Ethiopia

Leaked: RSF’s internal memo insists Ethiopia banned Skype

‘RSF (Reporter sans Frontière/Reporter without Borders) is a cautious organization, this is an exceptional case’, I claimed whenever I bumped…

Ethiopia | Update: Internet telephony is legal, in internet cafes too

State Minister of Government Communications, Shimeles Kemal, gave further clarifications on Friday (June 22) in a press conference to local…

Ethiopia offers longer tax holidays, more land for flower growers

(By: William Davison - Bloomberg) Ethiopia, Africa’s second-biggest flower grower, is offering expanded tax breaks and more land in a…

ECX chief Elleni Gebre-Medhin resigns

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) announced that Eleni Gebre-Medhin (PhD), founder and CEO will transition out of a leadership role…

Official: ‘Skype and similar activities are not banned in Ethiopia’

"Skype and similar activities are not banned in Ethiopia. There is no law that prohibits or restricts their utilization here…

Gibe III dam | Chinese investment welcome but more controls are needed

In southern Ethiopia, a giant wall of concrete is rising between the sides of a steep gorge. When complete, the…

Ethiopian assembled Smartphones to be released

Hong Kong-based mobile manufacturer Tecno Mobile’s Ethiopian counterpart is set to release its first smartphone completely assembled in Ethiopia. The…

HRW tells Ethiopia: No shortcut to dev’t; Suspend Gibe III & Sugar plantations

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 73-page report, titled “‘What Will Happen if Hunger Comes?’: Abuses against the Indigenous Peoples…

Sudanese experts confer on Ethiopia’s Renaissance dam in Khartoum

As reported previously, Sudan held a symposium titled “Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam and future of development in the Sudan”, last week.…

Gibe III dam| Lake Turkana: Set to dry? (Lion Lepalo Gideon)

[By: Lion Lepalo Gideon - Save Lake Turkana Campaign Project] The proposed building of Gibe 3 Dam by Ethiopia will…

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