Ethiopian Band Yegna to Continue Despite Funding Cut from UKYegna Managing Director Solome Tadesse spoke on Tuesday of continuation of the project despite the UK Department for International Development (DFID)’s decision to cut its funding for the project. But DFID announced the end of its partnership with Yegna a few days ago. “Yegna has been on air for the past three-and-a-half years and DFID has done annual reviews by sending independent consultants. DFID was a pivotal supporter of Yegna, Solome noted, and further stressed that there were also other Yegna partners. According to Solome, Yegna would look for like-minded international organizations for funding while exploring local funding options, like corporate social responsibility (CSR) of companies like Ethiopian Airlines.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2017 20:16 UTC