Water Ministers of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt met in Addis Ababa to discuss on issues regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

The three countries have reached a consensus to continue the trilateral technical discussions on the dam following the meeting hosted by the United States in Washington DC, a week ago.

They agreed to hold four technical governmental meetings at the level of water ministers in attendance of the World Bank and the United States as observers.

The Minister also agreed to work toward completion of an agreement by January 15, 2020 and would attend two meetings in Washington, DC on December 9 and January 13, 2020 to assess and support progress.

Dr Engineer Seleshi Bekele, Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy this week announced the completion of construction of the saddle dam of the hydropower project.

The completion of the 50m high and 5.2km long concrete faced rockfill dam (CRFD) is an important milestone for the project, said the Minister.

The ancillary work to the CFRD such as grouting and finishing works on audits will be soon finalized, the Minister said on Twitter.

The construction of GERD project has now reached over 68 % completion status.

Ethiopia envisaged finalizing the project, which is being built in Benishangul Gumuz regional state on Abay (Nile) river, in 2023. At the end of the works, it will be the largest dam in Africa.

President Sahlework Zewdie conferred with Foreign Minister of Czech Republic, Tomas Petricek today at the National Palace.
The President stressed on the need to enhance bilateral ties through strengthening the 2018-2023 cooperation agreement signed between Ethiopia and Czech Republic.

The long standing relations between the two countries can be a spring board to scale up the existing bilateral relations in education, health, agriculture and water supply projects, she added.

Czech Foreign Minister, Tomas Petricek said his country is keen to strengthen the long standing bilateral relationship with Ethiopia, which dates back to 1920s.

“We are interested to strengthening our economic ties through trade, investment and project consultation between our ministries. Because Ethiopia is playing important role in peace and stability in many areas of Africa,” he said.

The two parties discussed to heighten cooperation in international common concerns including the UN, EU, and AU as Ethiopia and Czech Republic support multilateralism, a solution for many regional and global problems.

Ethiopian Consulate in Mumbai is participating in much awaited mega event World Trade Expo (WTE) 2019. The two days mega event kicked off at World Trade Center on 13^th November, 2019 with much fanfare. It would continue till 14^th November 2019. This expo will promote business, investment and tourism opportunities of Ethiopia. The Expo will feature an exhibition, business-to-business meetings and country presentations.

World Trade Expo 2019 will create new avenues for MSMEs, women entrepreneurs and start-ups to explore and interact with a view to tap the vast unexplored markets and seek potential buyers and collaborators.

It may be noted that WTE 2019 provides a platform to meet, connect and explore investment opportunities from representatives of 30 countries, 50+ foreign business houses with operations in India and MSMEs from five Indian States.

His Excellency, Demeke Atnafu Ambulo, Consul General of Ethiopia in Mumbai said “Ethiopia is a Land of Origin and have numerous things to offer to the world. We have a plethora of opportunities for everyone. In this expo we want to promote business, investment and tourism opportunities in Ethiopia. There are many business people have established their business in Ethiopia and year after tourist flow from India is increasing gradually. I am optimistic that this expo would further offer new opportunities in every filed”.

In WTE, participating countries will have key trade officials from Embassies, Consulates and Trade Offices to present on Trade and Investment Opportunities in their countries, while foreign business houses will showcase how they were able to integrate MSMEs into global value chains. MSMEs will display their products and services which are export ready. The Expo is open to business enterprises from all prominent sectors in Manufacturing, Agri & Food Processing as well as Services.

Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Indonesia, Italy, Iran, Malaysia, Mauritius, Poland, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda and USA. Besides foreign countries, five Indian states would also participate in the expo. These states include Maharashtra, Goa, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Odisha.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) have launched a new five-year USAID Digital Health Project to further strengthen Ethiopian health systems.

The $63 million project will expand health information systems in Ethiopia, train end-users in the health sector to utilize these systems, and also involve youth and tech organizations to leverage their expertise in supporting the health system.

USAID Mission Director Sean Jones and Ethiopia’s Minister of Health Dr. Amir Aman inaugurated the project at a ceremony held in the Hilton Hotel today in the presence of development partners and other invited guests.

Sean Joneson on the occasion said that the project would help improve quality of care across the country.

Ethiopia’s Minister of Health, Dr Amir Aman, said his Ministry had worked to ensure information revolution for the past four years in areas of digitization, enhancing data use culture, and strengthening governance structure.

Hence, the Ministry “ is able to cover all regions, zones, woredas, and 78% of health centers with high-speed broadband internet, the full roll-out of an electronic data collection system, huge gap narrowing  between routine data and survey results, and robust governance structure,” he said on Twitter.

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