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Ethiopia to celebrate Vaccination Week and World Malaria Day

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   The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) unveiled yesterday that the nation is to celebrate the 5th Africa Vaccination Week (AVW) and World Malaria Day at various parts of the States. Briefing journalists Dr. Ephrem Tekle, Federal Ministry of Health Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Directorate Director, indicated “The nation has shown big strides in increasing the coverage of regular vaccination programme from 53 per cent to 91 per cent.” According to Dr. Ephrem, this year AVW is marked in African countries, including Ethiopia from April 24 to 30, 2015 under the slogan; “Vaccinated communities, Healthy communities” and the theme; "Vaccination, a gift for life.” The budget allocated for this campaign is 2.1 billion Birr apportioned to the respective administrative bodies to execute the tasks. By the same taken, the Federal Ministry of Health aforementioned the World Malaria Day would be commemorated in Ethiopia with awareness creation and various related matters. I

Ethiopia predicts record $1.5bn in 2015

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DDIS ABABA (HAN) April 27, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Investment News.  Foreign direct investment into Ethiopia will reach a record $1.5bn this year, on the back of successful efforts by the fast-growing and populous African country to attract overseas manufacturing companies. Only seven years ago, the country with a population of 94m drew only $108.5m in inward investments from overseas. But it has been growing at double-digit rates, thanks to increased relocation of factories, attracted by low wages, cheap power and supportive government policies. “This year will be a record for foreign direct investment,” said Fitsum Arega, head of the country’s investment agency, up 25 per cent from last year’s $1.2bn. The inflow of foreign investment marks a stark turnround from the 1980s, when the country was hit with a severe famine that made the eastern African country infamous for lack of development. While several key sectors of the economy — including the much sought-af

ታዋቂው ማርሌ ኮፊ በሲዳማ ዞን ያሉ የቡና አምራቾችን እየደገፍኩ ነው አለ

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እውቁ የቡና አምራች ኩባንያ ማርሌ ኮፊ በደቡብ ክልል ሲዳማ ዞን ያሉ ቡና አምራቾችን በተለያየ መንገድ እየደገፈ እደሚገኝ አስታወቀ፡፡ (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)- Marley Coffee, an artisan-roasted premium coffee company, has announced its support for the non-profit Water Wise Coffee- a program with a new documentary and crowdfunding campaign as part of their broader commitment to sustainability. Water Wise Coffee is currently working on cleaning the wet mills in Ethiopia’s Sidama region, a region where Marley Coffee sources coffee. The documentary features Rohan Marley, son of legendary musician Bob Marley and Founder of Marley Coffee, and highlights the economic and human impact of coffee production and the importance of long term sustainability and encourages supporters to contribute to the crowdfunding campaign to support Water Wise Coffee in cleaning the Sidama region’s wet mills in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee. DireTube News የታዋቂው የሬጌ ንጉስ ቦብ ማርሌ ልጅ የሆነውና የማርሌ ኮፊ መስራቹ ሮሃን ማርሌ እንደሚናገረው ከሆነ ድርጅቱ በቡና አመራረትና እሴት ጭመራ

Awassa Textile to Commence Expansion through 168m Br Loan

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The loan secured from the Development Bank of Ethiopia, is expected to triple revenues Eyasu Atnafu, general manager of Awassa Textile S.C. By addisfortune.net Awassa Textile S.C. is to undertake a 168 million Birr expansion project in its plant in one month through a loan agreement that it concluded on April 17, 2015 with the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE). The loan will be used to undertake the 168m Birr expansion project, of which 134 million Birr will be used on capital expenditure, while the remaining sum is for working capital, said Eyasu Atnafu, general manager of Awassa Textile S.C. During the third quarter of the current fiscal year, DBE had allocated 11 billion Birr in loans and approved 7.8 billion Birr for the three priority sectors by the government of Ethiopia, according to Esayas Bahre, president of DBE. These are, manufacturing, textile being one aspect of it, with agriculture and agro-processing being the other two priority sectors that the

ሀዋሳ ከነማ መከላከያን 2-1 አሸንፈ

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በኢትዮጵያ ፕሪሚየር ሊግ 20ኛ ሳምንት ጨዋታዎች ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ለብቻው መሪ መሆን ያስቻለውን ነጥብ ሲያገኝ ሲዳማ ቡና ሽንፈት አስተናግዷል፡፡ አዲስ አበባ ላይ በ10፡00 የተገናኙት ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ እና ንግድ ባንክ 1-1 በሆነ አቻ ውጤት ተለያይተዋል፡፡ ንግድ ባንክ በናይጄርያዊው አጥቂ ፊሊፕ ዳውዚ የ2ኛ ደቂቃ ግብ መሪ መሆን ሲችሉ ምንተስኖት አዳነ በ58ኛው ደቂቃ ያስቆጠራት ግብ ፈረሰኞቹ ነጥብ ተጋርተው እንዲወጡ አድርጋለች፡፡ የአቻ ውጤቱን ተከትሎ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ በ39 ነጥብ ከሲዳማ ቡና በ1 ነጥብ ከፍ ብሎ ሊጉን ሲመራ ንግድ ባንክ በ33 ነጥብ 3ኛ ደረጃውን እንደያዘ ነው፡፡ ወልድያ ላይ ወልድያ ወላይታ ድቻን አስተናግዶ 1-0 በሆነ ውጤት በማሸነፍ ላለመውረድ የሚያደርገውን ትግል ነፍዝ ዘርቷል፡፡ የወልድያን የድል ግብ ከመረብ ያሳረፈው ፍፁም ደስይበለው ነው፡፡ ባህርዳር ስታድየም ላይ ኤሌክትሪክን ያስተናገደው ዳሽን ቢራ በኤዶም ሆሶሮቪ እና የተሸ ግዛው ግቦች 2-1 አሸንፏል፡፡ አዳማ ላይ ሲዳማ ቡናን ያስተናገደው አዳማ ከነማ 3-1 በማሸነፍ ዘንድሮ በሜዳው ያለመሸነፍ ሪኮርዱን ሲያስጠብቅ አርባምንጭ ከነማ ሙገር ሲሚንቶን 1-0 ሀዋሳ ላይ ደግሞ ሀዋሳ ከነማ መከላከያን 2-1 አሸንፈዋል፡፡ ሊጉን ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ በ39 ነጥቦች ሲመራ ሲዳማ ቡና በ38 ፣ ንግድ ባንክ በ33 ነጥቦች ተከታዮቹን ደረጃዎች ይዘዋል፡፡ የከፍተኛ ግብ አግቢነቱን የንግድ ባንኩ ፊሊፕ ዳውዚ በ14 ይመራል፡፡ ቢንያም በ13 ፣ ሳሚ ሳኑሚ በ12 ፣ ኤሪክ ሙራንዳ በ10 ተከታዮቹን ደረጃዎች ይዘዋል፡፡