#Ethiopia has just 6 innovation hubs (graph). But then I read two very positive news: Tech giants Jack Ma @AlibabaGroup & Jack Dorsey of @Twitter have arrived in Addis. Ethiopia’s innovation set to take-off. Note: Fairfax is a large tech investor in Ethiopia (>500 staff). #Africa
Capturing tej bet: The art of drinking #Ethiopia's honey wine https://t.co/VAEqHIKq1P “It’s not just about putting alcohol in your stomach. It’s about socializing. It’s what our fathers did. We are drinking history!” Wasyehune, a 23-year-old painter.
An imperial palace, a prison—and now a symbolic museum
-- At the bottom of this heritage drive is a highly charged question: is Ethiopia an old nation or the product of a rapacious modern empire? @TomGardner18@TheEconomist | #Ethiopia | https://t.co/KQYvlMMvk3
Pleased to reach a consensus to continue the trilateral technical discussions on Grand Ethiopian Rennaissance Dam (GERD). See details @fitsumaregaa@PMEthiopia@mfaethiopia
The “Well done #Ethiopia” comment below is: 1. To compliment Ethiopia for self-financing GERD 100%, one of the world’s largest dams 2. For politely accepting mediation from the world’s most powerful man, @realDonaldTrump, without ceding anything to Egypt! Pls read press release.
Draft directive issued by NBE (Central Bank) regulating how “Ethiopians-by-birth” invest in #Ethiopia’s financial institutions. MY VIEW: Big positive progress but NBE should revise requirement that investments must be in hard currency only. Birr investments too should be allowed.
#Ethiopia: KenGen,Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations sign drilling contract https://t.co/dM621A0J1k The project with an estimated capacity to generate 150MW will be developed in two phases to produce electric power in the Main Rift Valley & sell the power to Ethiopian Electric Power