Worancha ወራንቻ

ከአቢሲኒያ ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንትነታቸው የለቀቁት አቶ አዲሱ ሃባ የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንት ሆነው እንዲያገለግሉ የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ ፈቀደ፡፡ አቶ አዲሱ ከአቢሲኒያ ባንክ በቅርቡ ከለቀቁ በኋላ የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንት እንዲሆኑ ባንኩ ለብሔራዊ ባንክ ባመላከተው መሠረት፣ ሹመታቸውን በማፅደቁ ሥራቸውን በይፋ መጀመራቸው ታውቋል፡፡ አቶ አዲሱ ከአቢሲኒያ ባንክ የሥራ መልቀቂያ በማስገባት የተሰናበቱ ሲሆን፣ አቢሲኒያ ባንክም 500 ሺሕ ብር ሸልሟቸው እንደሸኛቸው ይታወሳል፡፡  የአቶ አዲሱን ሹመት እንዲቀበል የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክ ብሔራዊ ባንክን በደብዳቤ ከመጠየቁ ቀደም ብሎ፣ የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክን በፕሬዚዳንትነት ሲመሩ የቆዩት አቶ ወርቁ ለማ ከሥራ መልቀቃቸው መዘገባችን አይዘነጋም፡፡  አቶ ወርቁ ከኃላፊነት መነሳት በፈቃደኝነት ላይ የተመሠረተ ነው ቢባልም፣ አንዳንድ ወገኖች ግን ከቦርዱ ጋር በተፈጠረ ያለመግባባት ነው ይላሉ፡፡ ብሔራዊ ባንክ እንዲህ ያሉ ሹመቶችን ለማፅደቅ ጊዜ የሚወስድበት ቢሆንም፣ የአቶ አዲሱን ሹመት ሁለት ሳምንት ባልሞላ ጊዜ ውስጥ አፅድቆታል፡፡  አቶ አዲሱ ከአቢሲኒያ ባንክ በለቀቁ በጥቂት ሳምንት ልዩነት የሌላ ተፎካካሪ ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንት መሆናቸው፣ በባንክ ኢንዱስትሪው ውስጥ የባለሙያዎች መነጣጠቅን ያሳያል የሚል አስተያየትም የሚሰጡ አሉ፡፡ ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ አቶ አዲሱ የደቡብ ግሎባል ባንክ ፕሬዚዳንት በመሆናቸው ምክንያት የኢትዮጵያ ባንኮች ማኅበር ፕሬዚዳንትነታቸውን እንዲቀጥሉ ያስችላቸዋል፡፡    Source: www.ethiopianreporter.com/

Will the modest pineapple help Ethiopian smallholders break into the country’s booming food markets? A start-up in Sidama Zone is counting on it. To meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the world is going to have to ‘act local’. This story is an example of that. It’s about hardships faced by farmers in Sidama, one of Ethiopia’s leading coffee-producing zone, which lies south of the capital, Addis Ababa, and in the country’s Southern Nations, Nationalities and People region. Farmers and farming systemsin the once extremely fertile midland regionhere are stressed by an increasing human population. A high proportion of children here are malnourished and the farming systems are still more subsistence- than market-oriented. With the rise of Ethiopian markets for cash crops and dairy products, farmers here are specializing in such crops as coffee and chat, which are replacing the region’s traditional food crops like ‘Enset’ ( Enset vetricosum ). A modest, unlik

After many  months of planning , Grounds for Health’s Ethiopia program kicks off this month with the first set of community and clinical trainings on cervical cancer prevention. If successful, these activities will make Wonsho the first rural district in all of Ethiopia to offer ongoing cervical cancer prevention services. On September 1, field staff Abiy Semunigus and Ashenafi Argata formally took their posts as Community Coordinator and Program Coordinator, respectively. Starting this week (September 15), they will be joined by US-based program managers Kyle Engelman and Ariel Delaney along with nurse practitioner Susan Hollinger and two clinical volunteers. The trainings will take place in the heart of the coffee-growing region—in Wonsho district of Sidama zone—and will conclude with a four-day screen-and-treat campaign serving approximately 250 women. If successful, these activities will make Wonsho the first rural district in all of Ethiopia to offer ongoing cervical c

This gorgeous coffee from Sidama has already become one of my favorites of the year. This lot is grown at ridiculously high elevations above 2000 meters & consists of heirloom cultivars. It's been carefully processed and prepped at the Haraicho station and the cup is just plain lovely.  Expect fragrances of jasmine and bergamot, aromas leading into more toast and orange marmalade. In the cup it's got caramel for days and an exotic blend of flavors like pineapple, black tea, grapefruit, cherry juice.  Overall expect an enduring softness to this cup, with many of these notes taking on a more supportive role to the central milk chocolate sweetness this coffee has to offer. It performs particularly well on filter, but will make a light, vibrant espresso as well. http://rubycoffeeroasters.com/products/ethiopia-sidama-aleta-wondo

By Nesru Jemal The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has announced that it is going to recruit electoral officers for the national elections due to be held in 2015. The electoral officers to be recruited could be people who took part in previous elections or totally new to the task, according to Wendimu Gola, services and relations deputy head at the Office of the Board. The recruitment will mainly focus on youth and women. The plan is to make one in every three electoral offices at each constituency a woman, he said. According to the head, the recruitment will be carried out in extreme care in a bid to get impartial people. This will help the Board conduct free, fair and democratic elections. The 2015 elections, which are the fifth national elections of the country, are expected to be more successful because of best lessons learned from the past elections, Wendimu said. Trainings have been given to stakeholders including youth, women, civic societies and