http://www.addisfortune.com/index.htm Get the Latest Business News from Ethiopia- The Largest English Weekly in the Nation! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300 The Gedeo Zone in the Southern Regional State could also be called the green zone. It is dominated by shade-grown grown coffee and false banana trees. However, due to the extreme population density, there is simply not enough land to grow food and provide agricultural income for the zone's inhabitants reports WUDINEH ZENEBE, SPECIAL TO FORTUNE. To make matters worse, the residents commonly have large families with 10 members or more which contributes directly to a high population growth rate. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Aside from a few Chinese electric scooters in Addis Abeba and Hawassa and a couple of electric club-cars at the Sheraton and Millennium Hall, electric cars remain out of the picture as a transportation option to Ethiopians. Many people may remember the green electric trolley busses on display in Meskel Square almost two years ago or the little electric cars in Dire Dawa on ETV over a year ago. But nothing has been seen of either of these in public since. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300With the H1N1 and other epidemics, there is an increasing awareness of the role that corporate entities play in an individual's health and well-being. This is why strategic plans are being developed to curtail the spread of bacteria and viruses in the workplace. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300The war against contraband will, it seems, be claiming victims of its own. As one of the more serious challenges to legitimate trade, contraband defies the legality of all import and export directives. As it happens, Ethiopia sits at an awkward position sharing a long border with a country devoid of an effective central government. YOHANNES WOLDEGEBRIEL, director of the Arbitration Institute of the Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Association (AACCSA), explains Ethiopia's attempts to restrict the entry of contraband goods across its borders. This attempt comes forth from a customs proclamation with an unprecedented clause. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300On November 12, 2009, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi made a keynote speech at the African Economic Conference, organized by the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. His speech on fostering development in an era of financial and economic crisis was highly acclaimed by many of the participants of the conference. Here, Fortune has reproduced the full text for readers to follow the speech to gain understanding of the Prime Minister’s views. http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Habit, a really big small word, is one of the cornerstones of life as we know it. However you wish to package it and by whatever name you wish to call it, it is the very foundation on which identifiable, rational and comprehensible life is usually based. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Several aspects seem to play havoc with the city's already faulty transport services even as the rising price of fuel is exacerbated by the scarcity of foreign exchange. From the lack of space parts for the mini and midi buses to the rush hour aggravation, the various transport problems are intensified by the expansion of the capital's commercial and residential spheres making it near impossible for residents to get to their destinations comfortably. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300The opposition camp may suffer from terminal disarray, but this time around the ruling party's camp is also in a chaotic state, for there is much uncertainty on the issue of succession, claims gossip. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300