The Ethio-Turkish Business and Investment Forum jointly organized by WAFA Marketing and Promotion, Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association (ECCSA) in collaboration with the FDRE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Ethiopia in Turkey and the Turkish Ministry of Economy (DEIK) was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 27 and 28 April 2015.

The Forum, which brought together top executives and key decision makers representing both the private and publics sectors aims to be the largest gathering of Turkish and Ethiopian economic movers and stakeholders. The summit brought together prominent business leaders and associations, government officials and business people who will discuss a range of issues on fostering investment and trade through B2B, B2G, market linkages and plenary sessions among others.

Delegates of over 60 private and public sectors comprised of Textile/garment, leather and leather products, manufacturing, chemical industries, construction, agriculture and agro-processing, electronics, pharmaceuticals, furniture selected in their business excellence and pertinent government ministries and institutions officials including the State Minister of FDRE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, H.E Dewano Kedir took part in the forum. The delegation was led by H.E. Ahmed Abitew, Minister , FDRE Ministry of Industry.

The primary objective of the Business and Investment forum was to attract Turkish investors in the above mentioned specific sectors. The forum was believed to strengthen the Turkish and Ethiopian private sector partnership. In addition to this, it provided a platform for public and private sector partnership, a policy dialogue with Turkish and Ethiopian decision makers. The business and investment forum  also showcases the new investment opportunities and potential market Ethiopia has to offer to the business community of Turkey.

The envisaged forum was part of the activities to promote Ethiopian business, investment, trade and tourism potentials in different parts of the world. Similar forums have already taken place in the USA, four times (2009, 2011, 2013,2014) , 2014, Italy (2012), UK (2011), India (2011), Japan (2013), Russia (2013), South Korea (2013) , and Germany (2014) Canada (2014) .

Int’l construction event opens in Ethiopia

Published on: 15/10/16

Turkish companies dominated a construction and technology event in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Friday.

The 7th International Construction, Construction Equipment and Technology Exhibition saw 110 companies from 10 nations begin a four-day display of cutting-edge technology.

Friday’s event comes amid a drop in customs tariffs in Ethiopia designed to stimulate investment.

የአፍሪካ ኢኮኖሚክ ኮሚሽን ዋና ዳይሬክተር ዶክተር ካርሎሰ ሎፔዝ ተሸኙ

ጥቅምት 10/02/2009 ዓ.ም.

ፕሬዝዳንት ሙላቱ ኮሚሽኑን ለአራት ዓመታት የመሩትን ዶክተር ካርሎስ ሎፔዝን በጽህፈት ቤታቸው ሸኝተዋቸዋል። አፍሪካ ኢኮኖሚክ ኮሚሽን ዋና ዳይሬክተር ዶክተር ካርሎሰ ሎፔዝ የአፍሪካ ድምፅ በዓለም እንዲሰማ በማድረግ አስተዋጽዖ ማበርከታቸውን ፕሬዝዳንት ዶክተር ሙላቱ ተሾመ ገልጸዋል።

ፕሬዚዳንት ሙላቱ እንዳሉት ዶክተር ሎፔዝ አፍሪካን ለሌላው ዓለም በማስተዋወቅ ለሰጡት አመራርና ላበረከቱት አስተዋጽኦ ምስጋና ሊቸራቸው ይገባል። በአህጉሪቱ ዘላቂ የልማት አጀንዳዎች ተፈፃሚነት አቅጣጫ በመጠቆም ላደረጉት ሙያዊ እገዛና የአፍሪካውያንን የእርስ በእርስ ግንኙነት ለማጠናከር ለተጫወቱት ሚና አመሰግናዋቸዋል። ዋና ዳይሬክተሩ ሥራቸውን ከተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት ኃላፊነት ተነስተው በሌሎች የሥራ ዘርፎች ላይ በሚሰማሩበት ጊዜ እንዲያጠናክሩትም ዶክተር ሙላቱ አሳስበዋል። 

WAFA Organizes the 2015 World Energy Council’s Executive Assembly and Its Parallel Events

WAFA Marketing and Promotion Plc. in cooperation with Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE), has embarked upon preparations to organize the 2015 World Energy Council’s Executive Assembly and its parallel Events, after it won in a bid by the Ministry to organize the event. To get the honor of organizing this grand international event, WAFA had to pass through a neck- and -neck bid with potential shortlisted bidders.

Following MoWIE’s winner announcement to organize the event, WAFA has started preparation to make the event an outstanding one. The event will take place from October 26-30, 2015 at United Nations Economic commission for Africa (UNECA’s) conference center.

The previous World Energy Council’s Executive Assembly was held in October 2014, in Cartagena, Colombia with broad support from WEC members and the more than 700 attending representatives from governments and the private sector.

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Ethio-UK Trade and Investment Forum took place in London

WAFA Marketing and Promotion and Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopian Embassy in London, and Developing Markets Associates, organized

a Trade and Investment Forum in London on 21st October 2015. The forum brought together close to 60 Ethiopian companies from different sectors selected in their business excellence and more than 150 British companies as well as high ranking government officials of both countries. The companies are drawn from the various sectors including but not limited to: agro-processing, construction, energy, mining, textile and garment, leather, and hospitality.

Bilateral trade and investment between the two countries have shown a tremendous improvement during the past decade. For instance, UK’s import from Ethiopia was only $29 million in the year 2005, while this has surged to $41 million in the year 2014, which is a more than 42 percent increase during the past ten years. Similarly, Ethiopia’s import from UK has grown from $64 million to $167.6 million during the same period, more than two fold . In addition, UK’s FDI in Ethiopia has currently reached $731.7 million, with a recent huge investment from Diageo that involved a $225 deal for the acquisition of the second largest brewery company in Ethiopia. UK’s total 326 investment projects in Ethiopia have created over 200 thousand jobs.

The business forum provided comprehensive Information on the latest trade, Investment and Tourism opportunities in Ethiopia that could be suitable to the UK firms. The B2B matching served as a mutual practical platform for businesses of both nations in a number of key sectors, as it is customary to envision from such forums, Wafa and its partners hope to see new ventures to emerge,

collaborations enhanced, existing market consolidated, new ones created. Now it is apparent to all concerned in global investment that Ethiopia is among the highly favorable destination of FDI with strong return on investment (ROI) and a much coveted potential for business extension not only internationally but also domestically as characterized by the salient market, econom

y, and demographic features. We kindly advice for any viewer to forward an inquiry, if you may have any.

"አምራች ዜጋን ለማፍራት የቤት ጥያቄን መመለስ ተገቢ ነው" - ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለማርያም

መጋቢት  04/2009

"የአገሪቱን ልማት የሚያፋጥን አምራች ዜጋ ለማፍራት የቤት ጥያቄን ለመመለስ መስራት አለብን" አሉ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ።

 ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ በቦሌ አራብሳና በቦሌ አያት ሶስት፣ አራት እና አምስት ሳይቶች ግንባታቸው የተጠናቀቁ የ20/80 የቤት ፕሮግራሞችን በስፍራው ተገኝተው መርቀዋል።

 በሳይቶቹ የተመረቁ ቤቶች ለልማት ተነሺዎች የተላለፉ የቦሌ አያት ሶስት፣ አራትና አምስት 1ሺህ 811 እንዲሁም በቦሌ አራብሳ ሳይት 20 ሺህ 100 ቤቶች ናቸው።

 ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ በዚሁ ወቅት እንዳሉት መንግስት የተለያዩ ፖሊሲዎችን በመንደፍ ዘላቂነት ያለው ልማት አረጋግጦ፣ ዜጎችን ተጠቃሚ ለማድረግ ጥረት እያደረገ ነው።

 በዚህ ሂደት በከተሞች የሚንጸባረቁ ማህበራዊና ኢኮኖሚያዊ ቀውሶች መነሻ የሆነው ድህነትን ለመግታት ያልተቋረጠ ስራ እየተሰራ ነው ብለዋል።

“የታላቁ ህዳሴ ግድብ ታንዛኒያም ሃብቷን እንድትጠቀም አቅጣጫ አሳይቷል” - የታንዛኒያው ፕሬዚዳንት

ሚያዝያ 23/2009

"ኢትዮጵያ ከአፍሪካ ታላቁን የኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ማመንጫ ግድብ መገንባቷ አገሬ የተፈጥሮ ሃብቷን በአግባቡ እንድትጠቀም መንገድ አሳይታታለች" ሲሉ የታንዛኒያው ፕሬዚዳንት ጆን ፖምቤ ማጉፉሊ ገለጹ።

ፕሬዚዳንት ዶክተር ጆን ፖምቤ ጆሴፍ ማጉፉሊ ዳሬሰላም ላይ መግለጫ ሰጥተዋል።

በተለይም ግንባታው ከተጀመረ ነገ ስድስተኛ ዓመቱን ስለሚደፍነው ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ግድብ ሲገልጹ "ከኢትዮጵያ አልፎ ለታንዛኒያም ትርጉም አለው" ነው ያሉት  ፕሬዚዳንቱ።

“የአባይ ውሃ የጋራ ሃብት በመሆኑ አጠቃቀሙ ሁሉንም አገሮች ያማከለና የማንንም ጥቅም የማይነካ መሆን አለበት” ብለዋል።

11ኛው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔሮች ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ቀን በዓልን በድምቀት ለማክበር 

ህዳር 05/2009 ዓ.ም.

የሐረሪ ክልል የሚያስተናግደው 11ኛው የኢትዮጵያ ብሔሮች ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች ቀን በዓል በድምቀት ለማክበር የሚደረገው ዝግጅት ተጠናክሮ መቀጠሉን  የክልሉ ምክር ቤት አፈ ጉባኤና የበዓሉ አስተባባሪ ምክር ቤት ምክትል ሰብሳቢ ገለጹ። በዓሉን ከሁሉም ብሔር ብሔረሰቦችጋር በሰላምና በደስታ ለማክበር መዘጋጀታቸውን አንዳንድ የሀረር ነዋሪዎች ተናግረዋል፡፡

አፈ ጉባኤና የበዓሉ አስተባባሪ ምክር ቤት ምክትል ሰብሳቢ አቶ አብዱልማሊክ በከር ለኢዜአ እንደገለጹት  በዓሉ ብሔሮች ብሔረሰቦችና ህዝቦች በአንድ ማዕከል ተሰባስበው  ህገ መንግስቱ የጸደቀበትን ቀን በጋራ የሚያከብሩበት ዕለት ነው። ባህል፣ቋንቋቸውና ወጋቸውን የሚለዋወጥበት መሆኑም አመልክተዋል፡፡ ክልል የበዓሉ አስተናጋጅ መሆኑ ከታወቀበት ቀን ጀምሮ  አዘጋጅ ምክር ቤትና ጽህፈት ቤት በማቋቋምና የህዝብ ንቅናቄ በመፍጠር የተለያዩ የዝግጅት ስራዎችን እየተከናወነ እንደሚገኝ ተናግረዋል፡፡

AAICTDA in collaboration with WAFA Marketing & Promotion organized its first Exhibition and conference at Ethiopian National Conference Center starting from June 2 – 4, 2014.

In this exhibition and conference, there were different participants from government office, private companies and students introducing new problem solving innovations.

There was also a panel discussion, Quiz and Innovation contests in this program. 

23ኛው የኢትዮ-ጅቡቲ  የጋራ  ኮሚሽን  ስብሰባ  በጅቡቲ  ተካሄደ

 ህዳር 27/2009 ዓ.ም

23ኛው የኢትዮ-ጅቡቲ የድንበር ኮሚሽነሮች የጋራ ኮሚሽን ስብሰባ ለሁለት ቀናት ያህል በጅቡቲ ሪፕብሊክ በዲኪል ከተማ መካሄዱን የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር ገለፀ።

የድንበር የጸጥታ ሁኔታ፣ ህገ ወጥ የሰዎች ዝውውር እና የኮንትሮባንድ ንግድን ለመግታት በሚያስችሉ ሁኔታዎች ላይ ምክክር መደረጉን ሚኒስቴሩ ለፋና ብሮድካስቲንግ ኮርፖሬት በላከው መግለጫ አስታውቋል።

በባህልና ቱሪዝም፣ በእርሻና እንስሳት ሃብት ልማት፣ በጤናና በድንበር ላይ ንግድ ጉዳዮች ላይ ውይይት መካሄዱንም ጠቅሷል።

የኢፌዲሪን የልዑካን ቡድን የመሩት እና በውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር የጎረቤት አገሮች ዳይሬክተሩ አቶ መለስ አለም፥ ኢትዮጵያ እና ጂቡቲ በጋራ ጥቅም ላይ የተመሰረተ ግንኙነት አላቸው ብለዋል። 

30ኛው የአፍሪካ ህብረት የመሪዎች ጉባኤ እየተካሄደ ነው                                                        ጥር21/2010

30ኛው የአፍሪካ ህብረት የመሪዎች ጉባኤ በዛሬው እለት በአዲስ አበባ መካሄድ ጀምሯል።ዛሬን ጨምሮ ለሁለት ቀናት የሚቆየው ጉባዔ “ዘላቂ የፀረ-ሙስና ዘመቻ ለአፍሪካ ስር ነቀል ለውጥ” በሚል መሪ ቃል ነው በመካሄድ ላይ የሚገኘው።የአፍሪካ ህብረት ኮሚሽን ሊቀ መንበር ሙሳ መሃመት ሊቀ ባደረጉት የመክፈቻ ንግግርም፥ የአፍሪካ ሀብረት ማሻያ በአፋጣኝ ተግባራዊ እንዲደረግ ጠይቀዋል።

44 Peace Corps Volunteers at U.S. Embassy To Teach Ethiopians

Published on: 09/17/2016

44 new Peace Corps Volunteers at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa were sworn in by Chargé d'affaires Peter Vrooman today.

These Volunteers will be working as English language teachers in rural towns throughout Ethiopia. The group is the fifteenth group to swear in as Peace Corps Volunteers since 2007. They will join over 200 currently serving volunteers in Ethiopia and over 7,000 currently serving volunteers around the world. The G15 PCVs will be living and serving in Oromia, Tigray, Amhara, and SNNPR.

54 percent of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is completed

Published on: 18/10/16

Some 54 percent of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is completed, Economic Affairs Cluster Coordinator with the Rank of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Information Technology disclosed.

While touring the dam, Economic Affairs Cluster Coordinator with the Rank of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dr. Debretsion Gebremichael, told Ethiopian News Agency that (GERD) that the construction of the dam has been executed carefully, responsibly and without interruption.

5ኛው ሀገር  አቀፍ  የኅብረት  ሥራ  ኤግዚብሽንና  ባዛር  በስኬት  ተጠናቀቀ                                                                              የካቲት7/2010

በኤግዚብሽን መዓከል ከየካቲት 2፣ 2007 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ እስከ ዛሬ እለት የካቲት 7፣2007 ሲካሄድ የቆየው 5ኛው ሀገር አቀፍ የኅብረት ሥራ ኤግዚብሽንና ባዛር በስኬት ተጠናቋል፡፡በፌደራል ኅብረት ሥራ ኤጀንሲ እና በዋፋ ማርኬቲንግ እና ፕሮሞሽን አስተባባሪነት “የኅብረት ሥራ ማህበራት ግብይት ለፍትሃዊ ተጠቃሚነት” በሚል መሪ ቃል ሲካሄድ የነበረው ኤግዚብሽንና ባዛር 291 የሚደርሱ የኅብረት ሥራ ማህበራት አሳትፏል፡፡

7ኛው የከተሞች ሳምንት ፎረም በጎንደር ከተማ

ሚያዝያ  14/2009

7ኛው የከተሞች ሳምንት ፎረም በጎንደር ከተማ ከ ግንቦት 21 እስከ ግንቦት 28 2009 ዓ/ም ሊከናወን መሆኑን ተገለፀ፡፡ ከ200 የሀገራችን ከተሞች በላይ የሚሳተፉበት ይህ ፎረም ከተሞች እርስ በእርሳቸው የሚተዋወቁበት፡በመልካም አስተዳደር፡በትክኖሎጂ በንግድ እና ሌሎች መሰል ስራዎች ተሞክሮ የሚለዋወጡበት መድረክ ይሆናል ተብሎ ይጠበቃል፡፡ በሁነት ዝግጅት ከፍተኛ ልምድ ያለው ዋፋ ማርኬቲንግ እና ፕሮሞሽን ከፍተኛ አመራር በተገኙበት ፎረሙ በጎንደር ስታድየም በደማቅ ስነ-ስርዓት ይከፈታል፡፡

Addis Ababa - Djibouti railway to start trial service in October

Published on: 28/09/16

The 656 km Addis Ababa - Djibouti railway line is said to start  trial service in the first week of October, according to the Ethiopian Railways Corporation. The trial service is expected to last three to six months, Dereje Tefera, Chief Officer of Communication Service with the Corporation told reporters during a visit by local and foreign journalists today to the Addis -Adama route of the project.

Article 93 of the FDRE: Declaration of State of Emergency 

Published on: 10/10/16

1. (a) The Council of Ministers of the Federal Government shall have the power to decree a state of emergency, should an external invasion, a breakdown of law and order which endangers the Constitutional order and which cannot be controlled by the regular law enforcement agencies and personnel, a natural disaster, or an epidemic occur.

(b) Sate executives can decree a State-Wide state of emergency should a natural disaster or an epidemic occur. Particulars shall be determined in State Constitutions to be promulgated in conformity with this Constitution.

Calcium supplements increase the risk of heart disease

Published on: 13/10/16

Calcium supplements increase the risk of heart disease while a calcium-rich diet protects against it, a new study has found.

Researchers from John Hopkins analysed the medical records of 2700 people over 10 years.

At the outset of the study, the participants completed in-depth questionnaires about their diet (specifically looking for calcium-rich foods like cereals, dairy products and leafy greens) as well as what supplements and drugs they took daily.

Demera - unique religious festivity to be cherished: Tourists

Published on: 28/09/16

Ethiopia is known to have a number of cultural and religious festivals that attract large number of tourists from around the world. Meskel, the founding of the True Cross is one.  Every year, a huge number of tourists from around the world converged on Meskel Square to take part on the celebration of Demera, an outdoor festival celebrated a day before Meskel.

Meskel has two occasions, the first is Demera, the burning of a large bonfire built from branches and decorated with daisies like flower (adey abeba). Here in Addis Ababa, the festival observed at the Meskel Square. The day after the Demera is Meskel.

Dubai Chamber sends delegation to develop trade relationships

Published on: 04/10/16

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced that a trade mission will be visiting Kenya and Ethiopia this week. The mission is part of the Chamber of Commerce's strategy to increase trade with the promising markets of the world, especially African markets.

The President of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce said "As part of our strategy to provide Dubai businesses the best opportunities for growth, this trade mission will put delegates in contact with some of the most influential figures across the private and public sectors in the two countries thus enabling them to gather a deeper understanding of the investment climate and business opportunities at hand in the East Africa region." 

The mission which will be led by Majid Al Ghurair, chairman of the Dubai Chamber and will include leading figures from the Al Fardan Group of Companies; Rivoli Group LLC; Nasser Bin Abdullatif Alserkal Establishment; Dubai Investments Industries;and the SS Lootah Group and Lootah Technologies and General Trading.

Source: MFA