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The 18th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies is being held outside of the capital Addis Ababa in Dire Dawa for the first time. The conference will be held from the 29th of October to the 2nd of November under the theme of ‘Movements in Ethiopia/Ethiopia in Movement.’

Dire Dawa and co-host Harrar were chosen to host this years conference because the two are crossroads in the trade and migration networks and have retained their cultural and religious traditions without sacrificing modernity.

The conference was organized as a collaborative effort by the Institute of Ethiopian Studies and the French Center of Ethiopian Studies and is primarily sponsored by the French Embassy in Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation is ready to apply the Kaizen Method according to a statement issued by the Corporation.
Kaizen is a philosophy that concentrates on a continuous improvement in the processes, technology, quality, productivity, company culture and leadership.

The company is holding a discussion program on how to apply the method today at the Ethiopia Hotel.

The program is expected to be attended by 450 senior and mid-level management staff, foremen and supervisors Wonji-Shoa, Metehara and Fincha sugar factories as we as the Corporation’s Director General Abay Tsehaye and the Director General of the Kaizen Institute in Ethiopia according to sources.

The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation Signed a 500 million US dollar deal with the China Development Bank. The loan is intended to finance the construction of two refineries as part of plans to double output in the next ten years.

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and the Sugar Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the refineries to be built by the Metal Engineering Corporation in the Southern Regional State.

It is to be remembered that the Sugar Corporation launched the development of 10 plantations and refineries last year as part of its objectives to make the nation one of the 10 largest sugar exporters in the world. The plan calls for increasing the production capacity of the nation to 2.3 metric tons which is significantly higher than the 265 thousand tons produced by the country last year.

Ethiopian Sugar Corporation has supplied over 4.3 million quintals of sugar to consumers during the fiscal year. More than 1.8 million quintals of the sugar supplied to consumers was imported by the government to stabilize the market according to the corporation report.

The difference of 2.6 million quintals was produced by locally by Fincha, Metehara and Wonji-Shoa factories. The factories were also able to produce more than 11 million liters of ethanol during the same period.

The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation is working to enhance the capacity of its leadership and executives to support the development of projects in the country announced the Corporation.

Developing the capacity of executives is important to develop the sector noted Abay Tsehaye, Director General of the ESC at a training organized for leaders and experts of the corporation.

The training was designed to focus on areas such as development, sugar development, globalization and Kaizen management.