Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority’s (ECAA) working procedure for the coming year is going to be audited by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
According to the Director General of the Authority, Wossenyeleh Hunegnaw (Col.), ICAO will audit ECAA from April 20 to April 29, 2015. A team of inspectors, whose task will be auditing the working procedure of ECAA, will be deployed.
The Director General explained ICAO’s audit comprises of eight critical elements. “From one to five inspections will be conducted on ECAA while the rest will concern operators,” Wossenyeleh said.
ICAO was established in 1944 as a body of the United Nations (UN) under the Chicago Convention and its task is to monitor the global aviation industry. Among other tasks, it inspects and certifies countries civil aviation authorities.
On the other hand ECAA provides air navigation, inspection and certification of aircraft, airports, airlines and aviation professionals. The objective of the authority is to ensure safe and reliable air transport service in Ethiopia.
ጅቡቲ ኢትዮጵያን ተማምና ከአቅሟ 9 ጊዜ በላይ ወጭ አድርጋ በ$9.8 ቢሊዮን (ሚሊዮን አይደለም) አዲስ ወደብ ልትሰራ ነው።
Djibouti has announced embarking on several mega infrastructure projects with a total investment of $9.8 billion.
The cost of the projects is six times more than the tiny eastern Africa country's Gross Domestic Products (GDP).
Djibouti is currently constructing $804 million multi-purpose and three specialized ports to be dedicated for export of livestock, and 4 million tons of potash export per year from Ethiopia and 6 million tons of industrial salt annually from Djibouti.
"Out of the $9 billion total investments for the 14 mega projects, we have already secured 58 per cent funding," Mr Abubaker Mohamed Hadi, the Chairman of the Djibouti Ports and Free Trade Zone Authority (DPFTZA), told visiting journalists from Ethiopia.
The funds, he explained, are from China Exim Bank and the 23.5 shareholder of DPFTZA, China Merchants and other financers.
New airports
Currently, most of Ethiopia's $13 billion import and $3 billion export goods come and exit through Djibouti port.
In addition to Ethiopia, which has become a major client of the Djibouti port following the 1998 Ethiopia-Eritrea War, Djibouti also plans to expand its services to South Sudan.
"...Of the 17 landlocked countries in Africa, 10 are in our region," Mr Hadi said, explaining the prudence of investing in the mega infrastructure projects.
The other mega projects in the country with less than one million people, include new airports, national shipping company and an airline, crude oil terminal, development of business districts and $3 billion natural gas refinery.
The $525 million Doraleh Multipurpose Port is expected to be completed in the two years.
When complete, the old Port of Djibouti will be converted to a business district, according to Mr Hadi.
Mr Hadi further noted that the investment also took into considerations the connectivity plan of Africa and integration of the continent.
He indicated that Ethiopia's fast economic growth in recent years had helped Djibouti to grow by 5 per cent on average annually for the past five years.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Started Flying to Qatar’s Capital
The press release by the Airline noted the flight is going to enable travelers to and from Doha to enjoy convenient and seamless connectivity options, with minimum layover in Addis Ababa, thanks to Ethiopian extensive network in Africa covering 49 destinations. Convenient connections will be available to and from cities such as Johannesburg, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Lagos, Accra, Dakar, Dar-es-Salaam and Entebbet, it furthered.
The Korea UN body, Ethiopian Airlines sign accord for library project
By Lee Min-hyung
The agreement is part of efforts by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)'s Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP) Foundation to help African countries suffering from the Ebola virus. Most of those countries are now in desperate need of aid.
The agreement means the library construction project, "Thank You Small Library," will continue for the foreseeable future. The ST-EP Foundation has built 153 libraries in 19 countries as of September, and is now extending its aid project to other countries outside of Africa such as Moldova and Cambodia. The organization was established in Korea a decade ago to provide financial and humanitarian aid to underdeveloped countries.
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