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Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, proudly announces that it will host the ICAO Global Aviation Training and TRAINAIR PLUS Symposium with the theme: “Together, Enhancing Training to Build Capacity” at the seat of the African Union, Addis Ababa from April 11 through 13, 2017.

Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy (EAA), ICAO TRAINAIR Plus member and IATA authorized global training center, has graduated 184 aviation professionals at a ceremony held at the Academy’s Commercial and Cabin Crew Training Building on Saturday, February 18, 2017. Among the total graduates, 145 are females.

Zemedeneh Negatu, the managing partner of EY Ethiopia, ended his collaboration with the international consultancy office. It was after working for 15 years that the 2 ended the collaboration.

Tigray State’s Revenue Authority disclosed that it has managed to collect a total of 2 billion Birr revenue in the first 6 months of the current fiscal year.

Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) disclosed it has completed 12 percent of Modjo – Hawassa expressway.

Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity (MWIE) disclosed once the construction of the sugar factories being undertaken is completed, Ethiopia will be able to generate more than 200 megawatts from sugarcane by-products.

Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) has concluded contracts with 5 different local contractors for the construction of 11.7 kilometers asphalt roads in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. The contracts are worth a total of 878 million Birr.

Bunna Bank S.C., one the private banks in Ethiopia, has endorsed Negusu G/Egziabher, to be its newest CEO. Negusu was among the 3 candidates for the spot.

Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, ranked 11th worldwide in flight on-time performance for the month of January 2017, according to FlightStats, the leading provider of real-time global flight data to companies and individuals across the travel ecosystem. Of the almost 8000 flights operated by the airline in January, 81% arrived within 15 minutes of the schedule arrival. Not only did Ethiopian rank 11th worldwide, but it ranked #1 for airlines based in the Middle East and Africa.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn has received in his office in the capital Addis Ababa the Chairman of Ezdan Holding Group H.E. Sheikh Dr. Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, and his accompanying delegation to deliberate on investment opportunities available for Qatari businessmen. The meeting predominantly tackled a project proposed by Ezdan Holding Group to establish a multipurpose realty project in a premium location at the heart of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.