Compared to many other countries, even in Africa, Ethiopia has so far been spared the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. But that hasn’t stopped it from having a huge impact on daily life, though unlike most countries around the world, it has not introduced a lockdown. Eskender Mulugeta is the founder of Food Secured Schools […]
INCREDIBLE Sustainable Urban Agriculture Starts at School in Ethiopia Read More »
Honey Besides being a natural sweetener, Honey is an excellent humectant and natural antiseptic remedy for different skin conditions. Raw Honey and extracted components are used in many cosmetics, hair, and skin products. Honey has skin softening, soothing, conditioning effects and antioxidant potential. Lemon Lemon is a good source of vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) making
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The Office of PM Abiy Ahmed announced on Tuesday July 21 that the first-round target of filling the mega-dam on Abay River, the main tributary of the River Nile, commenced. The office said the current rainfall and runoff situation in the region made conditions conducive to fill the dam “It has become evident over the
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Bioengineers from MIT and Harvard in the USA have been working on developing sensors that can detect viruses such as Ebola and Zika for the last six years. Their hard work has since then progressed and they are now adopting their technology to aid in the fight against coronavirus. James Collins, a professor of Biological
Developing a face mask that lights up when it detects cornonavirus Read More »
Bekoji 100 is an award winning short film exploring the stories of Desta and Zabu, two GGRF adolescent female runners in Bekoji, Ethiopia. They share their athletic ambitions and the trials they face as young women in their society as they embark on completing the first-ever 100 mile, ultra relay race across Ethiopia alongside international
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The African Development Bank has approved a $1.2 million grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study into a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan. This grant from the African Development Fund, the Group’s concessional-rate lending arm, covers 35% of the total cost of the study, estimated at $3.4 million. The
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Midako have recently published a 200 page textbook on reading comprehension and twelve supplementary books. This textbook will teach early readers how to understand the main idea of a text, who the characters are, the setting, and the plot. It will also teach them cause and effect and comparisons and contrasting. Each chapter has a
Midako Publishing – Enabling Children to Read! Read More »
In the early 20th century, Paul Merab (real name, Petre Merabishvili) was the personal physician of Emperor Menelik II and opened the very first pharmacy in Addis. He was born in 1876 in Ude, South Georgia in a Roman Catholic community . Educated at the Prestigious Sorbonne in France he went on to become a
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Alas it is now the season for itchy eyes, runny noses, sneezing and very often combined with fevers…. Ethiopians tell you it is “Gunfam” or Flu and ferengies will tell you it is “Allergies” or the “Common Cold”. As a sufferer you cough and splutter and carry on with your daily activities as best you
Special Tea – a Uniquely Ethiopian Special Elixir! Read More »
Nestled in the dense rainforest of the Kafa Biosphere Reserve in southwest Ethiopia are thousands of genetic variants of coffee – an important seed bank of wild Arabica that faces extinction as a result of climate change. Preserving Ethiopia’s prized Arabica coffee is key not only for coffee drinkers worldwide, but also for the estimated
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