UN Security Council Members to Visit Ethiopia (October 2, 2019)

Members of the UN Security Council will visit Ethiopia and South Sudan at the end of October, said Jerry Matjila, permanent representative of South Africa to the UN and president of the council for October.

They will be in the Ethiopian capital and home to the headquarters of the African Union (AU) on Oct. 23-24 for annual consultations between the panel and the AU’s Peace and Security Council, Matjila told correspondents at a monthly briefing on Tuesday.

The following day, the envoy said, he will be joined by U.S. Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft, who took up her post on Sept. 12, in leading the mission to Juba for a one-day visit on Oct. 25.

“Already there’s a proposal of the agenda and a series of meetings have been scheduled for this particular mission visit,” he said.

The Security Council mission is expected to leave Addis Ababa on Oct. 26 and come back to New York the following day.

During October the council is slated to discuss issues on the Middle East, preventive diplomacy, several UN missions in Africa, as well as women, peace and security in Africa, winding up with a session on Kosovo, Matjila said.

Ministry Invites Advisory Firms for Partial Privatization of Ethio Telecom. (September 30, 2019)

Briefing journalists, Finance State Minister Eyob Tekalegn said, “We have issued an expression of interest to hire a transaction advisory firm to lead the partial privatization of the telecom.”

The request for expressions of interest for a transaction advisor firm for the process of partial privatization of the telecom posted today on the website of the ministry will be closed after two weeks.

Public Enterprises Holding and Administration Agency will select and probably engage the consulting firm on November 1, 2019, Eyob added.

Ethio telecom has hired the international firm KPMG recently to support the valuation and sales process.

The state minister further revealed that the process of privatizing sugar factories is underway and energy reform roadmap is being finalized.

Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew Delivers Opening remarks at the Energy Action Forum(September 23, 2019)

Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew delivered opening remarks at the Energy Action Forum today hosted by Ford Foundation on the sidelines of the ongoing 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

He noted that the Forum is a priority as it is taking place on the eve of the most high-level gathering of Heads of State and Governments dealing with urgent climate change issues since the Paris Conference in 2015. He further underscored Ethiopia’s commitment to building a Climate Resilient Green Economy. He called for stronger focus on access to energy in the poorest and most vulnerable countries in the investment decisions of the Green Climate Fund. 

Ethiopia and Denmark will co-chair the Climate Action Summit of the ongoing 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

PM Upbeat that Homegrown Economic Reform Will Propel Ethiopia to African Icon of Prosperity (September 09, 2019)

The homegrown economic reform will propel Ethiopia to become the African icon of prosperity by 2030, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. 

Opening a forum held to brief international development partners and the diplomatic community on the Homegrown Economic Reform agenda of the country, the premier stated that “the homegrown economic reform agenda is close to my heart and I believe it’s our bridge to prosperity, enabling us to become a middle-income nation that ensures sustainable development.”

Acknowledging that the next capture of Ethiopia’s growth and development requires more active private sector, Abiy said “we have opened up key economic activities to private investment.”

According to him, his government prioritized the success of key sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, mining and ICT anchor in the vision for building a prosperous nation. “Our priority is to create economic environment that closes income inequality gap by creating opportunity and access of sources for all our youth.”

The premier called on development partners to continue strengthening their support.

International development partners who participated in the discussion praised the country’s efforts to reduce poverty and to continue economic growth.

They stated that they would provide financial and technical support for the implementation of the economic reform.

Annual meeting of Ethiopian Ambassadors and higher officials Concludes (September 08, 2019)

The week-long annual meeting of Ambassadors, Heads of Mission and higher officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia concluded today. The meeting was held under the theme of “Institutional Reform for Diplomatic Excellence” from 2-7 September 2019.

Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew noted the previous year had been focused on bringing peace and security to the Horn region and the success had enabled Ethiopia to build trust and create solid cooperation among neighboring countries. He also emphasized the possible ways of building a robust and competitive institution. During the week, the meeting discussed and assessed the Ministry’s major activities and set directions for the next year, reviewing strategic goals and key programs as well as considering the draft Foreign Relations Policy Document and current regional issues.

Ethiopia: a priority country for US investment support (August 21, 2019 )

Ethiopia is a priority in USA’s plan to support investment in developing countries, says Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

In a press conference via telephone Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation David Bohigian told the media that USA is ready to support investment in developing nations. Over the last 50 years OPIC has been working to ensure that countries are more prosperous and under the Development Finance Corporation the BUILD Act, is working to ensure that we focus even more of our efforts in countries that have less than 4,000 USD per capital GDP, Bohigian explained.

OPIC has currently invested over 5 billion USD in Africa, the CEO said adding this catalyzes billions of dollars more, and that kind of investment really promotes stability, prosperity, connectivity and trade. According to him, a capital of 60 billion USD, which should help catalyze hundreds of billions more, and that is more than double our current capacity is allotted for the first time.

The Development Finance Corporation will be making equity investments, which will be particularly useful in private equity funds throughout the continent. “We focus on key areas that can improve livelihood of a community as well as sectors like infrastructure, housing, energy, and education. Ethiopia is a primary beneficiary of US support, and we are actively looking for projects and deals to support in that country” said Bohigian.

So that’s going to lead us into more investments into sub-Saharan Africa, as well as Africa as a whole, to be able to ensure that U.S is helping people there get electricity, help them get affordable housing, help them get education and beyond. He further noted “I have the opportunity to visit Ethiopia and learn that the progress is exciting about the opportunities and the potential that the country has for economic growth and increased OPIC commitments.”

The USA will also supply technical assistance and feasibility studies to be more proactive in identifying and developing opportunities for development, he added. We’ll also be focused more on economically empowering women, where today we’ve already mobilized more than 1 billion USD and Senior Adviser Ivanka Trump and I traveled to Ethiopia earlier this year to talk about the Africa piece of the 2X initiative.

የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ የመጀመርያውን ዙር የፕሮጀክት ፕሮፖዛሎች ጥሪ ይፋ አደረገ! ሀምሌ 18 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም አዲስ አበባ

ትረስት ፈንዱ በተቋቋመ በአንድ አመት ጊዜ ውስጥ ካሰባሰበዉ ውስጥ 116 ሚሊየን ብር በላይ አንገብጋቢ ማህበራዊ እና ኢኮኖሚያዊ ችግሮችን በዘላቂነት ለሚፈቱ ፕሮጀክቶች ፈሰስ ያደርጋል

የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ‘በቀን አንድ ብር ለወገን ክብር’ በሚል መርህ በ 77 ሀገራት የሚገኙ ከ24,000 በላይ ሀገር ወዳድ የዳያስፖራዉ ማህበረሰብ አባላት ካዋጡት ውስጥ 4,000,000 የአሜሪካ ዶላር (ከ 116,000,000 ብር በላይ) ለፕሮጀክቶች ትግበራ ለማዋል ቅደመ ዝግጅቱን ማጠናቀቁን ስናበስር በታላቅ ደስታ ነዉ!

በኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ አማካኝነት ከኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ማህበረሰብ የተዋጣዉን ገንዘብ ሳይሸራርፍ እና ሳይጎድል በአስከፊ ድህነት ዉስጥ የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ወገኖቻችንን ችግር በዘላቂነት ለማቃለል ለሚችሉ የልማት ፕሮጀክቶች ትግበራ ለማዋል ቃል በገባነዉ መሰረት እነሆ ዛሬ ሓምሌ 18 ቀን 2011 ዓ.ም የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ የመጀመርያውን ዙር የፕሮጀክት ፕሮፖዛሎች ጥሪ ይፋ አድርጓዋል። ከተዋጣዉ ውስጥ 4,000,000 የአሜሪካ ዶላር ሙሉ በሙሉ ፕሮጀክቶችን ፋይናንስ ለማድረግ የሚዉል ሲሆን ማናቸዉም አስተዳደራዊ ወጪዎች ከዳያስፖራዉ መዋጮ ላይ አይሸፈኑም።

ህጋዊ እዉቅና ያላችው መንግስታዊ ያልሆኑ ሀገር በቀል የልማት ድርጅቶች፣ የህዝብ እና የሞያ ማህበራት ፣ የፌደራል እና የክልል የመንግስት ተቋሞች እንዲሁም ሰፊ ማህበራዊ እና ኢኮኖሚያዊ ፋይዳ ያላቸዉ ፕሮጀክቶችን የሚተገብሩ የግሉ ዘርፍ ድርጅቶች የፕሮጀክት ፕሮፖዛሎቻቸዉን ለኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ በመላክ የፋይናንስ ድጋፍ ጥያቄ ማቅረብ ይችላሉ። የሚቀርቡት ፕሮጀክቶች የትረስት ፈንዱ ጽ/ቤት ባዘጋጀዉና የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ የዳይሬክተሮች ቦርድ ባጸደቀዉ የፕሮጀክቶች መመዘኛ እና መምረጫ መስፈርትና ስርዓት መሰረት ተገምግምዉ ይመረጣሉ። የምዘና እና መረጣ ስራዉ የሚካሄደዉ በፕሮጀክት ቀረጻ፣ ትግብራ እና ግምገማ ከፍተኛ ልምድ ባላችዉ በሀገር ዉስጥ እና በዳያስፖራ የሚገኙ ብቁ ባለሞያዎች ነው። ለአንድ ፕሮጀክት ትግበራ የሚመደበዉ ከፍተኛ የገንዘብ መጠን 350,000 ዶላር (10,150,000 ብር) ሲሆን ዝቅተኛዉ ደግሞ 200,000 ዶላር (5,800,000 ብር) ነዉ።

የጤና፣ የትምህርት፣የዉሃ አቅርቦትና አገልግሎቶችን ማሻሻል፣ ለሴቶቸ እና ለወጣቶች የስራ ዕድል እና ገቢ የሚፈጥሩ አነስተኛ እና መሃከለኛ የንግድ ስራዎችን ማስፋፋት፣ የአካል ጉዳተኞችን የኑሮ ሁኔታ ማሻሻል፣ የግብርና ምርታማነትን የሚያጎለብቱ አግልግሎቶችን ማሳለጥ፣ በእርስ በእርስ ግጭት ከመኖርያቸዉ የተፈናቀሉ ዜጎችን መልሶ ለማቋቋም የሚያስችሉ የመሰረታዊ አገልግሎቶች አቅርቦት እንዲሁም ማህበራዊ አግልግሎቶችን የሚያፋጥኑ እና ስራ ፈጠራን የሚያበረታቱ ቴክኖሎጂዎችን መፍጥር እና ማስፋፋት በኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ትኩረት ከሚሰጣቸዉ የልማት መስኮች ዋና ዋናዎቹ ናቸዉ።

የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ባወጣዉ የጊዜ ሰሌዳ መሰረት ከዛሬ ጀምሮ እስከ መስከረም 16 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም ድረስ ፕሮጀክቶችን የሚቀበል ሲሆን በቀጣይ ባሉት ሁለት ወራት ዉስጥ የፕሮጀክቶች ምዘና እና መረጣ ቡድኑ ስራዉን አጠናቅቆ የመረጣቸዉን ፕሮጀክቶች ለዳይሬክተሮች ቦርድ ለዉሳኔ ያቀርባል። በቦርዱ ይሁንታ ያገኙ ፕሮጀክቶች ከነዝርዝር መረጃቸዉ በህዳር ወር 2012 ዓ.ም ይፋ እንደሚደረጉ ይጠበቃል። ከኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ የፍይናንስ ድጋፍ የሚያኙ ፕሮጀክቶችን ትግበራ ለማረጋገጥም ጥብቅ የክትትል እና ግምግማ ስርዓት ይዘረጋል።

ከኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ጋር አብረዉ ለመስራት ፍላጎት ያላቸዉ እና የተሳተፎ መስፈርቱን የሚያሟሉ አካላት ስለፕሮጀክት ፕሮፖዛሎች አቀራረብ፣ ምዘና እና አመራረጥ ስርዓት ዝርዝር መረጃ እንዲሁም አስፈላጊ የፕሮጀክት ማቅረብያ ቅጾችን እና ሰነዶችን ከኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ድረ-ገጽ https://www.ethiopiatrustfund.org ማግኘት ይችላሉ፡፡ በስልክ ቁጥር +2519996864646 በመደወልም ተጨማሪ ማብራርያ መጠየቅ ይቻላል።

ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ክቡር ዶ/ር አብይ አህመድ የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ማህበረሰብ በቀን አንድ ዶላር በማዋጣት ለወገን ደራሽ እንዲሆን ጥሪ ካቀረቡበት ከ ሓምሌ 01 2010 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ ባለው አንድ አመት ውስጥ ከሃሳብ ወደ ተጨባጭ ትግበራ በመሸጋገር በርካታ ስራዎች የተከናወኑ ሲሆን ከእነዚህ ዉስጥ ለጥሪዉ መልስ ከሰጡ ከ24,000 በላይ ለጋሾች በሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠር ዶላር መሰብሰቡ፣ የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ጽ/ቤት በኢትዮጵያ ዉስጥ ተቋቁሞ ህጋዊ እዉቅና በማግኘት ስራ መጀመሩ፣ በመላዉ አለም የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵዊያንን በማሰባብ የትረስት ፈንዱን አላማ ለመደገፍ በበጎ ፈቃደኝነት የሚሰሩ 39 የኢትዮጵያ የዜና እወጃ www.ethiopiatrustfund.org ለተጨማሪ መረጃ፡ ለሚዲያ ጥያቄ፡ ሀና አጥናፉ – የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ የኮምንኬሽን ስፔሻሊስት +251 955 332 933 የፕሮጀክት ፕሮፖዛሎች ጥሪን በተመለከተ፡ ፅጌረዳ ታፈሰ – የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ የፕሮግራም ስፔሻሊስት +251 996864646 ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ቻፕተሮች መቋቋማቸዉ እንዲሁም ከሀገር ወዳድ የዳያስፖራ ለጋሾች የተሰበሰበዉን ገንዘብ ለፕሮጀክቶች ትግበራ ለማዋል የፕሮጀክት ፕሮፖዛሎች ጥሪ መቅረቡ ተጠቃሽ ክንዉኖች ናችው። እነዚህን ውጤቶች እንድናስመዘግብ ያለመታከት ነፃ አግልግሎት በመስጠት ላይ ላሉት የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ የዳይሬክተሮች ቦርድ ፣ የአማካሪ ምክር ቤት አባላት እና በጎ ፈቃደኞች፣ እንዲሁም በአዲስ አበባ የሚገኘዉን የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ጽ/ቤት ለማቋቋም እና ስራዉን ለማሳለጥ ያልተቆጠበ ድጋፍ እና ትብብር እያደረገልን ላለዉ በኢትዮጵያ ለሚገኘው የተባበሩት መንግስታት የልማት ፕሮግራም (UNDP Ethiopia) ምስጋናችንን አናቀርባለን። በተለይም ለሀገራዊ ጥሪያችን መልስ በመስጠት ለሀገራችሁ እና ለወገኖቻችሁ ያላችሁን ፍቅር በተግባር ላረጋገጣችሁ የዳያስፖራ ማህበረሰብ አባላት ለጋሾቻችን ልባዊ ምስጋናችን እና ታላቅ አክብሮታችን ባላችሁበት ይድረሳችሁ።

የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ በዳያስፖራ የሚገኙ ኢትዮጵያዊያን ያለምንም የዘር፣ የብሔር፣ የቋንቋ እና የፖለቲካ አቋም ልዩነት ለኢትዮጵያዊያን ወገኖቻቸዉ ያበረከቱት ልዩ ስጦታ ነዉ። የኢትዮጵያ ዳያስፖራ ትረስት ፈንድ ከመንግስትም ሆነ ሌሎች አካላት ተጽእኖ ነፃ የሆነ ተቋም ነዉ።

Ethiopian Diaspora Festival to Take Place Next Month (July 30, 2019)

The first Ethiopian Diaspora Festival since the establishment of the Ethiopian Diaspora Agency (EDA) is set to take place in Addis Ababa between 22-24, August 2019.
The Festival will include a Diaspora Scholars Symposium and Training, a B2B Networking and Forum for Diaspora Businesses to connect and engage with local investors.
A business exhibition will be held at the Millennium Hall for locally engaged Diaspora businesses to promote their services and products.
The Agency invited all Ethiopian Diaspora and foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin from all over the world to attend the Festival, according to the Embassy of Ethiopia in London.

Ethiopia Breaks World Record by Planting Over 353.6m Trees in 12 Hours (July 30, 2019)

Ethiopians have set a new world record for trees planted in one day.
More than 353,633,660 trees were planted in 12 hours on Monday, surpassing the initial goal of planning 200 million trees.
Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed congratulated Ethiopians for not only meeting the target but also exceeding it.
“This activity sends a strong message to the world,” he said.
Prime Minister’s Green Legacy initiative, launched in May, aims to plant a total of 4 billion trees this rainy season.

PM, AU Commission Chairperson Exchange Views on Situation in Sudan (July 02 ,2019)

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, held an in-depth exchange of views on the situation in the Sudan today.

They welcomed the significant progress made in the negotiations between the Sudanese parties in conformity with the guidance given by the African Union Peace and Security Council on 6 June 2019 and the Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers held on 19 June 2019.

The Prime Minister and the Chairperson congratulated their respective Special Envoys, Ambassador Mahamoud Dirir and Professor Hacen El Lebatt, on the excellent work accomplished, despite the difficult circumstances, to reconcile the positions of the parties and speedily facilitate a Political Agreement to implement a democratic transition in The Sudan.

They also thanked the Sudanese people and all the national political and social actors for their positive interaction with the African mediation undertaken collectively by their respective Special Envoys, according to a joint communiqué issued after the meeting.

They further strongly encouraged the national actors in Sudan to redouble their efforts to overcome their differences in a spirit of understanding and mutual concessions and to speed up the conclusion of the Political Agreement which is well within their reach, seizing this opportune time and critical moment without any delays.

They also commended international partners for their constructive support of the African mediation process and called upon them to reinforce their support during this critical juncture of the negotiation process in Sudan.

The Prime Minister and the Chairperson re-emphasized the need for a Sudanese-owned process, free from any external interference and in full respect of the sovereignty and the will of the Sudanese people in the pursuit of a Political Agreement.