It is rich in water resources and is known as the “Water Tower of East Africa”. There are many rivers and lakes, among which Lake Tana is the largest lake. There is a Blue Nile River in the northwest and an Omo River in the southwest. The two finally join the Lake Turkana. The ...
Horn of Africa,Somali peninsula- a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia Africa- the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the...
The construction of the railway was part of a long-term plan by the Ethiopian government to create an expansive rail network across the country. A light-railmass transitsystem in Addis Ababa was completed in 2015. Ethiopia’s air transport system has enjoyed a successunparalleledin Africa. There...
This part of Africa was a fascinating insight into a hugely varied country of lovely people – many leading a very hard life in good humour and without apparent religious or ethnic conflict. Their welcome was invariably friendly and helpful and an effort to make us welcome. ...
Ethiopia, Africa's second most populous nation with a population stood at 102.4 million in 2016, also considers industrial parks development as its prime target to create job opportunity to its burgeoning younger population. According to the EIC, around 19 factories that can produce textile products...
President of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Bruno Pietracci said the latest investment in Ethiopia is part of Coca-Cola Company's belief in Africa's strong potential as the next growth engine of the global economy. "Africa has a growing and rapidly urbanizing population who is brand conscious, eco...
Farmers in Ethiopia are better off now than they were four years ago, in part due to better-than-average rains and rising grain prices globally. But there's another reason: Africa's largest beneficiary of foreign aid has shifted from food aid to cash assistance.Benequista, Nicholas...
The4-dayevent, as part of its opening day program, evaluated Ethiopia'sHawassaindustrial park, in which panelists indicated the industrial zone as a "model of sustainability" in Africa's textile and garment industry sector. Digital sourcing was also major discussion topic during the event as a...
Impressions of Ethiopia 2. Ethiopia is one of four countries located at the Horn of Africa - the other three countries are Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti. 3. Ethiopia borders six countries: Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia,Kenya, Sudan and South Sudan and it is is the fourth largest landlocked count...
The report by the New York University Stern Center for Business and Human Rights comes as Ethiopia, one of Africa's fastest-growing economies, pursues a bold economic experiment by inviting the global garment industry to set up shop in its mushrooming industrial parks. "The government's eagernes...