The AfCFTA Extraordinary Summit to be held in May will address many of the outstanding points that need to be resolved in order for Africa to open up its borders,…
Month: April 2020
African free trade deal postponed due to coronavirus - AfCFTA Sec Gen
African free trade deal postponed due to coronavirus
E-Commerce protocol incorporated into AfCFTA phase III
Despite a potential delay regarding Phase I implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the African Union Commission has incorporated…
AfCFTA and the Upcoming Protocol on Investment: What Can Investors Expect?
On 30 May 2019, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) became a reality. To date, it has been signed by 54 states (Member States) and ratified…
Almost 65 Million Ethiopians have no basic drinking water
Did you know that almost 65 Million Ethiopians have no basic drinking water unlike Egypt?
The international media’s misrepresentation of Ethiopia on the GERD
By Mekdelawit Messay Deribe @Mekdi_Messay Addis Abeba, April 14/2020 – Following the renewed disagreement between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) after the failed Washington talks, it seems like the…
US shouldn’t take sides in Ethiopian dam negotiations
The dispute concerns the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, under construction inside Ethiopia close to the Sudanese border on the Blue Nile River. For half a…
Could AfCFTA implementation minimise trade misinvoicing
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) created last year, aims to make trade easier and more lucrative for businesses and countries across Africa,…
GERD: Analyst urges domestic media outlets to live up to international standards
The Ethiopian media that disseminate information relating to the Nile Basin in general and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in particular in foreign languages ought to have the right…
Ethiopia to Press Ahead With Africa’s Biggest Hydropower Dam
Construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba, Ethiopia. Photographer: Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images…
Sudan will not be mediator in Egypt-Ethiopia dam dispute
the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to resume soon in Washington, DC, he has ruled out the possibility that the government of Sudan will play the…
Egypt to build dams in South Sudan, Uganda
The announcement comes as Cairo faces an ongoing dispute with Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which Addis…
Ethiopia and the Nile
Ethiopia and the Nile
Egypt outraged after Ethiopian newspaper depicts Sisi as an
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa, has been a source of tension with downstream Egypt since…
Grand Dam: Remembering the Ethiopian Victims of Egypt's
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In 1875, an ambitious Egypt seeking to expand its empire and control the Abay River (Blue Nile), fought a war…
Open Letter to the People of Egypt on Grand Ethiopian
3 Responses to “Open Letter to the People of Egypt on The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)”. Nileland April 7, 2020 at 2:21 am. Ethiopia hidden…
We aspire for a new and brighter future for us and the next generation
The Nile projects in Ethiopia can be the catalyst to inspire an entire generation. Supporting these projects, including the building and commissioning of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), is…
Ethiopia on Renaissance Dam: 'We will not suffer for the sake
A general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on 26 December 2019...
Hopes alive to restart Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks
Hopes alive to restart Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks. By. patrick mulyungi. -. Modified date: Apr 3, 2020.
Leadership in a time of crisis: lessons for the AfCFTA
While China will fight to reclaim the world, Africa, through the AfCFTA must fight for Africa. Africa needs to do more internally. Developing a regional value chain...
Egypt's Nile monopoly is over
The Nile River, the longest river in the world, stretches across eleven countries. The Blue Nile, its largest tributary, originates from the Ethiopian highlands and flows all the way to…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says Ethiopia will start filling
Once completed, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest hydropower project in Africa. Source: FBC. Facebook Twitter · Share.
Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam will start filling water,says
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam would start filling water during the rainy season this year, which is about...