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Month: August 2018

Africa in the news: European leaders visit, political reforms in Ethiopia, and a power sector update from South Africa
August 31, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Africa in the news: European leaders visit, political reforms in Ethiopia, and a power sector update from South Africa

state-led firm Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), which was responsible for installing turbines for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

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Ethiopia dam workers on third day of strike
August 30, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia dam workers on third day of strike

Laborers, engineers and drivers working on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have announced their third day of strike in a row, to protest poor…

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Water Shortages, Intensified by Climate Change, Threaten
August 30, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Water Shortages, Intensified by Climate Change, Threaten

Ten states share the Nile River basin, but Ethiopia’s ambitious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, which is halfway completed, has caused an uproar in…

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Egypt calls on Ethiopia to push negotiation process to reach
August 29, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Egypt calls on Ethiopia to push negotiation process to reach

On Tuesday, Cairo called on Addis Ababa to push forward negotiations and reach a compromise concerning the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam to ensure…

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Ethiopia fires state company from GERD dam - News
August 29, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia fires state company from GERD dam - News

The government of Ethiopia has fired a big state company from the project to build the 6,450MW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the country’s most…

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GERD might not see light: Ethiopian PM
August 26, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

GERD might not see light: Ethiopian PM

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Saturday that Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) might not be completed, the Ethiopian…

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PM meets the press
August 25, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

PM meets the press

Following the recent stalemates in the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Politics | Mar 28. Ethiopia weathers US, Egypt pressure…

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Egypt: The Nile crisis and its socialist solution
August 24, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Egypt: The Nile crisis and its socialist solution

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) situated on the Blue Nile, which is set to house the largest hydroelectric plant in Africa, is nearing completion.

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New Acting Chief Engineer Named for Ethiopian Dam
August 22, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

New Acting Chief Engineer Named for Ethiopian Dam

Simegnew Bekele, project manager and chief engineer on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, was found murdered. Photo: Gioia Forster/picture-alliance/…

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Ethiopia Appoints News Manager for Grand Dam Project
August 14, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia Appoints News Manager for Grand Dam Project

2018 – The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has appointed Ephrem Woldekidan as Acting Project Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)…

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Ethiopia: Exploiting the Gulf's scramble for the Horn of Africa
August 13, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Ethiopia: Exploiting the Gulf's scramble for the Horn of Africa

Qatar financing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam? Where on earth did you get such a preposterous information? Never cared to fact-check the matter…

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Water Wars on the Nile
August 9, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Water Wars on the Nile

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River has the potential to transform Ethiopia’s economy and revolutionize the agricultural sector of…

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Who Killed the Chief Engineer of the Grand Ethiopian
August 7, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

Who Killed the Chief Engineer of the Grand Ethiopian

Simegnew Bekele, project manager and chief engineer on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, was found murdered. Photo: Gioia Forster/picture-alliance/…

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Inclusiveness and community-level engagement crucial for
August 6, 2018in AfCFTA, News0by admin

Inclusiveness and community-level engagement crucial for

The AfCFTA will not succeed unless there is a robust dialogue at national level complemented by regional and continental dialogue sessions, he further added.

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EXCLUSIVE: Ethiopia asks for 5-6 yrs to fill GERD's reservoir
August 6, 2018in News, Nile0by admin

EXCLUSIVE: Ethiopia asks for 5-6 yrs to fill GERD's reservoir

Nile downstream countries Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Ethiopia has asked for 5-6 years to fill the dam’s reservoir…

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SME sector will benefit from the AfCFTA - Meyer
August 3, 2018in AfCFTA, News0by admin

SME sector will benefit from the AfCFTA - Meyer

NAMIBIA’s small and medium enterprises sector will gain easier access to bigger foreign markets for goods and services through the African continental free…

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Before Nigeria inks the AfCFTA deal
August 2, 2018in AfCFTA, News0by admin

Before Nigeria inks the AfCFTA deal

AfCFTA is an attempt to boost intra-African trade, which at present is estimated at just 10 per cent. It aspires to operate a single market for goods and services, just…

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AfCFTA: Nigeria, South Africa's refusal surprising - Emir Sanusi
August 1, 2018in AfCFTA, News0by admin

AfCFTA: Nigeria, South Africa's refusal surprising - Emir Sanusi

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Tuesday, said refusal of the two largest economies in Africa to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement É

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