EAE Concluded Three Contracts for Airports Construction

Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) is going to construct three new airports in different cities of Ethiopia; Hawassa, Shire and Robe Goba.
The contract was concluded on Friday, December 12, 2014, between CEO of EAE and the representatives of the three selected local construction firms; Yohannes Teklay,
CEO of Yotek Construction; Melese Mamo, Construction Department GM of Akir Construction and Amenti Dadi, deputy GM of Ethiopian Road Construction Corporation (ERCC).

Yotek is going to construct the Hawassa Airport while Robe Goba’s and Shire’s airports are assigned to Akir and ERCC respectively. Yotek agreed to undertake the construction at a fee of 457,350,361.93 Birr and Akir will do the job for a 494, 846, 771.58 Birr fee. The State owned ERCC agreed for a sum of 417,584,266.89 Birr.
Tewodros noted the projects are scheduled to be delivered by two and a half years time. The completion of these airports is expected to play a vital role in providing services since the areas are business as well as tourism destinations, he furthered.
Civil works of the projects is expected to start this week along with the construction of the runway, which actually is the first phase of the project. Then comes the construction of the terminals of Hawassa and Robe Goba by the end of this year. Shire’s terminal construction will commence next year.
Currently EAE runs and owns 19 airports across Ethiopia. It aims to increase this figure which is in line with the aims of Ethiopian Airlines. It was recently the Enterprise inaugurated Assosa as well as Jimma airports.
Source: The Reporter

Ethiopian Airlines Voted Best in Africa by Premier Traveller

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Ethiopian Airlines  has been recognised as “Best Airline to Africa” by one of the most prominent travel magazines in the United States, Premier Traveller, at a ceremony held recently in Los Angeles, California.

Commenting on the award, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines Group, Tewolde Gebremariam, said, "We are honoured that Premier Traveller Magazine’s readers in the US have selected us as the best airline for travel to Africa. I wish to thank them for this vote of confidence, which once again reaffirms the quality of the service and product we offer. We currently offer the best connectivity options for the travelling public between Africa and the US, thanks to our daily flights from Washington D.C. using the ultra-modern B777s and B787s, and our extensive African network covering 49 destinations with daily and more flights.

Gebremariam said in June 2015, the airline would further cement its position as the airline of choice for travel between Africa and the US by adding Los Angeles as our second point in the U.S. Our flights connecting Addis Ababa, Dublin and Los Angeles will be operated with the B787s, which offers unmatched on-board comfort, and will be the only direct service connecting Africa with Ireland and the West Coast of the United States."

In August 2014 Ethiopian received the Best Airline in Africa award by Passenger Choice Awards, the most extensive survey of passengers in the industry. The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) also named Ethiopian African Airline of the Year at its 46th Annual General Assembly held in Algiers in November 2014.
Ethiopian is a Pan-African global carrier operating the youngest fleet in the continent with an average of less than 7 years and currently serving 84 international destinations across 5 continents with over 200 daily departures.

Breaking News. ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ በአፋር ክልል መጠኑ አነስተኛ የሆነ የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ ደረሰ/M4.6 - 27km ESE of Asaita, Ethiopia

Event Time

1. 2014-12-13 22:37:18 UTC
2. 2014-12-14 01:37:18 UTC+03:00 at epicenter
3. 2014-12-13 14:37:18 UTC-08:00 system time

Location

11.451°N 41.669°E depth=12.6km (7.8mi)

Nearby Cities

1. 27km (17mi) ESE of Asaita, Ethiopia
2. 71km (44mi) ESE of Dubti, Ethiopia
3. 85km (53mi) WNW of Dikhil, Djibouti
4. 118km (73mi) WNW of `Ali Sabieh, Djibouti
5. 161km (100mi) W of Djibouti, Djibouti

Ethiopia Habtemariam: Women In Music 2014

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Ethiopia Habtemariam

President, Motown Records/president, urban music/co-head of creative, Universal Music Publishing Group, Motown Records/Universal Music Publishing Group

Habtemariam helms dual rosters of both established and next-gen stars. UMPG's streak on the Billboard Hot 100 has been led by Eminem's "Monster," Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" and Chris Brown's "Loyal." Alongside such Motown faves as Stevie Wonder and Ne-Yo, in 2014 the label has celebrated the No. 1 R&B Albums debut of Kem's Promise to Love: Album IV.

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Unique traffic stops in Kansas City, Missouri bring drivers to tears. Watch last night's "On the Road" with Steve Hartman.

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Facebook Amharic to English translation goes wild

Well, now a days most companies are trying to narrow the language gap between web site visitors from various parts of the world by offering machine translation technology as  an aid to understand the content of some topics, in most cases the machine translation works so so for Latin based languages such French, Italian , German, Spanish, Dutch and others and it tries its best for  Asian based languages such as Chinese (Simplified Chinese), Japanese and Korean languages. But when  it comes to Amharic the machine translations fails baddy. Here is the best example.

In one Facebook's video the caption reads in Amharic as  "አስቂኝ የድሮ ዳንስ"and Facebook  suggested a "translation"  to this sentence. When you click on the " See Translational" link  the whole sentence appeared as-is with out any change as "አስቂኝ የድሮ ዳንስ". This is 100% fail translation or a joke. Facebook should not suggest a "See Translation" where they can not support that particular language, the best method could be:
1. Warning the visitors  as "This language is not supported"
2. Disable "See Translation" option for this and similar languages, 

Facebook Machine translation goes wild.

Otherwise, Facebook and other companies are making a joke on more than 100 Million Amharic speakers by simply translating Amharic in to Amharic. That is is not translation but Copy & Paste.
አማርኛ እንኳን በማሽን ለሰውም አስቸጋሪ ቋንቋ ነው።

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Ethiopian Airlines Resumption of ShebaMiles Frequent Flyer Program Activities

" Resumption of ShebaMiles Frequent Flyer Program Activities

We are pleased to inform you that Ethiopian Airlines has successfully cutover to its new Loyalty Management System.

Most of the basic ShebaMiles Frequent Flyer Program system functionalities and activities are on and running.

While requesting your award ticket or upgrade, please plan your award requirement well ahead of time and request via online or contact one of your nearest Ethiopian Ticket offices. We recommend at least one week to submit your award requests ahead of your travel date.

Your cooperation in this matter is highly appreciated." From Ethiopian Airlines To call Ethiopian Airlines please call 1800 445 2733