The stay on new mining licenses put into effect in Ethiopia last month is only temporary said Sinkenesh Ejigu Minister of Mines. Ethiopia had issued more than a 100 mining licenses before the suspension last month.
There were an estimated 200 applications for new licenses waiting to be processed when Ethiopia enacted the suspension to gain time to sort out issues with the mining sector.
The capacity of Ethiopian reinforcement steel bar manufacturing companies is at 61% according to the Metal Industry Development Institute of Ethiopia.
The companies were able to increase their capacity from 41% according to Fite Bekele, Director of the Institute Corporate Communication Directorate.
The Institute expects to raise the production capacity of the companies to 95% by the end of the GTP plan said Fite. The companies are receiving a range of support with this plan in mind he said.
Ethiopian Airlines is pleased to announce that its strategic partner for the southern Africa region, Malawian Airlines, has launched its first international flight to Johannesburg on 17 February 2014.
Ethiopian students won third prize in the 7th Huawei ICT Competition Global Final, which took place in Shenzhen, China, from May 24 to May 28, 2023.
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.
