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PHOTO UPDATE: CONSTRUCTION OF MODERN BOARDING SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND IN ADDIS ABABA

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Gambeta News

Addis Ababa: – First Lady Zinash Tayachew is constructing schools in all regions across the country and a boarding school for the blind. The modern boarding school will have a capacity to accommodate 300 blind people, and is being built on 3.3 hectares of land in Addis Ababa Kaliti sub-city. The secondary schools will be built in all regions; In particular, it has been found to be economically and geographically accessible to students who are…

ETHIOPIA: ADDIS-ABABA NULLIFIES 1,178 INVESTMENT LICENSES

Posted on January 7, 2020January 10, 2020 by Gambeta News

Addis Ababa City Administration Investment Commission has nullified a total of 1,178 investment licenses for failure to kick-off the projects. Ethiopia’s investment law demands that any project that fails to commence, the licence will be void. Hence, Addis Ababa City Administration Investment Commission standing by this law has revoked 1,178 investment project license. The commissioner of Addis Ababa City Administration Investment Commission, Abdulfeta Yesuf, stated that 1,598 new investment projects with an accumulated sum of USD818…

32ND AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT KICKS OFF IN ETHIOPIA

Posted on February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 by Gambeta News

The 32ND African Union Summit for Heads of State and Government of all the 55 African countries is currently on-going in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The theme for the 32nd African Union summit is; “The Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced displacement in Africa”. During the opening ceremony, chairperson of the African Union Commission Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomed the assembly of leaders, specially welcoming the new leaders of…

THE NEW BOLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BECOMES BIGGEST AIRPORT IN AFRICA

Posted on January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 by Gambeta News

Addis Ababa Bole International Airport expansion has made it the biggest airport in Africa. On 27th January, 2019, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed commissioned the newly enlarged Addis Ababa Bole International Airport terminal; which have now become Africa’s gateway to the World and also the biggest airport in Africa. PM Abiy inaugurated the Bole Int’l Airport Expansion work built at a total of $363mil. PM Abiy noted @flyethiopian is the pride of Ethiopia embodying…

PHOTOS FROM THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING HELD IN ADDIS ABABA

Posted on January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 by Gambeta News

African Leaders met in Addis Ababa to participate in a High-Level Meeting of Heads of State and Government organised by the African Union on January 17, 2019. The meeting focused on exploring the election situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. You can read the outcome of the meeting in our previous post (read here). The communiqué of the High-Level consultative meeting of Heads of State and Government on the situation in the Democratic Republic of…

ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT SET TO KICK-OFF IN ETHIOPIA

Posted on September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 by Gambeta News

Ethiopia set to kick-off road infrastructure which will ease movement of goods and commodity. Ethiopia is set to kick-off on its US$43m infrastructure projects. This project will help to improve the transport and network connection to boost trade. It will also help grow the nation economic. The project will also help to lure investors and in the process create opportunity for the nation. Meanwhile, Addis Ababa City Roads Authority is on the verge of completing the signing of…