Whats Out Addis, people information about interesting people in town and in Ethiopian history
“Just do it” was a phrase often uttered by Jonathan Crown. He said it to set up a charity to help thousands of Ethiopian children born with a cleft lip or palate. The idea for Project Harar came to Crown on a hot, dusty afternoon in 2000 in Ethiopia. Just near the market of Harar, […]
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Born in 1548 in southern Ethiopia’s Khambata region, Ambar is believed to have been associated with the Oromo tribe. He was known by the name of ‘Chapu’ until he fell into the hands of slave dealers. Historians believe either he was captured during a war or was sold into the trade by his poor parents
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Oballa Oballa, a former refugee from Ethiopia who became a naturalized citizen less than one year ago, made history this election by winning a city council seat in the southeast Minnesota city of Austin. Oballa, 27, had been campaigning for the seat since the beginning of the year, said he is the first person of
After graduating from Hawassa University, Henok Abera, faced with lack of job opportunities and unable to find a job in his field of study, he started doing marketing for various companies at exhibitions and expos as well as keeping an eye out for business ideas. That is when he discovered a gap in the market
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Julie Mehretu was born in 1970 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an American teacher mother and Ethiopian Ethiopian college professor father. They fled the country in 1977 to escape political turmoil and moved to Michigan, for her father’s teaching position on economic geography at Michigan State University. She has been named as one of Time
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The Ethiopian government has just completed the financing for the construction of the Assela wind farm thanks to the validation of a loan agreement previously signed between the Ministry of Finance and Danske Bank. Denmark’s main bank is supporting the project with a loan of 117.3 million euros, part of the financing promised by Prague.
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A young Ethiopian journalist Fiyori Tewolde has produced and distributed the country’s first Braille newspaper. Braille is a system allowing visually impaired people to read by using raised dots to represent letters that are felt by the fingertips. “There are around four million Ethiopians with a visual impairment and I noticed that they didn’t have
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Education Development Trust, which leads the UK’s £20m technical assistance to Ethiopia, is supporting education system leaders globally. Their most recent thinkpiece, #LearningRenewed, shares a vision for school reopening in low-income countries. As education systems around the world begin to emerge from Covid-19-related lockdown, governments are facing the difficult decision of when and how to
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Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has now inaugurated the Entoto Natural Park. The Prime Minister on the occasion expressed his gratitude to those who have contributed towards the construction of the park, which is part of the Beautifying Sheger Project. The park has been equipped with various facilities, including sports centers, restaurants, coffee shops (visitors
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Korkor is a newly established eco-lodge in the picturesque Tigray region of Ethiopia. Situated next to the village of Megab, the lodge is surrounded by the stunning natural beauty of the Gheralta Mountains. Within close range are many sites of historic, archaeological, cultural and Biblical interest. The bungalows at the Lodge have been designed in
