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Researchers Develop Computer Models To Simulate Filling Ethiopia Dam's Reservoir With Water

Published on: Wed, 2013-11-27 00:00

When the government of Ethiopia finishes building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2017 or 2018, it will not only have built the largest hydroelectric power-generation plant in Africa, but also stirred up tensions among African nations, and indelibly altered a river that itself has guided millennia of human history in the region.

Concrete Work Commences For Main Structure Of Renaissance Dam

Published on: Tue, 2013-11-26 00:00

ታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ኤሌክትሪክ ኃይል ማመንጫ ግድብ ግንባታ መጋቢት 24 ቀን 2003 ዓ.ም ይፋ ከሆነበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ እስከ አሁን ድረስ የተለያዩ ሥራዎች ተከናውነዋል፡፡

Genel Energy To Spend $500 mln Exploring In Ethiopia And Other Four Countries

Published on: Fri, 2013-11-22 00:00

London-listed oil firm Genel Energy is planning to invest $500 million for exploration activities in Ethiopia, Somaliland, Ivory Coast, Malta and Morocco in the next two years, the company's president said told Reuters on Friday.

Ethiopia, Egypt And Sudan Agree To Set A Committee

Published on: Thu, 2013-11-21 00:00

Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have discussed implementation modalities of the reports of International Panel of Experts.

DRC Inga Mega Hydropower Plant Implementation Advances With AFDD Support

Published on: Thu, 2013-11-21 00:00

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved US $68 million in financing for the multinational Inga Site Development and Electricity Access Support Project (PASEL).

Kenyan Business Looks North As Ethiopia Opens Up

Published on: Wed, 2013-11-20 00:00

Addis Ababa is a city under construction. This is a section of Bole road, one of the main streets in Addis Ababa. Seen from hundreds of metres in the sky, yellow earth movers burrow into the ground and shape a new landscape that speaks of an on-going revolution.

Ethiopia Rejects Egypt’s Request To Build Renaissance Dam 'Jointly'

Published on: Wed, 2013-11-20 00:00

The Turkish Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday that Ethiopia rejected a request by Egypt to jointly build all stages of the Renaissance Dam so as to make sure that Egypts share of Nile water is not affected.

AFDB In Row Over Whether Gas Is ‘Clean Energy’

Published on: Wed, 2013-11-20 00:00

The counting of gas investments within the African Development Bank (AFDB)’s $2.2 billion clean energy portfolio is stirring ‘internal argument’ among leading bank experts, as the continent prepares for a possible shale gas boom.

Ethiopia, Egypt Leaders Meet Over Nile, Al Jazeera Reports

Published on: Wed, 2013-11-20 00:00

The Egyptian and Ethiopian leaders have met for the first time to discuss tensions over Ethiopia's construction of a huge hydropower dam on the river Nile but the meeting ended without any agreement, sources said. This is according to a report by Al Jazeera.

Missed Connections: As African Tech Hubs Flourish, Is Ethiopian Government Stifling Telecommunications?

Published on: Tue, 2013-11-19 00:00

I should have known my Wednesday morning phone interview wouldn't go well.
The mobile reception in my neighborhood had been spotty for days preceding my call with Andrew Rugege, the director of the Africa Regional Office at the International Telecommunications Union.

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