The week of August 11 - August 18, 2020
Macroeconomic News
- March to new beat.
- የኢትዮጵያን የኮሮና ተጋላጭነት የገመገመው ተመድ አሳሳቢ የኢኮኖሚ ሥጋቶቹን አስፍሯል (The United Nations, which assessed Ethiopia’s corona vulnerability, expressed serious economic concerns).
- PDC launches performance based accountability.
- UAE Companies Eager to Invest in Ethiopia: Ambassador Alrashedi.
- Germany Keen To See Stable, Economically Vibrant Ethiopia: Amb.
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- የሁሉም ስኳር ፋብሪካዎች ሀብት 88 ቢሊዮን ብር መሆኑን መንግሥት የቀጠረው ኩባንያ አመለከተ (The assets of all sugar factories are 88 billion birr, according to the government-hired company).
- Earlier operation of GERD will stimulate real GDP growth in the Eastern Nile basin.
- Tanneries to Start Recycling Waste for Profit.
- Enterprise Earns over 25 Billion Birr Annual Revenue.
- Logistic Strategy Playing Crucial Role In Addressing Sectoral Challenges.
- Local Firm to Begin Tractor Assembly.
- Ethiopia Generates Over 15,000 GWh Electric Power Last Budget Year.
- በውሃ፣ መስኖና ኢነርጂ ሚኒስቴርና በተመድ የአፍሪካ ኢኮኖሚክ ኮሚሽን በጋራ የሚተገበር ፕሮጀክት ይፋ ሆነ (A joint project of the Ministry of Water, Irrigation & Energy and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa launched).
- በቀጣይ ዐሥር ዓመታት 225 ሺሕ ኪሎ ሜትር መንገድ ይገነባል (225,000 KM of roads will be built over the next ten years).
- Nation Covers 85 Percent of Farm Land by Seed.
- Nation Plans to Undertake 21 billion Birr Irrigation Projects.
- Local Firm Exports $34mln worth of Coffee.
- PM Visits Coffee Roasting Plant In Addis Ababa.
- NGO Calls for Reexamination of Donkeys’ Economic Role.
- Ethiopia’s donkeys need urgent re-evaluation.
- Why Ethiopia should go for GMOs.
- ILRI introduces French chicken with Ethiopian farmers.
- Ministry Inaugurates Aquaculture Research Center To Foster Urban Agriculture.
- በቀጣዮቹ የክረምት ወራት መደበኛና ከመደበኛ በላይ ዝናብ ተጠናክሮ እንደሚቀጥል ተገለፀ (Normal and above normal rainfall will continue in the coming months).
- ሳይንቲስቶች የአንበጣ መንጋ እንዲፈጠር ምክንያት የሆነውን ኬሚካል ማወቃቸውን አስታወቁ (Scientists discover the chemical that caused the locust swarm)
- Communication authority to float bid by September.
- ECA Wills to Sell Stakes in Ethio Telecom but Bans Foreign Telecom Infrastructure.
- Commission unveils locally developed software to monitor, evaluate national plans.
- Premier Kicks off Three Tourist Site Redevelopment Projects.
- Government drops tax, tariffs on all edible oil products.
- Local E-commerce Platform to Go Global.
- Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund releases funds for five projects.
- Ethiopian Diaspora Have Contributed over 42 Mn USD Thus Far: Agency.
- Italy funds Archeological missions in Ethiopia.
- Addis Ababa Resumes Sale of Immovable Properties.
- Ethiopian Airlines Increases Domestic Flight Frequency.
- የሳይንስ፣ ቴክኖሎጂና ኢኖቬሽን ፖሊሲ በአዲሱ ዓመት ተግባራዊ እንደሚሆን ተገለጸ (Science, technology and innovation policy to be implemented in the coming new year).
- በቀጣዮቹ 10 ዓመታት ኢንተርኔት በኢትዮጵያ ሙሉ ለሙሉ ተደራሽ እንደሚሆን ተገለጸ (Internet will be fully accessible in Ethiopia in the next 10 years).
- The Urgency of Innovation in Transport Service Delivery.
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