By Alex Court and Lillian Leposo (CNN) – The steady hum of sewing machines fills the air inside a large glovemaking factory on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the bustling Ethiopian capital. Patches of leather move through an array of working stations as busy laborers work feverishly to meet the company’s export quota: 5,000
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Irish Times By Ahmed Soliman Some of Addis Ababa’s national-development initiatives are bringing the government into conflict with its own people Visionary: the state funeral of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in 2012; his death took Ethiopia into unknown territory. Photograph: Mulugeta Ayene/AFP/Getty Since 2000 Ethiopia has registered some of the greatest gains in human development
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The Daily Beast By Brendon Hong HONG KONG — Sun Qiaoming is a trader from Jiangsu. He operates his import-export business on the Eastern coast of China, where there is plenty of space for a man with his drive and skills to prosper. Already fairly successful, he recently set his sights beyond his country’s borders. “There’s
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Bloomberg Ethiopian workers strolling through the parking lot of Huajian Shoes’ factory outside Addis Ababa last month chose the wrong day to leave their shirts untucked. Company President Zhang Huarong, just arrived on a visit from China, spotted them through the window, sprang up and ran outside. The former People’s Liberation Army soldier harangued them
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Business Daily The Ethiopian government is collaborating with a Chinese company, Zhejiang Jinda Flax Llc, to establish a textile industrial zone in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Ministry of Industry and the Chinese textile company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the industrial zone, designated for textile factories in the Bole District in Addis
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The African Report Manufacturing: Ethiopia receives World Bank loan to create jobs Ethiopia on Tuesday received a $250 million dollar loan from the World Bank to finance the implementation of a competitiveness and job creation project in the country. The agreement intends to support Ethiopia’s efforts of creating new jobs and increase competitiveness in the
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BY KENNETH AGUTAMBA The New Times Rwanda-LI KEQIANG is not the president of China. He’s the prime minister, but the presidential red carpet welcome accorded to him on his recent visit to Africa speaks volumes. In Ethiopia, Li addressed African Union leaders; in Nigeria he delivered a keynote speech during the World Economic Forum and
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Ahram Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb met with United States and European Union special representatives on Sunday, after the diplomats discussed the Nile Water issue with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. The meeting with Mehleb also came after the diplomats, EU Special Representative to the Horn of Africa Alexander Rondos and Special Coordinator for Water Resources at
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The WSJ May 14, 2014 Rise Wages at Home Spur Makers of Shoes, TVs, Cars to Expand on the Continent By PETER WONACOTT A shoe factory in Ethiopia CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Each sparkly green television motherboard that rolls off the Hisense Co. factory line here moves China a tiny step toward a new global manufacturing base.
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By Prof. B. R. Deepak Eurasiareview Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Ethiopia, Nigeria, Angola and Kenya between 4th and 11th May 2014. It was Li’s first visit to Africa, and coincides with the 50th anniversary of Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai’s first visit to Africa in 1964. Li’s visit has been considered as another milestone in
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