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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የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር የቃል አቀባይ ጽ/ቤት ዛሬ ጥቅምት 20 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም በሊባኖስና ጂቡቲ የሚገኙ ኢትዮጰያውን ዜጎች ጉዳይ፣ በደቡብ ሱዳን የሽግግር መንግስት ምስረታ፣ በታላቁ የኢትዮጵያ ህዳሴ ግድብ ዙሪያ እንዲሁም በአውሮፓ በተካሄዱ የቢዝነስ ፎረሞችን እና ሌሎችን በተመለከተ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ሰጥቷል።
መግለጫውን የሰጡት የመ/ቤቱ ዋና ቃል አቀባይ አቶ ነብያት ጌታቸው እንደገለጹት እ.ኤ.አ ከኦክቶበር 17 ቀን 2019 ጀምሮ በሊባኖስ መዲና እንዲሁም በተለያዩ ከተሞች እየተካሄደ በሚገኘው ሰላማዊ ሰልፍ በዚያው የሚኖሩ ከ400 ሺ በላይ ኢትዮጵያውያንን ደህንነት ለማስጠበቅ በትኩረት እየተሰራ እንደሚገኝ ገልጸዋል፡፡ እስካሁን ባለው መረጃ በዜጎቻችን ላይ የደረሰ ምንም አይነት ጉዳት የለም ያሉ ሲሆን ቤይሩት የሚገኘው የኢፌዲሪ ቆንስላ ጽህፈት ቤት በአሁን ሰዓት በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ (በፌስ ቡክ፣ በድህረ ገጹ ወዘተ) ሁኔታውን አስመልክቶ ዜጎች ከቤት እንዳይወጡ፣ የሰልፉ ተባባሪ እንዳይሆኑ መልዕክት በማስተላለፍ ስልክ መስመሩን ክፍት አድሮጎ በመጠባበቅ ላይ እንደሚገኝ አስታውሰዋል፡፡

Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gedu Andargachew, received Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at his office today.

The two sides discussed ways to boost cooperation on peacekeeping operation in the Horn of Africa region as well as exchanged views on current regional peace and stability.

Recalling the long-standing partnership existed between Ethiopia and the United Nations (UN), the Gedu extended its appreciation to the organization for its efforts to bring peace in Africa and the region.

As an IGAD Chair, Ethiopia is playing a leading role to maintain peace in the region, he said, citing the mediation role it had played for the establishment of a transitional government in Sudan as a case in point.

Ethiopia is working closely with the transitional government of Sudan and other pertinent bodies to bring durable peace and development, the Foreign Minister said.

Ethiopia is also providing all the necessary support for the peace and stability of South Sudan, he said, further calling the United Nation to provide support for Africa’s youngest nation.

Jean-Pierre Lacroix for his part commended Ethiopia’s peacebuilding efforts in the region as well as its leading role in UN peacekeeping mission.

He appreciated Ethiopia’s peace deal with Eritrea and mediation role in bringing peace in Sudan. He is hopeful that Ethiopia’s ongoing efforts to bring peace in South Sudan will bear fruit.

Jean-Pierre Lacroix also assured Gedu of UN’s continued support to Ethiopia’s ongoing peacebuilding efforts.

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