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Ethiopia: Reykjavik to build Africa’s largest geothermal plant

Following earlier news on the planned Corbetti project in Ethiopia, Reykjavik Geothermal now reports having signed a 25 year PPA…

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 @ 11:41 pm

(Hadra Ahmed) Ethiopia is to outsource the management of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) to Power Grid Corporation of…

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 @ 11:30 pm

Pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational has opened its first branch in Ethiopia, establishing a foothold in the fast-growing East African…

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 @ 11:27 pm

(Daniel Berhane) Ethiopia promoted 35 Generals today, according to the news from the Ethiopian state media. The military promotions announced…

Saturday, October 19, 2013 @ 10:43 pm

The 'CNN African Journalist of the Year Competition' awarded Woubshet Taye last Saturday. Wubshet Taye was deputy editor of the Awramba Times.…

Thursday, October 17, 2013 @ 3:35 am

In Egypt, the withdrawal of up to 50 companies including Adidas and Puma has left 12,000 people out of employment…

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 @ 1:33 am

On October 7, 2013, the joint session of the House of Federations and the House of Representatives elected Ambassador Mulatu…

Friday, October 11, 2013 @ 1:04 am

(By John Daly) On 27 September Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Michael Debretsion announced the…

Thursday, October 10, 2013 @ 1:37 am

State Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Abraham Tekeste, said on Wednesday (October 9) that Ethiopia's economy grew 9.7 percent…

Thursday, October 10, 2013 @ 12:30 am

The World Bank’s “Africa Pulse” report, an analysis of the issues shaping Africa’s economic prospects which comes out every two…

Wednesday, October 9, 2013 @ 1:15 am