Hospitality

Adama Executive Hotel, a new addition to Hospitality Industry

  Adama, Ethiopia – Adama Executive Hotel, a new addition to the growing hospitality industry in Ethiopia, opened its door here. Hotel owner and general manager Ketema Regassa said... 

• Radisson Blu Hotel opens its door in Ethiopia
• Sheraton Addis’ Banquet Manager Tsegaye Deneke Killed in Tragic Auto Accident

Restaurants

Fasika, a new Ethiopian restaurant in Fresno

Fasika Restaurant in Fresno, CA (photo: Fasika) Fresno, California (Fresno Bee) – A new Ethiopian restaurant, Fasika, has opened on Blackstone Avenue in central Fresno. Fans of Lucy’s... 

• Ethiopian restaurants score Jets business
• Ethiopian Restaurant Review: Blue Nile of Boston

Tourism

New African Union Conference Center to be inaugurated on Saturday

African Union Conference Center (Photo: AU) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The new $200 million African Union (AU) Conference Center will be inaugurated on Saturday, January 28,2012, AU reported. In... 

• Semien Mountain National Park generates 2.3 million Birr revenue
• Ethiopia gunmen ‘kill five foreign tourists’

Travel

Two Ethiopian Sisters from Australia among bus crash victims

Sisters Seble and Maz Getachew were killed in a bus crash in Ethiopia on Tuesday, (Photo: Sydney Morning Herald) Bahir Dar, Ethiopia – Two Ethiopian sisters who lived in Perth, Australia... 

• Getting to Harar: riding the bus through eastern Ethiopia
• Ethiopian Exploration

Business

Ethiopian Airlines to launch nonstop flight to Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines is launching three-times-weekly service from Addis Ababa to Dammam, the capital of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, starting on February 12. According... 

• McKinsey & Company to open an office in Ethiopia
• Multinational drinks companies continue to invest in Africa

Health

Roche Supports Cancer Care Development Program in Ethiopia

New York, USA – (Press Release) – Roche today announced a grant to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City, which will be used for the establishment... 

• Australia provides $45 million to Ethiopia’s health sector
• Dr. Rick Hodes, a miracle worker in Ethiopia

Entertainment

Belachew Girma, Laughter King

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (RFI) - Ethiopian Belachew Girma claims to hold the world record in nonstop laughing. Back in 2008, he laughed nonstop for three hours 6 minutes. But, the father-of-five... 

• Addis Acoustic Project Revitalizes Jazz
• Nightlife in Addis Ababa

Education

Oklahoma-Ethiopia connection explored in new documentary film

A new documentary film explains how the origins of the $350 million Ethiopian coffee industry are tied to Oklahoma State University, a former school president and a tragic plane crash. In 1950,...