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10.02.2016
ETHIOPIA
CBE obtains $ 2.3 bln foreign exchange in six months........................................ 2
Ethiopian soars with help from the state .......................................................... 3
As big African airlines are grounded in heavy losses, Ethiopian Airlines continues
to spread its wings.......................................................................................... 3
Ethiopia Pays Attention the Livestock and Fishery Sector................................... 5
Authority Strives to Track Private Health Centers' Service Delivery Fee .............. 6
Four Points by Sheraton brand debuts in Ethiopia ............................................. 7
Authority commences Ambo –Weliso road construction ..................................... 8
Ethiopia’s candidacy for UNSC seat emanates from role on continental, global
issues: Premier ............................................................................................... 9
SOUTH SUDAN
S. Sudan legislators warn of war over land disputes in Upper Nile state ............ 10
DJIBOUTI
Le ministre du Travail rencontre une délégation de l’USAID ............................. 12
ALTRO
Appuntamenti – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Addis Abeba .............................. 14
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[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
CBE obtains $ 2.3 bln foreign exchange in six months
The Commercial Bank
of Ethiopia (CBE) has
obtained 2.3 billion US
dollars
foreign
exchange in the first
half of this Ethiopian
Fiscal Year.
2.06 billion US dollars
was
obtained
from
remittance.
(09.02.2016 – FBC)
The bank managed to
collect 18.4 billion birr
deposit in the first half
of the budget year, thus
increasing
its
total
deposit to 260.2 billion
birr from 241.7 billion.
Out of the to tal, export
trade generated 292.1
million US dollars, while
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The bank also made
available close to 39.4
billion birr in loan and
bond sale for various
development projects.
The bank’s total asset
has
reached
330.5
billion birr. It also
earned 12.8 billion birr
income before tax.
The bank added 1.2
million new clients in
the first half of the
budget year.
As part of the efforts to
increase its reach, the
bank raised the number
of its branches to1,000,
according to ENA.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
Ethiopian soars with help from the state
As big African airlines
are grounded in heavy
losses,
Ethiopian
Airlines continues to
spread its wings.
(09.02.2016 – FBC)
An
aggressive
expansion strategy has
helped the state-owned
carrier transform itself
from
a
competent
regional player to the
continent’s
leading
carrier in just five
years.
In a region where most
airlines are struggling
to break even as they
grapple
with
the
collapse in commodities
and political instability,
Ethiopian
Airlines
recorded
a
full-year
profit of more than all
other African carriers
combined, according to
data
from
the
International
Air
Transport Association.
Its performance has
meant it has already
met most of its goals
for its 15-year master
plan to 2025 in the first
five years.
“The growth rate in the
industry is very low —
the average could be
3
less than 5 per cent —
but
we
have
been
growing 20-25 per cent
annually compound, in
revenue
and
fleet
[size],” said Tewolde
Gebremariam, its Chief
Cxecutive Officer (CEO).
In the year to June
2015,
the
company
recorded a net profit of
3.15bn birr ($148m),
compared with 2bn birr
in the same period a
year earlier. Based on
accounts audited by the
Audit
Services
Corporation,
which
inspects
state-owned
enterprises,
its
operating profit margin
was 9.49 per cent, up
from 2.14 per cent in
2011 and at a level
comparable with the
best European carriers.
It has also increased its
routes to 89, up from
69 in 2011. Analysts
attribute much of this
success to the carrier’s
benevolent
owner,
which does not demand
dividends and, through
state policies, can help
keep down labour and
financing costs.
The collapsing oil price
has slashed fuel costs
and the company has
also
benefited
from
turmoil blighting its
main
rivals.
Kenya
Airways, for instance,
launched
a
big
restructuring
programme last year,
including selling off
several of its larger
aircraft, which followed
the
failure
of
an
ambitious
expansion
plan launched in 2011.
Kenya Airways, which is
26.7 per cent owned by
Air
France-KLM,
has
reported losses for the
past
three
years ,
including $252m in the
year to March 2015, the
largest
in
Kenyan
corporate history. It has
blamed
rising
competition,
terrorist
attacks in Kenya and
hedging losses for its
woes.
South African Airways,
which is dependent on
government loans and
guarantees,
has had
seven chief executives
in three years amid
losses
that
totalled
$300m for the three
years to March 2014. I t
has delayed publishing
its annual report for the
year to March 2015 as it
awaits the finalisation
of
a
government
guarantee.
“Ethiopian Airlines [has
been] allowed to get o n
with its own business,
but at 100 per cent
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
state ownership it can
enjoy some benefits
that o thers like Kenya
Airways can’t,” says Eric
Musau, a Nairobi-based
analyst with Standard
Investment Bank.
He adds: “They don’t
have to pay a dividend
and
can
build
up
capital. It’s also got
much
lower
labour
costs
and
higher
productivity than its
rivals.”
But Mr Musau cautioned
that
this
beneficial
status wo uld inevitably
change as Ethiopia’s
economy modernised.
“If you have a much
more open economy,
salaries will have to
ramp up. The cost will
have to go up at some
point and how they
manage that will be a
challenge.”
Tewolde says that apart
from the government
allowing the airline to
reinvest all its profits, it
does not give any
subsidies. He adds the
government’s
“developmental state”
economic management
is no different from
many other nations.
“The Gulf countries do
it in their own way, like
Dubai, Abu Dhabi and
Qatar. China does it in
its own way,” he says.
“So we do it in our own
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way. It is not per se
government controlled,
but
I
wo uld
say
government-led
development.”
But one director of a
rival
airline
claims
Ethiopian
Airlines
benefits
from
being
able to borrow at very
favourable,
noncommercial, rates due
to its state ownership.
“We
just
can’t
compete,” he says.
Tewolde
says
his
business model is to
partly emulate that of
Singapore
Airlines,
another
state-owned
carrier that has enjoyed
government-led
development. “Number
one, in terms of being a
very successful airline
in terms of financial
performance.
Number
two, they’ve created a
very
strong
global
brand, especially with
the Singapore girl, and
this has been achieved
in a small market base
because Singapore is a
city state of five million
people,” Tewolde says.
The chief executive,
who assumed his role in
2011, is not relying on
organic growth to boost
revenues and has been
forging
partnerships
with other airlines. It
holds a 40 per cent
stake in Togo-based
start-up Asky Airlines
and a 49 per cent s take
in Air Malawi, which
operates as Malawian
Airlines.
Now,
he
wants
to
compete further afield
with carriers in the Gulf
and Europe, many of
which are looking to the
world’s fastest-growing
region for expansion.
Gerald Khoo, an analyst
at
London-based
Liberum
Capital,
predicts
that
airline
competition across the
continent will intensify
in coming years as the
emerging middle class
look to spend rising
levels of discretionary
income. “Africa is a
growth market overall
in terms of GDP per
capita and GDP growth.
GDP
per
capita
is
reaching a critical level
that is associated with
air traffic growth,” he
said.
The
Ethiopian
government
is
preparing for this as it
starts work on an eightyear project to build a
$4bn,
four-runway
airport on the outskirts
of Addis Ababa that will
be able to handle 120m
passengers a year.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
Ethiopia Pays Attention the Livestock and Fishery Sector
The
Ministry
of
Livestock and Fishery
indiacted
that
the
nation had not been
benefiting from the
untapped
livestock
and fishery resources,
The Ethiopian Herald
reported.
(09.02.2016 –
2Merkato)
Mr. Sileshi Getahun,
Minister of Livestock
and Fishery, pointed
out
that
although
Ethiopia had plenty of
livestock and fishery
projects, the sector had
not been able to play a
major role in the overall
national economy. He
then listed the possible
causes such as shortage
of
animal
fodder
provision, absence of
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information
system,
absence
of
quality
research contributing to
the problem.
The Minister further
added that after they
had
evaluated
the
problems,
the
government
took
measures
to
bring
major changes to the
sector. It also designed
several
methods
to
address
the
under
developed
working
systems.
Providing
improved
species,
fodder
development
and
supply
and
protecting
animal
health
were
issues
given
attention
to
improve the sector. In
addition to improving
the livelihood of semipastoral and pastoral
communities,
the
government has also
planned
to
create
employment
opportunities for the
urban
and
rural
communities
in
the
Second GTP plan by
strengthening
the
involvement
of
the
youth and investors.
Mr. Asrat Tefera, SNNP
State
Livestock
and
Fishery
Development
Bureau Head, on his
part asserted that each
stakeholder
should
work together. More
over, he added that the
sector could play a
great role in achieving
the vision of Ethiopia
becoming
a
middle
income economy by
2025.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
Authority Strives to Track Private Health Centers' Service Delivery Fee
The Trade Practice and
Consumer
Protection
Authority of Ethiopia
disclosed that it had
set up ways to track
private health centers
service delivery fee,
Walta
Information
Center reported.
(09.02.2016 –
2Merkato)
Mr.
Endalkachew
Tsegaye, Director of the
Public
Relations
Coordination
Directorate with the
Authority,
informed
Medical Magazine that a
survey study on private
health sectors had been
conducted. The survey
study was undertaken
due to dissatisfactions
reported by the public
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to the Trade Practice
and
consumer
Protection Authority.
He further explained
that
besides
the
occasional
price
increment,
the
registration, laboratory
and bed fees were
among some of the
unfair charges in the
health centers. These
price escalations are
due to reasons such as
unfair
house
rent
payments, high priced
medicines and imported
medical equipments
What is more,
Mr.
Endalkachew
stressed
on the fact that the
public
repeatedly
complains
on
being
mistreated by health
officers
and
further
added
sanitary
problems,
lack
of
quality and quantity of
laboratory
materials
and ineffective service
delivery as some of the
other major problems
faced.
As
a
result,
the
authority called upon
these private
health
centers
to
serve
ethically and indicated
that it has also planned
to
set
awareness
creation programs in
the near future.
Follow
ups
and
assessments
will be
strengthened until fair
health
service
is
achieved in the country .
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
Four Points by Sheraton brand debuts in Ethiopia
Starwood
Hotels
&
Resorts Worldwide, Inc
today announced it
will
introduce
its
booming Four Points
brand in Ethiopia with
a new-build property
developed
by
Alemgenet Trade &
Industries
PLC,
an
Ethiopian
private
liability company.
(09.02.2016 – WIC)
Slated to open at the
beginning of 2019, Four
Points
by
Sheraton
Addis Ababa, Meskel
Square
marks
Starwood’s first new
hotel in Ethiopia since
the opening of the
renowned
Sherato n
Addis Ababa, a Luxury
Collection
Hotel,
in
1998.
Strategically located o n
the main arterial avenue
leading
to
Bole
International
Airport,
the hotel is a short walk
from
popular
city
.
7
landmark,
Meskel
Square, and a quick
drive to the United
Nations and African
Union Headquarters.
“The entry of Four
Points to Ethiopia, one
of
Africa’s
fastest
growing economies, is a
significant addition to
our rapidly expanding
portfolio in the region,”
said
Michael
Wale,
President,
Starwoo d
Hotels
&
Resorts,
Europe,
Africa
and
Middle East. “As home
to
Africa’s
largest
airline, Addis Ababa is a
key hotel market and an
ideal city for a brand
that serves the modern,
everyday traveler.”
Mr.
Alem
Fitsum,
Managing
Director
Alemgenet
Trade
&
Industries PLC said, “We
are very pleased to have
reached this milestone,
and we look forward to
working with Starwood
to provide our guests
the
comfort
and
authentic service they
have come to expect
from the Four
brand."
Points
“The Four Points brand
has the largest global
pipeline in Starwoo d
and
accounted
for
almost 45 percent of all
deals signed in the
region last year,” said
Neil George, Senior Vice
President Acquisitions &
Development, Starwoo d
Hotels & Resorts, Africa
& Middle East. “With
two Four Points Hotels
currently operating in
Africa and five more in
the pipeline, the brand
is
enjoying
great
interest and traction
with developers across
the continent.” (Eturbo
news).
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
Authority commences Ambo –Weliso road construction
The construction of
Ambo-Welsio
asphalt
road
project
is
officially
launched,
The Ethiopian Aoad
Authority
(ERA)
disclosed.
(09.02.2016 – WIC)
Public
Relations
Director
with
the
Authority,
Samson
Wondimu, told WIC that
construction of the 63.8
kilometers long road
has begun by Spain
based
international
company
called
Ute
Elsamek
and
the
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engineering
consultancy is jointly
taken by Pan Arab and
Omega companies.
The Ambo-Weliso road
project
will
interconnect the small
towns
and
villages
found between Ambo
and Weliso towns such
us,
Altufa,
Haro ,
Wenchi, Derian, Senkele
and
Chitu,
Samson
noted. He added that
construction of the road
will
create
market
linkages
and
opportunities
for
different products of
the surrounding peo ple.
The Ambo-Weliso road
construction project is
expected
to
be
completed
in
three
years,
Samson
underscored.
The
width of the road is
designed to be 24.4
meters in zonal towns,
17 meters wereda towns
and 10 meters rural
towns, he added.
A loan from World Bank
will cover 75 percents
of the cost of the road
construction and the
rest 25 percent of the
project budget will be
covered
by
the
Ethiopian government .
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
Ethiopia’s candidacy for UNSC seat emanates from role on continental, global
issues: Premier
Prime
Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn
said African Union’s
approval of Ethiopia’s
candidacy for the nonpermanent seat in the
United
Nations
Security
Council
(UNSC) is the result of
its
significant
contribution
on
continental and global
issues.
consolidates its efforts
The
government
in partnership with its
attached due attention
African brothers so as
for the expansion of the
to ensure the all round
manufacturing industry
benefit of women, he
so
said.
exploit and ensure the
as
to
has
efficiently
sustainability
of
as a candidate for the
agricultural
growth,
UNSC seat is the result
which is the engine of
of the country’s role in
the
continental and global
premier added.
issue, the Premier said.
In order to achieve the
The 10th biennial U.S.-
target, industrial parks
Africa Business Summit,
will be established in 17
interview with EBC, the
hosted in Addis Ababa
selected
Premier said the 26th
recently,
Ordinary Session of the
attract
Assembly of Heads of
participants
in
State and Government
history.
Ethiopia
of the AU, which was
obtained a big
held recently in Addis
from
Ababa,
according
(10.02.2016 – FBC)
In
an
exclusive
passed
Ethiopia’s
nomination
managed
to
more
the
its
result
Summit,
to
the
important decision on
Premier.
human
with
Several
particular focus on the
African
rights, participation and
attracted by Ethiopia’s
benefits of women.
economic
Ethiopia
already
expressed their interest
began working on the
to invest in Ethiopia, he
agenda ahead and it will
said.
9
rights
has
new
U.S
and
investors,
growth,
economy,
the
the
economic
corridors.
Four
corridors,
which
commence
shortly,
been
activities
have
already
identified,
Hailemariam said.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
S. Sudan legislators warn of war over land disputes in Upper Nile
state
South
Sudan
lawmakers from the
Shilluk ethnic tribe in
Upper Nile state have
warned
of
war
outbreak
over
unsettled
land
disputes,
if
left
unaddressed.
(09.02.2016 –
SudanTribute)
There are already fears
such statements may
undermine
the
implementation of the
peace
deal,
which
government and armed
opposition have signed
and
declared
commitment to honour
it despite sharp division
over the president’s
order.
Speaking at a news
conference
at
the
parliament Tuesday, the
leader of the minority
in
the
national
assembly, Onyoti Adigo
who was flanked by five
Shilluk MPs, warned
that the annexation of
Malakal to East Nile
State could lead to
conflict, if not resolved.
“We hope that the Jieng
(Dinka) of Padang and
their
plotters
understand it well that
if this illegal occupation
of Malakal and other
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Collo
areas is
not
revoked, it would be a
recipe
for
non-stop
deadly war,” Adigo told
reporters at the national
legislative
assembly
premises.
He
claimed
the
government
of
the
newly established East
Nile
State
has
suspended all the civil
servants from his ethnic
group
and
replaced
them
with
new
employees from the
tribes which are part of
the new s tate, majority
of
whom
area
are
allegedly from Padang,
a section of an ethnic
Dinka in the area.
Adigo
said
Malakal
belongs to his ethnic
group
and
that
government must know
that such action wo uld
be responded strongly,
accusing the governor
of
the
new
state,
General Chol Thon of
being obsessed with
power given to him by
the
presidential
establishment
order
making Malakal town a
capital of the new s tate.
“The
unnecessary
aggression
by
the
governor
must
be
responded to strongly.
We
condemn
the
behavior
of
the
governor of the socalled Eastern Nile state
in the strongest terms
possible,” he said.
The governor, he added,
was “obsessed with the
power given to him up
to
the
extent
of
continuing
to
cause
havoc to the Collo and
Nuer
government
officials whom he has
now dismissed illegally
from the civil service.”
He
accused
the
government
of
reluctance to respond
to numerous requests
by officials and political
leaders from his ethnic
groups
seeking
audience
with
the
president
over
the
matter.
"Unfortunately
the
government
is
not
ready. For many times
we have been calling to
meet with the president
to discuss these issues.
The government will be
ready for somebody
talking
the
same
language with them”, he
said.
Observers
have
expressed fears that
lack of political will
from
both
sides,
specifically from the
president himself to
pay attention to the
issue of Malakal and
several
other
areas
contesting his decision
may escalate into a full
scale conflict if the
situation not promptly
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
addressed.
Malakal
town, while it has been
a
multi-ethnic
town
inhabited
by
Dinka,
Nuer, Collo and other
tribes,
has
also
historically been the
capital of the defunct
Upper Nile state or
formerly greater Upper
Nile region or province.
But while no other
tribes
have
claimed
territorial
ownership,
members
of
ethnic
Shilluk
and
Padang
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section of ethnic have
over more than two
decades try to lay
claims in which one
tries to portray the
other
as
the
one
claiming the ownership
of a traditional land
belonging to other.
The
October
2015
presidential
establishment
order
separates Malakal from
West Nile State, which is
predominantly
inhabited by members
of ethnic Shilluk (Collo)
and making Malakal as
capital of East Nile,
which
is
inhabited
largely by the Padang
Dinka tribe.
Many peace activists are
advocating for revision
of
the
presidential
decision in a way that
would make the Shilluk
live in peace in one
state with Dinka and
abolish West and East
Nile states and make
them state.
[SERVIZIO NEWS] [10.02.2016]
Le ministre du Travail rencontre une délégation de l’USAID
Le ministre du Travail,
chargé de la Reforme
de
l’Administration,
Abdi Houssein Ahmed,
a
reçu
dimanche
dernier,
dans
son
cabinet
ministériel,
une
délégation
de
l’USAID.
Outre
le
représentant-résident
à
Djibouti,
Gabriel
Grau,
les
visiteurs
étaient
l’adjoint
à
l’assistant
administrateur
en
charge
du
bureau
Afrique,
William
Hamnink,
et
le
directeur du bureau
régional de l’USAID en
Ethiopie,
Dennis
Weller qui séjournent
du 7 au 9 février 2016
à Djibouti dans le
cadre
du
forum
binational
djiboutoaméricain.
(09.02.2016
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conseiller
technique
en
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auprès
du
Travail,
Abdallah Ali Mohamed,
du directeur général de
l’ANEFIP,
Houssein
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l’INAP, Charmarké Idriss
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l’ANEFIP est le maître
l’adoption
d’œuvre.
stratégie
du secrétaire général du
Ministère
ont
de
a
des
ses
évoqué
d’une
sectorielle,
assortie
d’un
interlocuteurs
d’action
quinquennal
américains, le ministre
qui
Abdi Houssein Ahmed,
objectifs stratégiques et
a
des
Devant
rappelé
ses
que
les
statistiques sur l’emploi
plan
se décline en 7
opérationnelles
priorités
pour
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résoudre la question de
dédié aux jeunes et aux
l’employabilité
l’emploi.
femmes, qui figure dans
jeunes
Bref, M. Abdi Houssein
le plan d’action de la
d’échec scolaire et des
Ahmed
PNE. Le dit-programme
chômeurs
vise,
qualifications.
a
pertinence
défendu
la
du
programme spécifique,
13
a-t-il
l’amélioration
dit,
de
en
des
situation
sans
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