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Investors continue to see opportunities in Africa’s food industry
BY Jaco Maritz Many business people continue to see food production as a lucrative opportunity in Africa. Edita produces a packaged croissant product under the Molto brand name. Earlier this week,...
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Is the private sector to blame for cargo sitting for so long in African ports?
BY Gael Raballand A major factor holding back African development is the time it takes to transport goods within the continent. Containers at the Port of Durban. Photo by Christophe Badoux. Though...
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Cotton trade: The road not taken
By Adam Sneyd Africa’s cotton producers need to re-think their approach to trade inequalities, with compensation mechanisms through the WTO – such as those offered by the US to Brazil – offering a...
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Kenya seeks ‘modern mining act’ within three months
As Ethiopia prepares to reduce mining tax from 35% to 25% here - http://allanapotashblog.org/2013/06/15/government-to-slash-mining-income-tax/ By Adam Green Kenya’s government lays out...
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Why Is the Obama Administration Suddenly So Interested in African Farms?
By Alex Park – Fri Jun. 28, 2013 This week, President Obama is making his first major visit to Africa since taking office. One topic that’s likely high on his agenda: US investment in African...
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Commercial Colonisation of Africa
By Graham Peebles Graham Peebles is Director of The Create Trust (www.thecreatetrust.org) E-mail graham@thecreatetrust.org. Driven overwhelmingly by self-interest and profit, the current crop of...
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G8 urges Africa to invest more in farming, nutrition
By The Guardian Tanzania and other African governments have been urged to invest more in agriculture and nutrition to ensure food security in their countries. The call was made by Bill Gates in a...
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Addis plays the long game
Over the last five years, Ethiopia’s diplomatic engagement with its East African neighbours appears to have taken on a new urgency with wide-ranging agreements on transport corridors and energy...
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29 June 2013 Development News Briefs
U.S. Officials Highlight Opportunity for Ethiopia‘s Future Addis Ababa, June 29, 2013 (WIC) - Ethiopia is “an important partner” of the United States in the East Africa region and one of the...
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Forests for Food Project, Ethiopia
A great little project demonstrating the best way to rebuild Ethiopia’s soil’s organic matter and prevent erosion, while providing more fuel and incomes for farmers sourced:...
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Africa Strives to Move from Reducing to Eradicating Hunger
Monday, 01 July 2013 – NewBusinessEthiopia.com African Ministers and other senior officials meeting at the African Union in Addis Ababa agreed to achieve development and eradicate hunger. The...
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Africa can follow Brazil’s lead in battle to eradicate hunger, says Lula
Former Brazil president Inácio Lula da Silva says subsistence agriculture must be abolished for African countries to end hunger Liz Ford in Addis Ababa guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 July 2013...
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2025: United behind the African agenda to eradicate hunger
High-level Meeting adopts Declaration for unified and focused action by all to end hunger and malnutrition by 2025 Addis-Ababa, 1 July 2013 - Heads of State and Government of African Union Member...
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Government relaxes dividend tax collection plans
By Muluken Yewondwossen Monday, 01 July 2013 Ethiopia’s government has promised to stop collecting tax on unpaid dividend to shareholders of companies. The Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn,...
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Liberalising Agricultural Input Market Vital to Reversing Productivity Decline
As the EPRDFites were preparing to convene at Bahir Dar – the beautiful lakeside capital of the Amhara Region – the policy environment was tense with so much uncertainty. Pundits proclaimed for the...
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The UAE and Ethiopia: a love story of foreign direct investment
A woman works at a construction site in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa (Albawaba/J. Zach Hollo) Ethiopia’s point man in the UAE, Mesganu Arga Moach, is a busy man. In between efforts to promote...
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03 July 2013 Ethiopian Development News Briefs
AfDB Allocates $3bn To Africa’s Power Sector Posted on July 3, 2013 VENTURES AFRICA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday said it has earmarked up to $3 billion for Africa’s power sector...
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Obama’s Plan To End Hunger In Africa Is Really A Plan To Industrialize...
By Magda Fahsi Last week, while touring Dakar, Senegal’s capital, President Obama touted his vision to reduce hunger in Africa. He emphasized food security, saying that far too many people on the...
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04 July 2013 Ethiopian Development News Briefs
Agriculture: Slower growth, rising demand NB: only covers commodities in the OECD-FAO report – BRICS include Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa A new report on the future of food production...
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Kenya: Ministry seeks suppliers’ support in low-cost fertiliser plan
Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Cabinet secretary Felix Koskei. (Pictured) By DENNIS ODUNGA The importation of fertiliser will be left to the private sector as the government...
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