Addis Ababa City Administration Mayor Adanech Abebe presented the candidates for the cabinet members, among whom were Girma Seifu of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice and Yesuf Ibrahim of the National Movement of Amhara. Girma Seifu was accordingly appointed Investment Commissioner and Yesuf Ibrahim Head of Public Property Management Authority. During the occasion, the mayor recalled that […]
Month: September 2021
UNFPA Ethiopia Response to the Tigray Crisis – Situation report (15-31 August 2021)
Background The situation in Northern Ethiopia remains unpredictable with active hostilities reportedly expanding into neighboring regions of Afar and Amhara causing mass displacement and a worsening of the humanitarian situation. Two months after the declaration of a unilateral ceasefire by the Federal Government on June 28, the withdrawal of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) […]
China will no longer build overseas coal power plants – what energy projects will it invest in instead?
Chinese President Xi Jinping recently announced at the UN General Assembly that China “will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad”. Chinese banks have already swung into gear. Three days after Xi’s speech, the Bank of China declared it would no longer provide financing for new coal mining and power projects outside China from the last quarter of 2021. […]
2Africa Extended to the Arabian Gulf, India, and Pakistan
Now the Longest Subsea Cable System in the World MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced today the addition of a new segment – the 2Africa PEARLS branch – extending to the Arabian Gulf, India, […]
Le professeur Eric Hanushek et le docteur Rukmini Banerji ont reçu le prix Yidan 2021, la plus haute distinction mondiale en matière d’éducation
HONG KONG, 28 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Le professeur Eric A. Hanushek et le Dr Rukmini Banerji ont reçu le prix Yidan 2021, la plus haute distinction mondiale dans le domaine de l’éducation, en reconnaissance de leurs travaux révolutionnaires portant sur une pièce essentielle du puzzle de l’éducation : l’amélioration à grande échelle de la […]
Wiseasy PayCloud reçoit la conformité PCI DSS, garantissant des paiements sécurisés pour les partenaires mondiaux
PEKIN, 28 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Wiseasy, l’un des principaux constructeurs mondiaux de services bancaires et de paiements numériques, est heureux d’annoncer qu’il a réussi à se conformer aux normes de sécurité des données applicables à l’industrie des cartes de paiement (PCI DSS) couvrant sa plate-forme de paiement PayCloud. PCI DSS est l’une des normes de sécurité des […]