(ENA)The labor force participation rate at the national level in Ethiopia is about 65 percent, according to the Ethiopia 2021 Labor Force and Migration Survey (LMS) released today. Speaking at the LMS key findings dissemination workshop, Central Statistics Agency (CSA) Director-General Biratu Yigezu said the labor force participation rate at the national level is about […]
Gov’t to Digitalize Services This Ethiopian Budget Year
(ENA) Government services will be digitized in the current budget year, according to Ministry of Innovation and Technology. Over 300 billion Birr e-commerce was undertaken during the closed Ethiopian budget year, it was learned. Innovation and Technology Minister, Abraham Belay told ENA that favorable conditions have been created for the establishing a national digital economy. […]
IOM says $27 million urgently needed for shelter help in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Addis Ababa – The Ethiopia Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Item (ES/NFI) Cluster led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today USD 27 million is urgently needed to continue providing emergency shelter and other assistance for those internally displaced in Tigray. An estimated 5 million people have been affected by the humanitarian crisis triggered […]
Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Libya’s Migrant Report: Round 37 | May – June 2021
OVERVIEW DTM Libya identified a total of 597,611 migrants from over 40 nationalities in the 100 Libyan municipalities in May and June 2021 during Round 37 of data collection. During the reporting period, the number of migrants in Libya remained fairly stable compared to the previous round of data collection (March and April 2021). In […]
Reducing post-harvest loss and waste; crucial to ensuring food and nutrition security in the IGAD region
IGAD’s Ministers for agriculture endorsed a new strategy on post-harvest loss management 12 August 2021, Addis Ababa – The IGAD post-harvest loss management (PHLM) strategy was endorsed at a virtual ministerial meeting organized by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on 12 August 2021 with the technical support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the […]
Ethiopian Diaspora Raised over 28 Mln birr to Support ENDF
(ENA) The Ethiopian Diaspora Agency has raised over 28 million birr in one month from the Diaspora community to support the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). On a webinar organized by the Diaspora Agency to discuss ways to strength the Diaspora support to ENDF, it was indicated that the diaspora community raised more than 28 […]