Railway | ቻይና ኢትዮጵያ ጁቡቲ 3ቢ ዶላር ብድር ተፈራረሙ
(ሰለሞን ፀጋየ) ከአዲስ አበባ/ሰበታ-ጁቡቲ ወደብ ድረስ ለሚዘረጋው የ756 ኪሎ ሜትር የባቡር መስመር ግንባታ የሚውል 2ነጥብ 97ቢሊዮን ዶላር የብድር ስምምነት ግንቦት 14/2005 ዓ.ም ተፈጸመ፡፡ የብድር ስምምነቱን የፈረሙት ዶ/ር ኢንጂነር ጌታቸው በትሩ የኢትዮጵያ የምድር ባቡር ኮርፖሬሽን ዋና ስራ አስፈጻሚ ፣ ሚስተር ኤልያስ ሙሳ ዳዋሌህ የጁቡቲ መንግስት የኢኮኖሚና ፋይናንስ ሚኒስትር እንዲሁም የቻይና ኤግዚም ባንክ ምክትል ፕሬዝዳንት ሚስተር ዡ … Read more
Addis Ababa light Railway could be operational by 2014
Addis Ababa Light Railway is reportedly to come to end earlier than it was scheduled to. This year so far 30 per cent of the project is complete. The hope is the railway will be ready for service in the latter months of 2014. The 656 km long Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway is under-construction through two … Read more
በባቡር ግንባታ የተነሳ የአቡነ ጴጥሮስ ሀውልት ወደ ብሄራዊ ሙዚየም ተዛወረ
በአዲስ አበባ የቀላል ባቡር ግንባታ የተነሳ የአቡነ ጴጥሮስ ሀውልት በግዜያዊነት ወደሚቆይበት ብሄራዊ ሙዚየም ዛሬ ሚያዚያ 25/2005 ተዛውሯል፡፡ ሃዉልቱ በነበረበት ቦታ የመሬት ዉስጥ የባቡር መስመር ይዘረጋል፡፡ የአዲስ አበባ የቀላል ባቡር ግንባታ ስራ አስኪያጅ ኢንጅነር በሃይሉ ስንታየሁ እንዳሉት ሀዉልቱ አስካሁን በነበረበት መሬት ዉስጥ እስከ 20 ሜትር ጥልቀት በመቆፈር ስራዉ ይከናወናል፡፡ የዉስጥ ለዉስጥ ስራው እስከ መጭው ክረምት አጋማሽ … Read more
Corporation discloses Addis Ababa light rail project detail
Ethiopian Railways Corporation (ERC) revealed details of the Addis Light Rail Project around Adwa and St. Abune Petros squares, which were centres of confusion recently. The detailed design shows the rail route, which starts from Adwa Square, will be an underground tunnel stretching up to two kilometres. “As a result, the Menelik II statue will … Read more
Ethiopia Economic Digest: A Post-Meles 2012 Review
* In this digest, a summary of outstanding developments of economic interest since late August is presented. This compilation of news includes items on infrastructure development, Investments, loan and aid agreements, and current posture of the economy/trends. Highlights * World Bank launches a $4 billion strategy in Ethiopia * World Bank report: Ethiopia inflation is … Read more
Kenya development corridor to boost trade with Ethiopia
The construction of a key road linking Kenya to Ethiopia started on Wednesday (November 7th) when Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki launched the Turbi-Moyale road project. The construction of the road, which will cost about US$176 million “will have a big impact on the wider East Africa region in terms of trade and regional integration,” President … Read more
Ethiopia: Railway projects role in the 5-years Transformation Plan
The past couple of years saw Ethiopia registering accelerated economic growth of double digit. The growing economy demanded the expansion for various utilities and infrastructural facilities in various sectors, among which transportation is one. In line with this there is a strong need for having better transport access to the various corners of the country … Read more
Turkish, Chinese sign up for Mekele – Awash new Rail route | Ethiopia
A Turkish and a Chinese companies signed up to build a new railway route connecting central Ethiopia with the northern city Mekele. (See map below) The Chinese company is responsible for the construction of about 260 km long rail line connecting Hara Gebeya town – via the nearby bigger city of Woldia, to Mekele city. … Read more
Ethiopian PM visit to Kenya and the launching of Lamu Port project
The weekly press release of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published the following summary regarding Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s visit to Kenya and the launching of Lamu Port to South Sudan and Ethiopia (LAPSSET). Here is the text of the twofold article on “Prime Minister Meles’ state visit to Kenya” and “the launching of … Read more
Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan sign MoU on oil pipelines and infrastructural links
Ethiopia, Djibouti and South Sudan sign a Memorandum of Understanding on ‘to cooperate in developing infrastructural and road links as well as power and telecommunication connections’ on Feb. 2, 2012. The deal included ‘the possibility of building an oil pipeline’. Here are two news reports on the matter. A Week in the Horn of Africa, … Read more
