News: Career fellowship supports Ethiopian women to enhance agri-food policies
The two-year career development program aims to grow a pool of confident and capable mid-career African women to lead policy changes to improve African smallholders’ livelihoods, particularly women. Why the GRASP Fellowship? A new report published by FAO this year, The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems, reveals that whilst there has been some progress, substantial gender inequalities in agrifood systems persist. The 50 women selected for the GRASP Fellowship will receive customized training in mentoring, advanced leadership skills, negotiations skills, gender in agricultural policy, and masterclasses on policy processes. The trio will be supported to participate in structured mentoring programs to foster knowledge sharing and development of Policy Innovation Projects that will provide hands-on practical experience in collaborating toward gender-responsive policy development.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 14, 2023 13:47 UTC
News: National Bank of Ethiopia greenlights offshore accounts for strategic foreign direct investments
The headquarters of the National Bank of Ethiopia (Photo: Capital Finance International)Addis Abeba – The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has approved strategic foreign direct investment initiatives to establish offshore accounts. The central bank aims to attract strategic investors across various sectors that can provide much-needed public goods and create new streams of foreign currency flows into Ethiopia. These projects will receive preferential treatment in three areas: the opening of offshore accounts, currency convertibility guarantees, and enhanced debt-to-equity ratios. Moreover, the foreign currency convertibility guarantee grants strategic investment projects a faster pathway to currency convertibility and offers them a guarantee that surpasses all other foreign currency claims, except for sovereign debt claims. However, the foreign currency convertibility guarantee is only accessible once the FDI strategic investor has exhausted all avenues for purchasing foreign currency from commercial banks.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 14, 2023 13:47 UTC
Where to eat around Moraine Lake
Read on to find out what your options are for dining around Moraine Lake. Moraine Lake LodgeFirst, we’ll start by chatting about Moraine Lake Lodge. This shuttle company, in particular, lets you book your seat to and from Moraine Lake, and their pick-up zones are conveniently located both in and nearby Lake Louise Village — which is now where we’ll turn to discuss other places to eat. The takeaway on dining opportunities around Moraine LakeThese are just a few of the diverse places for you to dine around Moraine Lake. Whether you want a casual snack to go or you’d like a fancier dining experience — the Moraine Lake area can cater.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 14, 2023 13:08 UTC
Why India’s Africa Outreach is ‘human-centric’ unlike China’s ‘capital-centric’
The African Union’s entry into G20 heralds a new chapter of India’s increasing footprint in the African continent. Under its Africa Outreach initiative, India has had visits to all African countries at ministerial level. To expedite its presence in Africa, India opened 16 new embassies in Africa in recent years. Minerals and Mining Sector: India has been a significant importer of minerals from Africa, while African countries have relied on India’s expertise in mining technology and investment. Manufacturing: Trade between India and Africa in the manufacturing sector has witnessed substantial growth strengthening economic ties between the two regions.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 14, 2023 12:09 UTC
Ethiopia says filling of Nile Renaissance mega-dam complete
Ethiopia announced on Sunday it has filled its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile, the source of a long-running water dispute with downstream Egypt and Sudan. The news brought a prompt condemnation from Egypt, who denounced it as illegal.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 20:08 UTC
Ethiopian Airlines plane returns to Delhi airport after smoke in cockpit
An Ethiopian Airlines flight enroute to Addis Ababa returned to the national capital soon after take off on Wednesday early morning after smoke was detected in the cockpit, according to sources. One of the sources said the flight ET 687, operated by a Boeing 777-8 aircraft, made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport at around 3 am on Wednesday. A passenger, who was onboard the flight, told PTI that the plane returned to the airport soon after take off and made an emergency landing. "There was smoke... and many passengers panicked," the passenger said on the condition of anonymity. The flight was to fly to the Ethiopian city of Addis Ababa.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 15:48 UTC
West Valley school district awarded $180,000 in grants for school lunch program
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District was awarded $180,018 in federal and state grant funding for its revamped school lunch program that enhances both the nutritional quality of the district’s cafeteria menus and its science curriculum. Students have been eating up the change, and the school district said more than 1,000 students at LGHS and more than 700 students at SHS are eating school lunches every day. The funding was awarded because the school district made “significant improvements” to the nutritional quality of its school meals, according to a press release. She worked with the the school booster clubs to raise more than $100,000 for the contract, which started in the 2019-20 school year, and for upgrades to the school kitchen. “We have one Ethiopian woman in the kitchen, and so we started doing Ethiopian meals, and, I mean, the kids – they love them.”
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 15:01 UTC
Ethiopian Native Selected To Spread The Word Of God Beyond Borders
An Ethiopian native who visited Caldwell County earlier this year has been selected to serve in a position that will allow him to continue spreading the Word of God in his home country. Tefera added that Ethiopia is far from the only country in Africa that needs the gospel shared. HR Ministries’ Harrell Riley said they will be returning to the country this winter. Riley added they did not expect to be a part of a mission this big. Riley and Tefera attribute the recent influx of support from this area to being on WPKY’s Coffee Talk.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 15:01 UTC
Ethiopian Students ID to Get Digital – Ethiopian Monitor
ADDIS ABABA – The Ministry of education (MoE) and the National ID Program jointly introduced a Digital ID system as the official student identification across all educational institutions in Ethiopia. Per the two institutions, one of the most prominent benefits of using the Student Digital ID in the educational domain is the establishment of a unified identity. Accordingly, over 640,000 student’s biometric data was migrated into the National ID Program’s system for Fayda ID generation. The integration offers significant operational efficiency of Educational institutions, ranging from grade schools to universities. The NID is implementing a nation-wide biometric digital ID system called Fayda, aiming to register all eligible Ethiopians by the end of 2025.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 14:56 UTC
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Egypt's ban on niqab in schools met with scepticism and resistance
A decree banning Egyptian school pupils from wearing the niqab has been met with scepticism and rejected by many parents and teachers. Under the rules, girls are not allowed to wear the niqab in class, as the veil covers their face. READ MORE Egypt backtracks on licensing private tutorial centresSecurity inside schools was the main reason behind the ministry’s ban on niqabs, said Maysa Abou Muslim, an Education Ministry official. She pointed to the dress code for state universities introduced last year, which she says was largely ignored by university workers. Some feminist activists interpreted the new dress code as blaming women for violence committed by men, as it asked women to change how they dress to protect themselves.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 14:30 UTC
Ethiopian officials New year event at GERD site
borkenaState-owned media outlets on Tuesday (the day of the Ethiopian New Year) aired video footage of Ethiopian Authorities – both federal and regional – at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project site. From the information released, it is organized as an Ethiopian New Year event in a way to celebrate the fourth filling of GERD’s reservoir – apparently to demonstrate the grandiosity of Abiy Ahmed Administration’s achievement. Video : embedded from FANA youtube channelCover photo : screenshot from the videoEthiopian News VideoJoin our Telegram Channel : t.me/borkenaGot a business? Follow us on twitter @zborkenato get the latest Ethiopian News updates regularly. Subscribe to YouTube channel To share information or for submission, send e-mail to info@borkena.com
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 14:01 UTC
Somalia will start providing fruit to Ethiopia
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Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 12:11 UTC
Malians divided on response to surge in deadly violence
After recent deadly attacks in northern Mali, some people in Bamako say the government should consider restarting or increasing dialogue with armed groups. There's been a resurgence of deadly violence in Mali's north in recent weeks inolving attacks by Islamist militants on civilians and security forces. ".... We're all Malians, so it would be better to talk to each other and come back to the negotiating table. We'll never be able to liberate the North without war, and after the war we'll negotiate, because we'll all know each other's weight. The surge in violence comes UN peacekeeping forces vacate their bases ahead of their full withdrawal at the end of the year.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 12:02 UTC
South African Tourism and Ethiopian Airlines collaborates to launch campaign #IsDiwaliDekhoMore&More
South African Tourism has announced the launch of #IsDiwaliDekhoMore&More campaign in partnership with Ethiopian Airlines. It is aimed at encouraging Indian travellers to visit South African destinations and experience its diversity. Moreover, the campaign is an extension to the second leg of ’More & More’ campaign rolled out by the tourism board earlier this year. “South Africa has been one of the most preferred destinations for travellers from India and around the world. Currently, Ethiopian airline offers one of the fastest links between India and South Africa with minimum layover duration,” Bilen Arefaine, country manager, Ethiopian Airlines, added.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 11:15 UTC
British Museum must return Ethiopian Tabots, former curator insists
The British Museum is facing calls from one of its own former curators to return sacred tablets to Ethiopia. “Following an undertaking given by the British Museum, nobody but priests of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church ever will.”It has been argued that the British Museum Act of 1963 prevents treasures housed in museums from being given away unless in specific circumstances, such as when they are “unfit to be retained”. The Tabots are among artefacts seized by the British in the 1868 Battle of Magdala. The British Museum Act restricts their ability to hand back almost every item in the collection, but not the Tabots. “The Tabots can be released now without a change in the Act, simply by the trustees recognising they are unfit to be retained.
Source:Ethiopian News
September 13, 2023 10:58 UTC