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The economy is down to its knee; a serious deficit
in power provision, estimated by independent experts
to have reached 200Mw, has created a sense of
desperation among managers of both large scale
industries and small businesses in urban centres.
Those in charge of managing the nation’s power
business urge the public to be patient for one more
month. The construction of a new dam, Gilgel Gibe II
(below), with a generation capacity of 420Mw
electric power, is about to go through a three-phase
testing process before it gets commissioned in July
2009. Work on this project is almost complete, with
just over 200m left of the tunnel that is
instrumental to the start of power generation,
writes
Omer Redi, Fortune Staff Writer. See
the Full Story |
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Gilgel Gibe II
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Location |
Oromia |
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Generates |
420Mw |
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Project Cost |
4.22b
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Completion |
2009 |
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Tekeze
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Location |
Tigray |
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Generates |
300Mw |
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Project Cost |
4.2b BR |
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Completion |
2009 |
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Tana Belles
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Location |
Amhara |
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Generates |
460Mw |
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Project Cost |
7.6b BR |
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Completion |
2010 |
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Gilgel Gibe II |
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The latest dam to start generation
is Gilgel Gibe II, built by the
Italian Salini Costruttori S.p.A. It
is a major project the authorities
put their faith in, responding to
the current crisis created due to a
substantial deficit in power
provision. The project is about to
go through a testing phase,
immediately after the construction
of the 25.8Km tunnel comes to an
end. Only 200m remained last week;
one of the four turbines, each with
a generation capacity of 105Mw
electric power, will be operational
in July 2009 |
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Tekeze |
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The construction of a hydro electric
dam (arch-dam) on the river Tekeze,
at a gorge bordering the Amhara and
Tigray regional states, has been
completed. The Chinese construction
firm, China Water Resources and
Hydropower Engineering Corporation,
in joint venture with Sur
Construction, has done a marvelous
job of erecting what experts say is
Ethiopia’s “Three Gorge” dam. It is
under testing process; although
ready to generate power of 300Mw.
Having lost one rainy season due to
geological challenges during an
earlier construction phase, the dam
is waiting for another catchment
from the coming major rainy season.
Authorities hope tributaries from
areas of Lalibela and Sekota will
not disappoint them.
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Tana Belles |
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Ethiopia first began to develop Tana
Beles back in 1988, before its
effort to secure funding from the
Africa Development Bank (ADB) was
stalled by the lobbying from Egypt.
The project has been built by Salini
Costruttori S.p.A and incorporates a
20Km tunnel, channeling 315m net
head water from a dam already built
on Tis Abay II. Construction was
launched in July 2005 at a cost of
7.6 billion Br; it has been fully
financed by federal budget. When
completed in December 2009, now
1.7Km of tunnel remains to be built,
Tana Beles will have a generation
capacity of 460Mw electric power.
All its four turbines, the power
house, monitoring room and the
switch yard are underground,
features that makes this project an
engineering marvel. |
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City to Develop Lideta Neighbourhood with
236m Br Investment |
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For a family as destitute as Felekech Tessema, 48, a
resident in Lideta District, Kebelle 07/14, her
small muddy house was welcoming to strangers.
Located on a dusty, gravel road a few metres off
Chad Street, in front of Lideta Cathedral, her six
square metres home, with a tiny bedroom annexed to
it, is crammed. |
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New National Statistical Strategy in the
Cards |
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The Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA) is
going to implement a newly formulated National
Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) as
of September 2009, though it is yet to secure the
tens of millions of dollars needed for its
implementation, its officials disclosed.
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Amharic Office Word Application Software
Almost Complete |
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The joint ICT glossary project, currently in its
finale stages, is under the strategic agreement of
the Ethiopia Information and Communication
Technology Development Agency (EICTDA), the Addis
Abeba University (AAU) and Microsoft. It is meant to
translate terminologies used in the software from
English to Amharic - Ethiopia’s official language at
federal level.
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Speciality Coffee Assoc. Proposes Alliance
with ECX |
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At the Atlanta discussion, Eleni Gabre-Madhin (PhD),
chief executive officer (CEO) of ECX presented
information on the development and function of ECX
trade system and talked about the strategic goals of
ECX, which she said incorporates bringing quality
control, risk management, price discovery, and
market liquidity to Ethiopian agricultural market
stakeholders.
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Defendants Granted Bail in Bank of Abyssinia
Case |
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The Sixth Criminal Bench of the court granted bail
on Friday May 22, 2009, to the 10 defendants charged
with causing a 57 million Br loss to the private
bank, as claimed by the federal prosecutors. |
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City Revenues Agency May Undergo
Restructuring |
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The idea of transforming the agency - a city
government institute responsible for identifying tax
payers, collecting revenues, following up on the
revenues collected through districts and kebelles
and making sure it is delivered to the Finance and
Economic Development Bureau on time - came after the
pilot implementation of the Business Process
Reengineering (BPR) in January 2009. |
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City to Outsource Public Parks |
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The three parks under the agency are among the 15
which the agency has been running in addition to the
16 new parks it took over from the Addis Abeba
Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in January
2009. |
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Saudi’s Lift of Suspension of Ethiopian Meat
Imports Hazy |
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Ethiopian meat exporters have resumed sending their
products to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia early May
following the lifting of the temporary ban that the
kingdom had put on Ethiopian meat products since
March, sources disclosed. |
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Cargo Plane Crashes at Dire Dawa Airport |
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Early in the morning last Monday, May 18, 2009, the
airplane rented from the East European country for
six months to transport about 2,000tn of chat
from Dire Dawa to Bosaso, Somaliland, went off the
runway as it was about to takeoff, officials from
the air port disclosed. |
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Adama Set for 80m Br Market Centre |
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Gimb Gebeya, a share company formed 10 years ago by
50 initial members in Adama (Nazreth) town of Oromia
Regional State, is set to start construction of the
town’s first ever market centre worth over 80
million Br cost in about two months. |
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Destino Dancing Sways Addis |
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Destino on the Road Project, a dance group of
individuals from different cultures, staged a
contemporary dance performance by more than 50 young
professional and amateur dancers last Thursday at
the National Theatre. |
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Investors Shun Blanket Factory Tender |
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Despite the absence of interested buyers, the
Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervisory
Agency (PPESA) has continued to put up state-owned
establishments for tender. |
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Tribute to Tilahun Gessesse |
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Oo-oota Ayaskeffam, one of Tilahun's songs that I
heard back in my college days was so touching that
it moved me to tears. It had a plaintive minor-key
melody made twice as sad by the vocalist's
incredibly intense, passionate, and grief-stricken
rendition of it. |
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