Ethiopian Premier League’s (EPL) newest club Mekele City FC (M City) announced the inclusion of three new foreign players to its squad on Wednesday. The three players joining Mekele include two Ghanaians and one from Equatorial Guinea.
Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) titleholders St. George FC announced the appointment of Portuguese coach Carlos Manuel Vaz Pinto on Wednesday. The new coach took over the team on a two-year contract, the club said.
Bad start for the Walias
One of highlights of the 2016/17 football season in Ethiopia is the African Cup of Nation’s (AFCON) qualifier at which Ghana trashed the Ethiopian National Team (aka the Walias) 5-0 on the first leg of the qualifier. The Walias did rather poorly in the match compared to their performance previously.
A branch of Gishen Pharmacy, an Ethiopian pharmacy chain implicated in the recent Guardian investigative report for dispensing performance enhancing drugs over-the-counter without requiring prescription, was ordered to cease operations this week by the Addis Ababa City Administration Food, Medicine and Healthcare Administration & Control Authority after an investigation into the allegation conducted in the course of the past three weeks.
Long-distance record holder Kenenisa Bekeleis poised to join elite marathoners Eliud Kipchoge and Wilson Kipsang at the Berlin Marathon on September 24.
Banker’s midfield Binyam Belay, who recently has unsuccessful campaign trying out for the BundsLiga 2 side Dynamo Dresden, has officially signed a three-year contract for an Albanian based club Skenderbeu, the club confirmed this week. The player has secured a three-year contract with possibility of the continuation for another year.
Ermias Eshetu, the CEO of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), has tendered his resignation letter to the board of directors of the trading enterprise.
Five international energy firms are bidding to construct a 100MW solar energy power plant in Metehara, town, 223km east of Addis Ababa.
By Birhanu Fikade, Mahe Islands, Seychelles
Trade and Development Bank (TDB) of Eastern and Southern Africa has confirmed that it has disbursed an amount close to USD 60 million for companies that have submitted projects on hotel development, steel manufacturing and the like in addition to financing for the Ethiopian Airlines Group, the fastest growing airline in the continent.
Consolidates partnership with Sabre
Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, is going to introduce WIFI internet connections aboard its aircraft.
Three foreign companies are to supply 32, 286 pieces of references books to 11 public universities at a total price of nearly 30 million birr.
The Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) issued a 10-day deadline on Monday for importers, who have unclaimed cargoes at the three dry port facilities, to settle all outstanding fees with the authority and claim their properties. Confiscating unclaimed goods and suing importers are just two options being considered by the authority.
Despite a number of social media campaigns over the recent announcement by the Ethiopian government to hold a 10-day celebration and speculation over monetary outlays that it would potentially entail, Negeri Lencho, head of government communications affairs office, told The Reporter today that neither his office nor any other government agency would spend any money to celebrate the events.
NBE contemplates to make deposit at TDB
By BirhanuFikade, Mahe Islands, Seychelles
A multi-million dollar project to digitalize the country’s justice infrastructure— the National Integrated Justice Information System— is on hold two months after the opening of the financial proposal of the competing bidders.
Homebuyers with the Addis Prefab Manufacturing Industries Plc. called for intervention from the Office of the Prime Minister.
Today, April 24, 2018
Sunrise: 06:11
Sunset: 18:35
06:00-12:00
Fair
10 °C
Feels like 9 °C
Tomorrow, April 25, 2018
Sunrise: 06:11
Sunset: 18:35
12:00-18:00
Rain showers
20 °C
Weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK
