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, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300 A letter from the Chinese embassy carried happy tidings to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. With it came the list of items to gain duty-free and quota free access to Chinese markets. Ethiopia’s export revenue stands to benefit significantly from China’s generous offer as the country demonstrates its growing economy by the increase in demand for agricultural products and minerals, reports WUDINEH ZENEBE, SPECIAL TO FORTUNE. http://www.addisfortune.com/Agenda.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Last Wednesday, January 13, 2010, was the happiest moment in the life of Signore Mehiret Debebe, the decade-long chief of the national utility monopoly, going off his own admission. It is deservedly so, considering that no other head of the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has seen, under his watch, the construction of five mega hydropower generation plants all at the same time. The inauguration of the highly anticipated Gilgel Gibe II hydropower plant was only in addition to this remarkable record of his career. http://www.addisfortune.com/fortune_editors_note.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300I would like to raise a very simple issue that is neither expensive nor difficult to do but which will fill in a serious gap in Ethiopia’s development and improve the operation of its infrastructure. It will also have a positive effect on the development of transportation and tourism: the need for signs of all kinds. http://www.addisfortune.com/opinion.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Empires come and go, from the Romans to the Americans. Who the next empire could be and what values and outlooks it would impose on the rest of the world are issues of academic discourse. China's rise to global eminence is largely viewed as having a potential for global dominance. Should that be the case, the values of democracy and human rights would be gone, replaced by respect for national sovereignty, argues Dani Rodrik, professor of Political Economics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, in this commentary provided to Fortune by Project Syndicate. http://www.addisfortune.com/ecconomic_commentary.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the benefits and even some of the mishaps of the new traffic laws that are being quite diligently enforced by the faithful traffic policemen patrolling our streets. I have already said all the things I have to say on that subject, but there is another one. It is solely connected to the issue by the mere coincidence that it happens to focus on cars. http://www.addisfortune.com/lifematters.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Living in the Ethiopian countryside in the late 1950s, I heard festive youths chant the following words proudly, "Min ale teqel min ale? 'Agarén le-sew - agarén le-sew - alsetem' ale." literally translated as "What did Teqel [horse name of Emperor Haile Selassie] say, what did he say? 'I will not hand my country's land to foreigners,' he said." http://www.addisfortune.com/Viewpoint.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Merkato’s unique flavour and experience is changing from one of chaos and competition to one of order and convenience – at least that is what some people seem to be driving at. Girma Feyissa, takes a walk down Merkato’s memory lane to the days of its inception, following the relocation of the old market. http://www.addisfortune.com/View_From_Arada.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Well, here it comes again, that season of the year when merrymaking is in abundance all around town. Addis Abebans soon find themselves busy attending wedding ceremonies, as engagements sometimes overlap and invitations are held on the same day. http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300Find out about all the Entertainment news From Addis Fortunehttp://www.addisfortune.com/Fortune_Entertainment_news.htmMon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0300