Ethiopia celebrates the Global Entrepreneurship Week from the 14th to the 20th of November. The event will afford young entrepreneurs an opportunity to develop creativity and form networks according to Michael Fekade Chief Executive Officer of Empact Capital Partners, LLC hosting the event.
Young people with post secondary levels of education are encouraged to take on business initiatives said Michael.
The Ministry of Urban Development and Construction, Ethiopia announced the registration and certification of 36,000 construction and design engineers to date.
The Ministry certified 24,030 Construction Engineers and 12,219 Design Engineers said Temesgen Tesfaye, Director of the Engineers Registration and Certification Directorate of the MUDC at a joint consultative meeting organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and a consortium of the Ethiopian Engineering Professional Associations.
An engineer is required to possess an accredited degree in the field to be certified although registration and certification of professional engineers requires work experience in addition to academic qualifications according to Temesgen.
The Ethiopian Airlines said it had changed its plan to purchase Bombardier aircraft. 
It was reported last week that the airlines was holding talks with representatives of Bombardier, the Canadian airframer, for the purchase of additional Q400 aircraft which are known for less emission and noise.
Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO of Ethiopian said that after a series of managerial meetings the airlines had decided to conduct a market study to determine what type of aircraft it needs to buy and how many.
Ethiopia had chosen Lazard as financial adviser to arrange a series of fixed income investor meetings for a non-deal roadshow in the UK and US in association with Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan.
In efforts to shift from farming and become a hub for textile and other industries Ethiopia will start setting up a new industrial park in the coming September and expand existing ones at a total cost of U.S $ 250 Million.
