University-Industry Linkage and Entrepreneurship Development Directorate of Haramaya University in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC)-Ethiopia delivered Business Development Service (BDS) training to 25 farmers invited from different districts of Eastern Hararaghe Zone. According to Dr. Mitiku Eshetu, Director for University-Industry Linkage and Entrepreneurship Development (UILED), these farmers had taken entrepreneurship training workshop and this […]
Day: June 15, 2021
Transport System Development and Road Traffic Safety-based Education up to the Highest Level
Addis Ababa University (AAU) signed memorandum of understanding with the FDRE Ministry of Transport to cooperate in different areas of transport system and road traffic safety based education, at Radisson-BLU Hotel, Addis Ababa, on the 15th of June 2021. The MoU focuses on collaboration on different activities including research, education, training, consultancy, knowledge and technology transfer […]
Stereotypes about young jobless South Africans are wrong: what they’re really up to
South Africa has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world. A whopping 63% of its young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years are jobless. A large proportion of these young people have never worked in the formal economy. The media frequently portray young people excluded from wage work as inactive, aimless […]
Bearing the brunt: The impact of COVID-19 on older people in low- and middle-income countries – insights from 2020 [EN/AR/RU]
Older people around the world at higher risk of abuse & neglect than before the pandemic: New report 14/06/2021 • HelpAge International launch new report on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day • Restrictive measures increase risk of abuse and neglect • Other health issues neglected in the wake of COVID-19 • Older people are invisible in official […]
WFP welcomes commitment to famine prevention by G7; calls for swift action to prevent widespread catastrophe
ROME – This weekend, leaders of the G7 acknowledged the unprecedented humanitarian crisis our world faces today as more than 34 million people teeter on the edge of famine and endorsed a Famine Prevention Compact to urgently address the problem. This is a welcome move. We can pull each of these 34 million individuals back […]
Ethiopia: Tigray: Humanitarian Access Snapshot (May 2021)
The operational environment in Tigray remains highly complex and fluid. In May, humanitarian access worsened in some hotspots as a result of hostilities and denials of movement by parties to the conflict. Ethiopia National Defense Forces (ENDF), Eritrea National Defense Forces (ErDF), and Amhara Special Forces (ASF) continue engaging with former Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) […]