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Photo from Arefe Abstract: Bamboo is an abundant resource in Ethiopia and has a great potential for commercialization, which can drive rural development. In view of these realities, this study analyzed the state and determinants of small-scale bamboo commercialization in Ethiopia. Data were collected from three major bamboo-growing districts (Awi, Sidama, and Sheka) and four urban centers (Masha, Hawassa, Bahir Dar, and Addis Ababa) via semi-structured interviews, group discussions, and questionnaire surveys with key actors along the value chain. Results revealed distinctive differences in proportion of cash income, value chain structure, and management engagement among the districts. Percentages of cash income were 60.15, 42.60, and 9.48 at Awi, Sidam, and Sheka, respectively. Differences were statistically significant between Sheka and both other districts (p = 0.05), but not between Awi and Sidama. The value chain structure showed that compared with Sheka, Awi and Sidama h

There is no denying that Africa, and East Africa in particular, is currently buzzing with entrepreneurial activity. Adding to the buzz, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed a collaborative agreement with Microsoft East Africa Limited to grow entrepreneurship in the region. The agreement sees Microsoft providing training and mentorship services to Ethiopia’s UNDP supported Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) for 200 000 entrepreneurs. These services fall under Microsoft’s flagship entrepreneurship programme in Africa, the 4Afrika Initiative. The initiative looks at helping African entrepreneurs accelerate their economic development as well as improve the continent’s global competitiveness. “Microsoft brings this vision, as well as its vast experience in providing ICT skills, education and curriculum for developing countries, to the deal,” says the initiative. This agreement makes perfect sense for the division, which launched a similar program

አዲስ አበባ ነሐሴ 8/2006 በኢትዮጵያ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ የተባባሩት መንግስታት የልማት ፕሮግራም እና በምስራቅ አፍሪካ የማይክሮሰፍት ድርጅት 200 ሺህ ኢትዮጵያዊያን  ስራ ፈጣሪዎችን ለማብቃት የግል ዘርፍ የትብብር ስምምነት ተፈራራሙ። የልማት ፕሮግራሙ ለኢዜአ እንደገለጸው ስምምነቱ ሁለቱ ደርጅቶች በኢትዮጵያ ለሚካሄደው የስራ ፈጠራ ፕሮግራም ለ200 ሺህ ስራ ፈጣሪዎች የስልጠናና የክትትል አገልግሎት ለመስጠት ተስማምተዋል። እነዚሀ አገልግሎቶችም አገር በቀል ስራ ፈጣሪዎችን በማብቃት የአፍሪካን ኢኮኖሚያዊ እድገት ለማፋጠንና በዓለም ተወዳዳሪነቷን ለማሳደግ  የማይክሮሶፍት ፎር አፍሪካ ኢኒሽዬቲቭ አካል ይሆናሉ፡፡ ስምምነቱ በስራ ፈጠራ ዙሪያ የሚከናወኑ ተግባራትን ለማሳደግ ያለመ ነው። በስምምነቱ መሰረት ከፍተኛ የማይክሮሶፍት በጎ ፍቃደኞች ስራ ፈጣሪዎችን በመከታተል በስትራቴጂና በገበያ ድጋፍ በማድረግ ምርጥ ስራ ፈጣሪዎችን በመደገፍ ለማይክሮሶፍት ፎር አፍሪካ ኢንሽዬቲቭ ሽልማት እጩ ያቀርባሉ። በተጨማሪም ለጀማሪ ስራ ፈጣሪዎች ነጻ ሶፍትዌር ለሚያቀርበው ማይክሮሶፍት "ቢዝስፓርክ" ለተሰኘ የዓለም ፕሮግራም እድል እንዲያገኙ ለማስቻል ይሰራሉ። በቀጣይም ስራ ፈጣሪዎችን ምርታቸውንና አገልግሎቶቻቸውን በማቅረብ  በማይክሮሶፍት ጥቃቅንና አነስተኛ ኢንተርፕራይዝ በኩል ዓለም  አቀፍ ተቀባይነት እንዲያገኙ ድጋፍ ይሰጣሉ። ስምምነቱ ጥቃቅንና አነስተኛ ቢዝነስና ስራ ፈጣሪዎችን ለማነሳሳት ለተቀረጸው የራስን ቢዚነስ መገንባት በሚል ስያሜ  የስልጠና ፕሮግራም  ያካትታል፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ  የልማት ፕሮግራሙ ተወካይ ኢዩጌኔ ኦውሱ  በማይክሮሶፍት የሚቀርቡ ምርቶችና አገልግሎቶች  ወጣትና ተስፋ ሰጪ ስራ ፈጣሪዎችን አቅም ለማመንጨት ልዩ የሆነ እድ

Photo from hawassaonline Abstract The study was undertaken with the prime objective of assessing the impacts brought out by investments in Hawassa City. As the study is basically both empirical and analytical in nature, field survey method was adopted. The study considered only the projects which are operational and at implementation stages. Among the nine investment streams, investors from six streams had given consent to cooperate in the data collection process.  Thus the total population for the sample purpose from six streams is 288. Out of 288 projects, 40 sample investors were selected on disproportionate to size sampling basis. Both primary and secondary sources were sought for data collection. Semi structured questionnaire was prepared and distributed among the sample investors. Interviews were conducted with officials of Hawassa City Investment and Environmental Protection Bureau. Focus group discussion was conducted among the dwellers residing near to factories.

Photo by sweet maria's Dejazmach Balcha Safo , Governor of Sidamo , originally constructed his ketema or fortified camp in Wendo, but he later moved it to Hagere Selam . While passing through the area February 1909, Dr. Drake Brockman notes that the governor of Western Sidamo, Dejazmach Tessema Nadew made this town (which he calls "Alata") his headquarters. American naturalists arrived at the Wendo village 29 December 1926, and camping outside the village for a while. Grazmach Kebede Dihala Mikael, the village potentate, implored them to camp near his house, explaining that there were plenty of shiftas or outlaws in the area. Wendo was occupied by the Italian Laghi Division on 30 November 1936. It was retaken by the 1st Gold Coast Regiment on 22 May 1941, without a single shot fired. The Allied forces accepted the surrender of a Brigadier General and some 3,000 prisoners. By 1958 Wendo was one of 27 places in Ethiopia ranked as First Cla