopia’s first fertilizer blending factory, operated by a local cooperative union. . September 16, 2014 By Jim Barnhart, Deputy Assistant to the...
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GMO is a proven risk
. Million Belay (PhD) is director of Melca-Mehiber, a local NGO engaged in the conservation of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge in Ethiopia. On top of that, he is also one of well-known anti-GMO...
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05 February 2015 News Round-Up
. What If You Could IPO An African Country? These Are The Three To Bet On . VENTURES AFRICA – Record number of firms in Africa are lining up for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in 2015. Baker...
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15 April 2015 Ethiopian Development News Briefs
. Disease Detection Gets A Boost With Plans For A CDC In Africa . Jim Burress – April 14, 2015 . Secretary of State John Kerry and African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma signed...
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22 May 2015 Ethiopia Business News
. US Extends Ethiopia’s Agoa Market Access for 10 Years . The Ethiopian Investment Commission Director General Fitsum Arega recently told The Ethiopian Herald that Ethiopia has been given another 10...
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