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1. European funding helps launch Ethiopia’s largest cement plant

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   23 February 2012 The FINANCIAL - February 22, 2012 Production from the recently opened Derba MIDROC Cement Factory in Ethiopia, part funded by the European Investment Bank, will reduce cement costs and end shortages of cement in Africa’s fourth biggest economy. Derba MIDROC Cement Plc, Ethiopia’s biggest cement factory will produce 8,000 tons a day and reduce the need for landlocked Ethiopia to import building materials essential for continued growth of construction, housing and infrastructure in the country. Read more...…

2. Ethiopia: Powering Africa Meeting to Be Hosted in Ethiopia

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   30 September 2013 Government of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) The second Power Africa Investment meeting will be held November 28-29, this year, in Addis Ababa. The meeting is designed as an executive dialogue where senior-level international investors, financiers and technology providers can meet with representatives of East African gover nments, utilities and regulators. The meeting, which will be held…

3. Ethiopia Sees Output at Africa´s Biggest Power Plant by 2015

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   20 March 2014 Bloomberg by William Davison Ethiopia will begin generating electricity within 18 months from what will be Africa´s largest power plant, the government said. The sale of 7.1 billion…

4. Ethiopia and Kenya secure funds for $1.26bn power line

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   24 October 2013 Source : Reuters Ethiopia and Kenya have secured funds for a $1 .26bn power line aimed at improving electricity supply and the project is set for completion in two years´ time,…

5. Djibouti-Ethiopia Railway - Final

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   Briefing Memorandum: The Djibouti-Ethiopia Railway ICA Meeting: Financing Transport for Growth in Africa December 3-4, 2007 Briefing Memorandum: Djibouti-Ethiopia Railway…

6. Ethiopia secures $125 million loan for road

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   14 October 2011 Phase two of the construction of a vital road link in Ethiopia is to begin after the country secured a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The $125 million (£79.2 million)…

7. Ethiopia completes construction of new power lines

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   initiative connecting Ethiopia with Kenya is also underway. Mehret Debebe, the chief executive officer of EEPCo, recently told the Walta Information Center that other African nations are looking to import renewable energy from Ethiopia because of the cost. "Ethiopia is endeavouring to fully harness its hydropower potential, which is estimated to be more than 45,000 megawatts, to alleviate poverty," he said. Ethiopia is currently undertaking multi-billion dollar investment in hydro-electric projects. Categories: Energy…

8. Nile dam study fails to stem the tide of Egyptian indignation towards Ethiopia

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   of miles upstream: the $4.7bn (£2.8bn) Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam (Gerd). Egyptians have long maintained that Ethiopia's dam project will dangerously deplete its water stocks - about 95%…

9. Leadership Africa USA Maintains Follow Up Is Needed After Success Of 2014 U.S.-Africa Energy Ministerial In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

   Home › News & Events › Infrastructure News › Leadership Africa USA Maintains Follow Up Is Needed After Success Of 2014 U.S.-Africa Energy Ministerial In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

   19 June 2014 Leadership Africa USA Leadership Africa USA announced the successful completion of the June 3-4, 2014 U.S.-Africa Energy Ministerial which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
 
 "We are especially proud of the fact that our team w as asked to play a leading role in pulling key elements of the AEM together, and that we delivered", commented the group's President, Walker Williams. Leadership Africa USA provided program development support, while managing marketing, logistics, sponsorship and ensuring high level private sector participation in this historic event that welcomed well over 600…

10. 12 million euros from the EU to reinforce electrical interconnection between Djibouti and Ethiopia

    Home › News & Events › Infrastructure News › 12 million euros from the EU to reinforce electrical interconnection between Djibouti and Ethiopia

    6 April 2011 March 28: The European Union has granted 12 million euros in aid for an infrastructure project relating to the transport and generation of electricity in Djibouti. It will "improve the electric interconnection between Ethiopia and Djibouti in order to alleviate the impact of the energy shortages and the steep rise in the cost of oil", states a press release from the European Union, available on its website. The works include the construction of a national control center, which will centralize the management of the electricity system in Djibouti. A 63/20 kilovolt transformer station in Djibouti and 63…