Whats Out Addis, people information about interesting people in town and in Ethiopian history
Letesenbet Gidey (born 20 March 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner born in Endameskel in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. She was the fourth child born to her parents, having two brothers and a sister and grew up on the family farm. She won a 3000 m + 2000 m steeplechase run at the Ethiopian […]
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The Kremt rains have been heavy this year; Ethiopia’s rainy season is brought about by the same weather system that causes India’s monsoon, and like the monsoon it runs from its beginning at the end of June until it peters out in late September/or early October. As anticipated the rains, which drive people indoors in
Tesfa Tours – Ethiopian tourism due to return this month Read More »
Samuel Merga is CEO and President of African Space Research Organization and African Intelligence Security and African Intelligence Security Agency. First of all Congratulations on your great achievements in helping Ethiopia progress in Space Technology! Please tell our readers about your own education and your journey in pursuing a career in Space Technology?? “I was
In what is probably a first-ever, Ethiopian writers’ short stories are anthologized and published in the US this August. Addis Ababa Noir is the name of the collection edited by Maaza Mengiste and features big Ethiopian literary names such as Adam Reta, Bewketu Seyoum, Meron Hadero and Sulaiman Addonia. In total, the book includes fourteen
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugrated the commencement of Ethiopia’s commercial production of COVID-19 PCR diagnostic testing kits for both the export market with a priority to African countries and Ethiopia’s domestic demand. The COVID 19 diagnostic kits factory (BGI Health), the first of its kind in Ethiopia was inaugurated at Bole Lemmi Industrial Park. The
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Mayfair cafe is selling the UK’s most expensive filter brew made from this rare fair trade bean costing £2,000 per kilo and served in a crystal wine glass! Caffeine lovers with deep pockets are being invited to buy the UK’s most expensive coffee at £50 for a cup of filter brew. The newly opened establishment
Haile Hotels and Resorts today inaugurated its 7th resort built in the city of Adama.The inauguration of the resort with luxurious dining and meeting halls, 106 reception rooms, sport fields and swimming pools, was attended by Haile Gebrselassie and other invited guests.Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Haile said the resort was built with 500 million
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The 2020 Ethiopia Cup of Excellence (COE) auction has broken records, with total sales of 1,348,690 US Dollars topping the previous record of 830,245 US Dollars from El Salvador in 2011. The El Salvador auction had 42 lots for sale, while the COE Ethiopia auction included only 28, achieving a record-high average price of 28
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The Poetry Translation Centre (PTC) have just published Aulò! Aulò! Aulò!, Ribka Sibhatu’s latest collection which includes recent poems including some of her efforts to record the oral folklore and myths of Tigrinya tradition, and some of her earliest taboo-breaking lyric poems. The works in this edition have been translated by the acclaimed poet and
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A prominent figure in Ethiopian Modernism, Tadesse Mesfin thrives on two creative fronts: making paintings and training the next generation of artists. Women are the protagonists in Mesfin’s ongoing series “Pillars of Life.” The paintings pay homage to the many women who work as smallholder vendors in Ethiopian markets. Rendered in muted colors and cast
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