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Fascinating: New data on who most travels to Ethiopia, and where its 90 million-plus locals visit

Growing tourism industry adding tailwind to Horn of African country’s burgeoning economy. MORE than 96 million people are counted as Ethiopian, accounting for 1.3% of the total world population and making the country the 13th most-populated globally. The country is also as diverse as it is populated, home to cross-cultural civilisations from North Africa, sub-Saharan

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21-tower scheme to be Ethiopia’s ‘biggest real estate project’ says Chinese developer

By Rod Sweet Artist’s render of the Royal Garden scheme planned by developer Sinomark in Addis Ababa (Sinomark Real Estate) A Chinese developer says it will build a 21-tower development that will “change the face” of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The news comes in a period of high growth for Africa’s second most populous

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Q&A: Why Ethiopia ‘just cannot be ignored anymore’

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies with GDP growth of 10.3% in 2014. Coupled with a population of over 90 million, this is prompting many consumer-focused companies to look at Ethiopia with fresh eyes. How we made it in Africa spoke to Addis Alemayehou, managing partner of Ethiopian advertising agency

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Ethiopia’s Economic Miracle Is Running Out of Steam

Why it’s time for East Africa’s big success story to change the way it does business. BY ROBERT LOONEYAPRIL Just over 30 years ago, Ethiopia’s famine regularly made the news. Gruesome accounts of up to a million deaths stemming from drought and civil war captured the attention of aid agencies, sympathetic governments, and humanitarian groups

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Addis Abeba The 10th poorest cities in the world

By Nick Compton, The Guardian Which is the poorest city in the world? Ranking hardship is not a simple, or happy, task – but as the world urbanises, city poverty becomes ever more important. Here are the places that struggle most For most of history, and despite the stereotype of urban squalour, it has been

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Ethiopian capital expands airport, plans new hub to meet growth

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia will complete expansion work on the capital’s airport in 2018 to triple the number of passengers it handles from 7 million a year now and will soon pick a site for a new hub to deal with 10 times the number in future, a senior official said.

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Africa Hotel Investment Forum Returns to Addis for 2015

Press Release Bench Events, the organiser of the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) today announced that the conference will return to Addis Ababa in 2015. It will take place again at the Sheraton Hotel on 30th September and 1st October. There has been much speculation about location of the next AHIF, after more than a

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Ethiopian Airlines Graduates 121 Aviation Technicians and Marketing Professionals

Press Release Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest aviation academy in Africa and an IATA authorized global training center, is pleased to announce that it has graduated 96 aviation technicians and 25 marketing professionals at a ceremony held at Ethiopian Headquarters on 25 September 2014. At the graduation ceremony, Ethiopian Chief Executive Officer Ato Tewolde Gebremariam gave

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Ethiopians’ plight: ‘The toilets are unhealthy, but we don’t have a choice’

Officials plan to build extra public conveniences in Addis Ababa, which has just 63 loos for its 3 million inhabitant. The Guardian David Smith in Addis Ababa Community toilets in Addis Ababa typically consist of a hole in the floor. Addis Ababa has more than 3 million people, but there are just 63 public toilets.

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