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Ethiopia to host 2013 AGOA Forum
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopia will for the first time host the 2013 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), forum according to information obtained by The Reporter. The country got the chance to organize the yearly event after authorities, being overseen by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, have been lobbying for it for over four years now, of whom one key figure was the former minister of the...
Tesco eyes Ethiopian market
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The British multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer, Tesco, is conducting negotiations with the Ethiopian government to open a mega store here. Tesco is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues after America’s Walmart and France’s Carrefour and the second-largest measured by profits after Walmart.
Ethiopian government representatives...
Accommodations in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – It is not a secret that Addis Ababa is increasingly becoming a tourist destination as well as a hub for foreigners working for NGOs and international conferences that are increasingly being held in the city. Hotels are a traditional way of accommodating visitors, however guesthouses are rising in popularity.
Guesthouses, which are often times homes converted into bed and...
Developing the hotel industry to better tap tourism
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The hotel industry is presently a multi-billion dollar industry employing millions of people across the world. The industry has a wide range of components that include food and accommodation services, meetings and events, entertainment and recreation and tourism services. These services in turn are vital for the development of the tourism industry by creating adequate...
Ethiopian Airlines Takes Delivery of the Second 737-800 Sky Interior Aircraft
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Press Release) – Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing African airline, is pleased to announce that is has received the second next-generation Boeing 737-800 Sky Interior Aircraft. The airline placed a firm order for 10 of its kind back in December 2009.
“As a customer focused airline, we are largely investing on modernization of our fleet. The new 737-800 Sky...
Traveller’s Guide: Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – There is a place, in the searing deserts of north-east Ethiopia, where you can watch a new version of planet Earth being created. In 2005, over a period of just 10 days, a 60km-long, 8m-wide crack opened in the Earth’s surface. Scientists who witnessed it were astonished. Here, they told the world, were the labour pains indicating the birth of a new ocean and the...
EEPCO wins in Arba Minch, St. George held in Hawassa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – EEPCO and Dedebit FC are closing in on current Ethiopia Premier League leader St. George, who was held scoreless in Hawassa.
EEPCO scored a valuable 1-0 away victory against Arba Minch, while defending champion Ethiopian Coffee and Defence Force played to a 1-1 draw here in Addis.
With one match in hand, St. George is still in the lead with 43 points followed by Dedebit FC...
Oromia earns over 46 million birr from tourism
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – (WIC) – The Oromia State Culture and Tourism Bureau said it has raked over 46 million birr income from tourism during the last 9 months.
Bureau Deputy Officer, Shelemo Emana, told WIC the income was earned from 516,173 domestic and foreign tourists who visited tourist destinations in 18 zones of the state.
He said the income garnered in the reported period has shown...
St. George routs Arba Minch 4-0
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – St. George routed Arba Minch 4-0 in the Ethiopia Premier League double header played here yesterday.
Dedebit FC defeated Mugher Cement 3-0 in the second match..
Meanwhile, Harar Brewery squeezed by Sidama Coffee 1-0 at home and Adama City blanketed last-placed Ethiopian Air Force 2-0 in Bishoftu.
St. George still leads the league with 42 points from 17 matches, followed by...
“Tekur Sew” – Ethiopian Pride
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Teddy Afro’s title track from his new album, “Tekur Sew” pays homage to Emperor Menelik and his famous victory over the Italians in 1896 which made him the pride of Africa.
The lyrics of the song which are written both in Amharic and Afan Oromo are loaded with the history of Adwa; a topic often sung about by Ethiopian musicians. His originality and way with words are what...