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By Peter Wonacott CAPE TOWN, South Africa--Each sparkly green television motherboard that rolls off the Hisense Co. factory line here moves China a tiny step toward a new global manufacturing base. The line's eight South African technicians monitor the assembly process by computer and have incentives to work quickly. In less than a year of operation, they are producing at the same clip of 70 seconds per board as their Chinese counterparts. But there's a hitch: Hisense factories in China use half as many workers to make the same product. In South Africa, one technician monitors one machine. In China, the company's technicians monitor two machines apiece. "Step-by-step," says Jerry Liu, general manager for the Middle East and Africa unit of the home-appliance maker. "We'll get there." Faced with rising labor costs at home and negative perceptions about their employment practices in Africa, Chinese companies are setting up new factories on t

Nutrition Access to HIV medication has significantly reduced the number of AIDS related deaths in Africa. Yet in a number of African countries one in four HIV infected still dies within months of commencing treatment. One reason for these deaths is malnutrition which causes the HIV-virus to develop unreasonably aggressively. Now a team of researchers from University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Jimma University in Ethiopia have shown that a dietary supplement given during the first months of HIV treatment significantly improves the general condition of patients. Their results are published in the journal BMJ. Roughly 25 million Africans live with HIV, many of who now have access to antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). Among their side effects, ARVs can cause patients to put on weight. Subsequently, attention paid to malnutrition among African HIV patients has waned. However, widespread malnutrition has been identified as a reason that up to a quarter of HIV patients in a number of Africa

Credit: Rostislav Kralik/public domain Life expectancy in the globe's poorest countries has risen by an average of nine years over the past two decades, thanks to major improvements in infant health, the United Nations said Thursday. In its annual statistics, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) said that six of the countries  had even managed to raise life expectancy to over 10 years between 1990 and 2012. The top achiever was Liberia, where average lifespans increased by a full 20 years, from 42 to 62. Next in line were Ethiopia (from 45 to 64 years), Maldives (58 to 77), Cambodia (54 to 72), East Timor (50 to 66) and Rwanda (48 to 65). "An important reason why global life expectancy has improved so much is that fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday," WHO chief Margaret Chan said in a statement. Globally,  average life expectancy  rose by six years during the same period. Based on global averages, a girl who was born in 2012 ca

ኢትዮጵያ በኢኮኖሚ እድገትና ኢንቨስትመንትን በመሳብ የቢ ፕላስ ደረጃን አገኘች   አዲስ አበባ ፣ ግንቦት 6፣ 2006 ( ኤፍ.ቢ.ሲ ) ኢትዮጵያ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ የኢኮኖሚ እድገትና ኢንቨስትመንት መስህብ አለም አቀፍ ደረጃ እንደወጣላት የገንዘብና ኢኮኖሚ ልማት ሚኒስትሩ አቶ ሶፈያን አህመድ ተናገሩ። ኢትዮጵያ አስካሁን ያስመዘገበችው እድገት ከሌሎች የአፍሪካ ሀገራት የተሻለ መሆኑ በ3 አለም አቀፍ ገለልተኛ ተቋማት መረጋገጡንም ገልፀዋል ሚንስትሩ ። ሶስት አለም አቀፍ  ተቋማት በአፍሪካ ደረጃ ከወጣለቸው አራት ሃገራት መካከል ኢትዮጵያን  በ ቢ ፕላስ ደረጃ አስቀምጠዋታል። አቶ ሶፊያን ደረጃው ኢትዮጵያ በዕድገት ግስጋሴዋ ያስመዘገበችው ውጤት ተጨባጭ መሆኑን ያሳየ ነው ብለዋል። በተጨማሪም ይህ ውጤት አገሪቱ ቀደም ሲል ትታወቅበት የነበረው የድህነት ገፅታ መቀየር መቻሉን ያመላከተ ነው ያሉት። አገሪቱ ይህን ደረጃ ያገኘችው ባለት የኢንቨስትመንት አማራጮች ፣ ምቹነት እንዲሁም ኢንቨስትመንትን የመሳብ አቅም እና በአጠቃላይ በመላ አገሪቱ ያለው የልማት እንቅስቃሴን ከግምት ውስጥ በማስገባት መሆኑ ነው የተመለከተው። ስድስት ወራተን በፈጀ ጥናት የተመለከተው የኢኮኖሚ እድገትና ኢንቨስትመንት መስህብ አለም አቀፍ ደረጃ ኢትዮጵያን ከምስራቅ አፍሪካ ቀዳሚ ፣ ከአፍሪካም አምስተኛዋ አገር አድርጓታል። በቀጣይም ተመሳሳይ ደረጃ ለማውጣት ዓመታዊ ምዘና እንደሚካሄድ ተመልክቷል። ለተጨማሪ

Hawassa, Ethiopia  -  Tenaw Belete  won the biggest race of his career in the  2014 EVERY ONE Campaign Half-Marathon Race  in  Hawassa  on Sunday 11th May, while  Yewebdar Teshome  stepped up from her ninth place finish in 2013 to become this year’s women’s champion. Meanwhile in the mass 21km race there were wins for Yibeltal Biyalf (1:20:17) in the men’s race and Kirstin Mitchell (1:40:03) in the women’s race. Including the mass 7km race and the children’s races more than 3,500 participants took part in this year’s EVERY ONE races. Belete runs for the same  Omedla Police club  as  Haile Gebrselassie . To win this race in a new personal best time of 1:03:29 was a big step up in his career. As he explained after the race: “Last October I finished 3rd in the inaugural  Haile Gebrselassie Marathon  in Hawassa and won 15,000 birr. Before then I’d been struggling with not having enough money to cover my food and rent, but now this money will give more stability to my training. I’m no