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ABN : EDITORIAL This month editorial stems from the presence of the biggest continental event in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa known as Hotel Show Africa which is believed to be a very important event to promote and introduce the nation’s hospitality and tourism potential.

In spite of a long history of promotion and development, Ethiopia’s tourism industry is in its initial stages of development. Changes in governance systems have resulted in different social constructions of the role of tourism in national development.

Since 1990s the partial opening up of the economy to private investment, the liberalization of national economic management and a modicum of political decentralization of administration and decisionmaking have contributed to significant growth in both the number of inbound tourists and the generation of foreign exchange.

However, the country has not benefited yet from its abundant natural, historical and cultural resources.

Marketing and promoting have been the weakest areas of tourism development. There is a serious shortage in number and type of tourist facilities.

Moreover, the quality of service is poor and unsatisfactory to tourists. There are also shortage of Performing arts, entertainment services and other local creative products, and trained manpower.

Weak mutual support and coordination among tourism stakeholders have also remained some of the bottlenecks in the sector.

Hence, it’s very timely and vital to embark on marketing and promotion of the country’s immense tourism potential through launching of events like the Hotel Show Africa thatfocused on bringing together major stakeholders to share experiences for the development of the sector, and building the nation’s image.

Furthermore,the government and major actors in the hospitality and tourism industry need to be committed to expanding and improving the development of infrastructural facilities, coordinating, ensuring the psychological and physical well-being of visitors, and protection of heritages in collaboration with local communities as well as involving in the expansion of infrastructure need.

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Ozzie Cozying Up Hospitality

By Aklile Tsige Much-trumpeted that Ethiopia is blessed with immense historical, cultural and natural resources that attract tourists worldwide. Nevertheless, the effort to tap its rich tourism resources remains lamentable. Many argue that little attempts have been made to promote the nation’s tourism activities at the national and international levels, and new trends for the development of the industry are not well introduced in the country. The Meetings, Incentives, Conference and Exhibitions (MICE) tourism has not been paid due attention unlike the leisure tourism. Yet, for KumnegerTeketel, the nation could lure multiple benefits with a closer understanding and support of the industry.

KumnegerTeketel W/Gabriel, who has earned MBA in International Business, and LLB, in Finance, is Managing Director and Lead Consultant of OZZIE Business & Hospitality Consultancy and International Events Company. It’s an Ethiopian Headquartered Company in Hotel & Tourism sector that exclusively hosts Hotel Show Africa- Hospitality Investment Trade fair and MICE East Africa- Meetings Industry/Travel Industry. ABN Editor-In-Chief, Aklile Tsige had the opportunity to sit down with the company’s Managing Director and discuss the overall activities of Ozzie and the new concept-MICE. Kumneger also received Award Winner of African Legend of Travel Award 2018, and MICE ICON Award 2017.

ABN: Tell us a little bit about your company.

events as a platform to share with global players.

Kumneger: Ozzie Business and Hospitality Group is one of the leading Ethiopian-based business companies that specialize in Consultancy and Management services of hospitality and tourism businesses. It provides detailed and tailor-made consultancy and management services as well as creating international standard

Established eight years ago, the company has worked in various capacities, including development of dozens of star rated hotel and resort projects, international brand negotiation and representation, international procurement and hotel operation startups. Ozzie Business and Hospitality Group portfolio also

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incorporates the management and organization of international standard events of various kinds.

ABN: So far you have organized six Hotel Show Africa-Hospitality and Trade Shows; how were these shows conducted, and how did you find it?

Kumneger: Of course, Ozzie Business and Hospitality Group is

the founder and organizer of Hotel Show Africa-Hospitality and Tourism Trade Show: the first and only such trade show in the country. The previous shows have attracted an impressive participant and attendee list of well-known global brands represented by local, regional and international companies and professionals from all over the world besides meeting its objective. This dynamic event has continued to set new targets and inspire industry players to upgrade their overall performance to bring about a tangible change in the development of the national and continental tourism service and hospitality industry.

ABN: What activities are carried out in a single show?

Kumneger: There are various activities included in an event, mainly exhibition of the latest Hospitality products and services, several panel discussions on selected industry agendas, professional competitions and recognition as well as networking and creation of business opportunities.

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ABN: What’re the participating parties in this grand show?

Kumneger: Hotel operating equipment suppliers, hospitality IT solution providers and suppliers, hotel/hospitality hygiene partners, hotels and resorts, tourist destination management technology providers and operators, hospitality food and beverage suppliers, hotel architects and

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consultants/interior designers, and airlines management service providers and consultants are among the major stakeholders participating in the event.

ABN: What benefits do visitors, exhibitors or the nation gain from the event?

Kumneger: Participating in the event

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has many advantages, mainly it reinforces brand awareness and enhances the country’s image, it helps create networking with industry leaders, it helps generate new business lead, and strength the existing customer relationship.

ABN: How about the number of visitors and exhibitors in the show?

Kumneger: The number, indeed, is increasing annually. For instance, every year an estimated 15, 000 visitors show up while nearly 200 exhibitors with over 300 brand representation participate at the Millennium Hall in the capital, Addis Ababa.

ABN: What is the concept of MICE? Kumneger: Though the hospitality industry has taken a new dimension ahead, we are a bit lagging behind from celebration of its full advantages. African economies are already dragged to the global investment map, and also adding continental voice in global issues.

This globally trending shift has added a new industry frontier to the existing leisure tourism.

MICE are the new tourism concept arrived in our modern times. At this particular era, the hospitality industry has reached a new height where it can yield much more to economies. Therefore, MICE which is complementary to conventional leisure tourism is a growing industry with promising opportunities to our nation and the continent.

Kumneger: It is six years since Ozzie Business and Hospitality Group, as an industry player, advocating a flexible turn to the utmost exploitation of MICE industry. It is with such a great pleasure that we pioneered in organizing MICE East Africa editions. MICE’s industry concept has already touched the ground.

ABN: Is the industry booming?

Kumneger: yes, indeed. We witness an era when spending capacity drive markets and the service sector, particularly the hospitality industry is contributing hugely to economies. The industry revenues

African economies are already dragged to the global investment map, and also adding continental voice in global issues.

ABN: What are you doing to introduce the industry to the nation and the region?

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will increase exponentially in years ahead, coupled with government’s efforts in attracting international investors in global value chains.

MICE evolved to selling hospitality services by capturing delegates arriving for international businesses, conferences and exhibitions. By adopting global MICE business strategies that extract available potential, industry professionals plan on how to increase tourists staying time at pre- and post- events.

ABN: What’re the potential benefits that could be earned from MICE? Kumneger: Meeting and conference tourists increased to five times more than leisure travelers as they’re sponsored by their companies during their stay unlike leisure tourists who need to pay for themselves. According to some researches, the spending power difference stood around 500 percent to 600 percent, which falls between USD 100 to USD 600 difference.

MICE, simply speaking, diversify the tourism sector, build country’s image, attract investors, and create ample opportunity for the domestic private sector.

It also benefits airlines, hotels, conference venues, car rentals, event organizers, banks, interpreters, booth owners, tour operators, catering companies, tourism and travel consultants and many more.

ABN: What do you think should be done to unleash the immense potential in the sector?

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Without establishing Dedicated body National Convention and Visitors Bureau it will become shooting in dark. We need to focus and Support our Nation as responsible citizen to lead the market on our region .

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Kumneger: Quick action on the understanding of the MICE concept, creating institutions and platforms for better exposure and attraction of MICE, developing hospitality facilities that fit for international events, providing incentives for industry players, and investing in higher education institutions for training and human capital development of the MICE industry are the most important tasks that should be given due emphasis.

Lack of National Convention Bureau is the main drawback in the meeting sector.

This bureau is an independent institution vital to rebrand and sell Ethiopia’s image in the meeting sector, So the concerned government organ needs to establish this unit as much as possible, and show its commitment to enhancing the economic benefit the country obtains from the sector.

ABN: Who are MICE industry players, and how is their participation?

Kumneger: hotels, airlines, exhibition centers, catering and logistics companies, travel industry suppliers, advertising and

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marketing agencies, professional event/exhibition organizers, contractors, convention centers, professional conference/convention organizers. Like the Hotel Show the number of participants in MICE is growing. Over 110 exhibitors and 3000 visitors take part in the event

every year. It’s expected to generate country’s revenue approximately 20 million USD from invited buyers, and expand opportunities for the nation through foreign meetings industry business/ NICE industry.

ABN: I think you are working on End-To-End hotel project consultancy; what’s it about?

Kumneger: It deals with consultancy and management services in the development of hotel projects particularly in star rated hotel projects; this include hotel feasibility study, hotel design concept development, evaluation and review, hotel construction supervision, international hotel brand negotiation, hospitality service quality audit, hotel operation system development and implementation.

ABN: Can you mention some of the hotel consultancy projects you have undertaken?

Kumneger: In the last few years we’ve worked with more than 30 local and international brand hotel and resort projects at various levels. To mention some: Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Addis Ababa, Four Points

by Sheraton, Radisson Blu Bishoftu Conference and Wellness Destination, Movenpick Hotel Addis Ababa, Royal Tulip Hotel, Addis Ababa, Bon Hotel Addis Ababa, Capital Hotel and Spa, Golden Tulip Hotel Adama and Axum Yeha International Hotel Conference and Health destination Resort. There are also significant numbers of similar projects underway.

ABN: What social responsibilities has Ozzie carried out?

Kumneger; Ozzie is dedicated to help the less fortunate members of the society and take care of the nation’s natural blessings. In this regard, we’ve managed to create environmental awareness among the business community through organizing hotels and resorts competitions in eco-friendly planning

and construction. Furthermore, we have participated in a local NGO working on providing basic care for street children and senior citizens.

ABN: What do you advice for government tourism organs?

Kumneger:Strong link among industry players especially in government institutes is advised in order to mobilize the tourism sector. We observe clear gap among Players.

ABN:What is your recommendation for sustainable international related projects in Ethiopia?

Kumneger:As an example over 40 international projects are on pipeline. How can we use this opportunity and taking advantage of it is the main question. Counting numbers is nothing without real practical performance. Due to that establishing dedicated investment banks in connection to international

related projects well play vital role, of course by measuring there merit and practical repayment solutions .Without establishing Dedicated body National Con‐vention and Visitors Bureau it will become shooting in dark. We need to focus and Support our Nation as responsible citizen to lead the market on our region .

ABN:How do you see the role of the government and the privatesector?

Kumneger: In tourism sector,governments have responsibility topromote and unleash the nation’s tourism potential; on the other hand the private sector will immediately take the seat to sell the product and service. Tourism fund is vital at this level.

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Enhancing Export through Industrial Parks

By Staff Writer Well- known that Ethiopia has set goals to transform the agriculture-led economy into industry-led economy. And the government has been developing a number of industrial parksdesignated for textileand apparel, footwear and leather products, pharmaceuticals, machineryandconstruction materials, agro-processing as well as for multiple sectors focused on export.

As the industrial parks are playing a significant role on the national economy in various ways, Ethiopia has in recent years focused on building industrial parks as a viable strategy to increase foreign exchange earnings; and the country is striving to complete a total of 30 industrial parks over the coming years.

At present, a good number of industrial parks have become operational while the construction of other industrial parks well underwayin different parts of the country.

The country’s favorable climatic condition makes the nation to be in a unique position to grow diversified agricultural products, which, in turn, could serve as an input and impetus to the industrial parks.

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It is obvious that generating significant amount of hard currency, creating ample job opportunities to the youth, enhancing technology exchange, among others, are the major priorities of the government while expanding industrial parks throughout the country. If the industrial parks that commence operation in recent time created this not-tobe-proud of job opportunities, it would be possible to predict huge amount of open employment opportunities when all the industrial parks become operational in full swing.

Currently, the country has also laid cornerstone for further industrial parks construction beyond the ones that are currently operational. And it is believed that youths across the country will access job opportunities at their doorsteps.

In terms of foreign direct investment, the country has managed to attract 2.5 billion USD in FDI in the stated period and in this regard the industrial parks have been playing important role in enhancing the FDI flow. Apart from the private industrial parks, at present time Bole Lemi, Hawassa, Kombolcha, Mekele and Adama industrial parks which were developed by the government have already become operational.

On the other hand, the industrial parks have also become successful in terms of strengthening the country’s

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endeavors of generating more foreign exchange earnings. For instance, the nation secured more than 100 million USD from the export of various products from operational industrial parks in the past nine months in this Ethiopian budget year.The export performance in the stated period exceeded that of same period last fiscal year by 40 percent. Textiles and apparel, footwear and other leather products have been mainly exported from the industrial parks to European countries, USA, Asia and other export destination countries. Thus, this clearly manifests that how much the industrial parks could solve foreign exchange earning shortage in the future when they start to operate with full potential.

“As the main purpose of investment is creating jobs, theseoperational industrial parks have managed to generate employment opportunities for more than 70,000 compatriots, so far.”

With a view to making the investment more effective, the government is rendering effective industrial park services, fulfilling infrastructural requirements, promoting competitive human power, facilitating shade distribution and access, among others, are the major activities which have been undertaken in recent years.

The abundant resources that can be utilized for industrial inputs are vital elements to the industrialization aspirations that could catapult Ethiopia to middle income economy.

Apart from accomplishing such mega

industrial parks constructions, it requires the country to promote agricultural commercialization.

The vast arable land and competent human power have assisted the government’s feasible policies and strategies that aims smooth and successful journey towards industrialization. In fact, it is extremely important to combine these resources to expedite the country’s all-round development.

As it is known, the second Growth and Transformation Plan of Ethiopia, and its industrial development strategy are agriculturalbased, manufacturing sector-driven and export-led development?

The GTP pursued growth through export-driven industrialization strategy that focuses on capital and labor intensive manufacturing industries, export-oriented and import substituting industries. And taking this fact into consideration, industrial parks not only can play a huge constructive role in

the aforementioned aspirations, They can also contribute to rapid technology and know-how transfer, and have broad linkages with the rest of the economy, and use agricultural products as an input.

Gearing towards enhancing the export volume of the country, the government of Ethiopia has given due attention to the textile&garment, leather &leather products, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, chemicals and chemical products, plastic &paper industries, metal and metal engineering and other industries.

In a net shell, in addition to playing a crucial role in generating significant amount of hard currency and creating ample jobs to citizens, industrial parks can also support the agro-processing sector by strengthening and sustaining the bond between the agriculture and industrial sector, which is pivotal to the country’s structural transformation aspirations.

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NVESTMENT TRENDS AND PROSPECTS 2019

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lobal foreign direct investment (FDI) flows continued their slide in 2018, falling by 13 per cent to $1.3 trillion. The decline the third consecutive year’s fall in FDI was mainly due to large-scale repatriations of accumulated foreign earnings by United States multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the first two quarters of 2018, following tax reforms introduced by that country at the end of 2017.

FDI flows to developed economies reached the lowest point since 2004, declining by 27 per cent. Inflows to Europe halved to less than $200 billion, due to negative inflows in a few large host countries as a result of funds repatriations and to a sizeable drop in the United Kingdom. Inflows in the United States also declined, by 9 per cent to $252 billion.

Flows to developing countries remained stable, rising by 2 per cent. As a result of the increase and the anomalous fall in FDI in developed countries, the share of developing countries in global FDI increased to 54 per cent, a record.

• FDI flows to Africa rose by 11 per cent to $46 billion, despite declines in many of the larger recipient countries. The increase was supported by continued 14

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resource-seeking inflows, some diversified investments and a recovery in South Africa after several years of low-level inflows.

• Flows to developing Asia, the largest recipient region, were up 4 per cent. In a sign of continued dynamism, greenfield project announcements in the region doubled in value, recovering from their 2017 pause.

• FDI in Latin America and the Caribbean was 6 per cent lower, failing to maintain momentum after the 2017 increase halted a long slide.

FDI in the region is still 27 per cent lower than during the peak of the commodities boom.

• FDI flows to structurally weak and vulnerable economies continued to account for less than 3 per cent of the global total.

Flows to the least developed

countries recovered from their 2017 fall, back to $24 billion, the average for the decade.

FDI flows to economies in transition continued their downward trend in 2018, declining by 28 per cent to $34 billion, driven by a 49 per cent drop in flows to the Russian Federation.

The tax-driven fall in FDI was cushioned by increased transaction activity in the second half of 2018.

The value of cross-border merger and acquisitions (M&As) rose by 18 per cent, fueled by United States MNEs using liquidity in their foreign affiliates that was no longer encumbered by tax liabilities.

In 2019, FDI is expected to see a rebound in developed economies as the effect of the tax reforms winds down. Greenfield project announcements indicating forward spending plans also point at an increase, as they were up 41 per cent in 2018 from their low 2017 levels.

similar to 2017. Their presence in the top 100 global MNEs increased by one to 16. The value of their M&A activity shrank to 4 per cent of total M&As in 2018, following a gradual decline from more than 10 per cent on Much of the continued expansion of international production is driven by intangibles. Nonequity modes of international production are growing faster than FDI, visible in the relative growth rates of royalties, licensing fees and services trade.

The top 100 MNE ranking for 2018 confirms that industrial MNEs are sliding down the list, with some dropping out.

in 2018, falling by 13 % to $1.3 trillion.

Despite this, projections for global FDI show only a modest recovery of 10 per cent to about $1.5 trillion, below the average over the past 10 years. The underlying FDI trend remains weak. Trade tensions also pose a downward risk for 2019 and beyond.

The underlying FDI trend has shown anemic growth since 2008.

FDI net of one-off factors such as tax reforms, megadeals and volatile financial flows has averaged only 1 per cent growth per year for a decade, compared with 8 per cent in 2000–2007, and more than 20 per cent before 2000. Explanations include declining rates of return on FDI, increasingly asset-light forms

of investment and a less favourable investment policy climate.

The long-term slide of greenfield investment in manufacturing halted in 2018, with the value of announced projects up 35 per cent from the low value in 2017. Among developing countries where manufacturing investment is key for industrial development the growth was mostly concentrated in Asia and pushed up by highvalue projects in natural resource processing industries.

The number of State-owned MNEs (SO-MNEs) stabilized, and their acquisitions abroad slowed down.

There are close to 1,500 SO-MNEs,

MNEs in the global top 100 account for more than one third of businessfunded R&D worldwide.

Technology, pharmaceutical and automotive MNEs are the biggest spenders. The R&D intensity (relative to sales) of the developingcountry top 100 is significantly lower. International greenfield investment in R&D activities is sizeable and growing.

A significant part of investment between developing countries (South–South FDI) is ultimately owned by developed country MNEs. New data on the global network of direct and indirect bilateral FDI relationships shows the important role of regional investment hubs in intraregional FDI and in South South FDI. Indirect investment also has implications for the coverage of international investment agreements.

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ECONOMIC ZONES

Special economic zones (SEZs) are widely used in most developing and many developed economies. Within these geographically delimited areas governments facilitate industrial activity through fiscal and regulatory incentives and infrastructure support.

There are nearly 5,400 zones across 147 economies today, up from about 4,000 five years ago, and more than 500 new SEZs are in the pipeline. The SEZ boom is part of a new wave of industrial policies and a response to increasing competition for internationally mobile investment.

SEZs come in many types. Basic free zones focused on facilitating trade logistics are most common in developed countries. Developing economies tend to employ integrated zones aimed at industrial development, which can be multiindustry, specialized or focused on developing innovation capabilities.

The degree and type of specialization is closely linked to countries’ level of industrialization, following an SEZ development ladder.

Many new types of SEZs and innovative zone development programmes are emerging. Some focus on new industries, such as high-tech, financial services, or tourism moving beyond thetrade and labour-intensive manufacturing activities of traditional SEZs. Others focus on environmental performance, science commercialization, regional development or urban regeneration.

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International cooperation on zone development is increasingly common. Many zones in developing countries are being built through bilateral partnerships or as part of development cooperation programmes.

Regional development zones and cross-border zones spanning two or three countries are becoming a feature of regional economic cooperation.

SEZs can make important contributions to growth and development. They can help attract investment, create jobs and boost exports – both directly and indirectly where they succeed in building linkages with the broader economy.

Zones can also support global value chain (GVC) participation, industrial upgrading and diversification. However, none of these benefits are automatic.

In fact, the performance of many zones remains below expectations.

SEZs are neither a precondition nor a guarantee for higher FDI inflows or GVC participation.

Where they lift economic growth, the stimulus tends to be temporary: after the build-up period, most zones grow at the same rate as the national economy.

And too many zones operate as enclaves with limited impact beyond their confines.

Only a few countries regularly assess the performance and economic impact of zones.

Doing so is critical, because the turnaround of unsuccessful SEZs

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requires timely diagnosis, especially when there has been a significant level of public investment in zone development.

UNCTAD’s SEZ Sustainable Development Profit and Loss Statement (P&L) can guide policymakers in the design of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system.

The decades-long experience with SEZs provides important lessons for modern zone development: • Strategic design of the SEZ policy framework and development programme is crucial. Zone policies should not be formulated in isolation from their broader policy context, including investment, trade and tax policies. The types of zones and their specialization should build on existing competitive advantages and capabilities. And long-term

zone development plans should be guided by the SEZ development ladder.

• Zone development programmes should take a frugal approach. The Sustainable Development P&L emphasizes the need for financial and fiscal sustainability of zones, as their broader economic growth impact can be uncertain and take time to materialize. High upfront costs due to overspecification, subsidies for zone occupants and transfers to zone regimes of already-operating firms pose the greatest risks to fiscal viability.

• The success of individual SEZs depends on getting the basics right. Most failures can be traced back to problems such as poor site locations that require heavy capital expenditures or that are far away from infrastructure hubs or cities with sufficient pools of labour; unreliable power supplies; poor

zone design with inadequate facilities or maintenance; or overly cumbersome administrative procedures.

• Active support to promote clusters and linkages is key to maximizing development impact. Firms operating in zones have greater scope to collaborate, pool resources and share facilities more so in specialized zones, but multiactivity zones can extract some of the benefits of colocation.

Pro-active identification of opportunities, matching efforts and training programmes, with firms within and outside the zone, significantly boosts the impact.

• A solid regulatory framework, strong institutions and good governance are critical success factors. The legal infrastructure of SEZs should

ensure consistent, transparent and predictable implementation of SEZ policies. The responsibilities of SEZ governing bodies should be clearly defined. Zones benefit from having public and private sector representatives on their boards.

Looking ahead, SEZs face new challenges: • The sustainable development agenda increasingly drives MNEs’ strategic decisions and operations, which should be reflected in the value proposition that SEZs market to investors.

Modern SEZs can make a positive contribution to the ESG performance of countries’ industrial bases.

Controls, enforcement and services (e.g. inspectors, health services, waste management and renewable energy installations)

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can be provided more easily and cheaply in the confined areas of SEZs. SEZs are traditionally big employers of women, with about 60 per cent female employees on average. Some modern zones are implementing gender equality regulations, such as anti-discrimination rules, and support services, such as child care and schooling facilities, setting new standards for SDG performance.

• The new industrial revolution and the digital economy are changing manufacturing industries the main clients of SEZs. SEZs will need to adapt their value propositions to include access to skilled resources, high levels of data connectivity and relevant technology service providers. SEZs may also have new opportunities to target digital firms.

• The current challenging global policy environment for trade and investment, with rising protectionism, shifting trade preferences and a prevalence of regional economic cooperation, is causing changes in patterns of international production and GVCs. These changes can significantly affect the competitiveness of SEZs, which function as central nodes in GVCs. International cooperation on zone development is likely to become increasingly important.

Finally, the 2030 Agenda to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)provides an opportunity for 18

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the development of an entirely new type of SEZ: the SDG model zone. Such zones would aim to attract investment in SDGrelevant activities, adopt the highest levels of ESG standards and compliance, and promote inclusive growth through linkages and spillovers.

The recommendations in this report aim to provide guidance for policymakers in their efforts to revitalize and upgrade existing zones, and to build new ones that avoid the pitfalls of the past and are prepared for the challenges ahead. The key objective should be to make SEZs work for the SDGs: from privileged enclaves to sources of widespread benefits.

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows continued their slide in 2018, falling by 13 per cent to $1.3 trillion. The decline the third consecutive year’s fall in FDI was mainly due to large scale repatriations of accumulated foreign earnings by United States multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the first two quarters of 2018, following tax reforms introduced in that country at the end of 2017.

The tax-driven fall in the first half of 2018 (which ended 40 per cent lower than the same period in 2017) was cushioned in the second half by increased transaction activity. The value of cross-border merger and acquisitions (M&As) rose by 18 per cent, fueled by United States MNEs using liquidity in foreign affiliates that was no longer encumbered by tax liabilities.

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Global FDI fell for the third year in a row FDI flows to developed economies reached their lowest point since 2004, declining by 27 per cent.

Inflows to Europe halved to less than $200 billion; a few important host countries of United States MNEs registered negative inflows.

(The repatriation of funds by United States MNEs translated into negative inflows in host countries.) FDI flows to Ireland and Switzerland fell to -$66 billion and -$87 billion, respectively. FDI flows to the United Kingdom also declined, by 36 per cent to $64 billion, as new equity investments halved.

FDI into the United States declined as well, by 9 per cent to $252 billion – the average of the last 10 years. That decline was mainly due to a fall by one third in crossborder M&A sales. Australia’s

FDI inflows reached $60 billion a record level as foreign affiliates reinvested a record $25 billion of their profits in the country.

FDI flows to developing economies remained stable, rising by 2 per cent to $706 billion. As a result of the increase and the anomalous fall in developed countries, the share of developing economies in global FDI increased to 54 per cent, a record. Their presence among the top 20 host economies remained unchanged (figure 2).

The United States remained the largest recipient of FDI, followed

by China, Hong Kong (China) and Singapore.

The large-scale repatriations of funds by United States MNEs translated into negative FDI outflows, causing the United States

to disappear from the list of the top 20 outward-investing economies in 2018 (figure 3). Overall, outward FDI from developed countries as a group fell by 40 per cent to $558 billion. As a result, their share in global outward FDI dropped to 55 per cent the lowest ever recorded.

Nevertheless, outward investment

by European MNEs rose 11 per cent to $418 billion. France became the third largest investor home country, with FDI outflows of more than $100 billion in 2018.

Outward investment by MNEs from developing economies declined by 10 per cent to $417 billion. Outflows from developing Asia fell by 3 per cent to $401 billion; investment

by Chinese MNEs declined for the second consecutive year. Outflows from Latin America and the Caribbean contracted sharply.

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CRIMINALS, SOCIAL MEDIA,

By staff writer

SURVEY: CYBER CRIMINALS, SOCIAL MEDIA, LACK OF SECURITY INCREASINGLY FUELING INTERNET DISTRUST Waterloo, Canada, June 2019 In a new survey of internet users around the globe, social media companies emerged as the leading source of user distrust in the internet surpassed only by cyber criminals with 75% of those surveyed who distrust the internet citing Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms as contributing to their lack of trust.

While cyber criminals, cited by 81% of those who distrust the internet, remained the leading source of distrust, a majority in all regions (62% globally) indicated that a 20

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lack of internet security was also a critical factor.

These and other findings were released today as part of the 2019 CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey on Internet Security and Trust, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), in partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

The CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey,

now in its fifth year, is the world’s largest and most comprehensive survey of internet security and trust, involving more than 25,000 internet users in over two dozen countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

“This year’s survey of global attitudes not only underscores the fragility of the internet, but also netizens’ growing

discomfort with social media and the power these corporations wield over their daily lives,” said Fen Osler Hampson, a distinguished fellow at CIGI and director of its Global Security & Politics program.

In terms of the effects of user distrust, nearly half (49%) of those surveyed who distrust the internet said their distrust had caused them to disclose less personal information online,

while 40% reported taking greater care to secure their devices and 39% said they were using the internet more selectively. Conversely, only a small percentage of people reported making use of more sophisticated tools such as using more encryption (19%) or using technical tools like Tor (The Onion Router) or virtual private networks (VPNs) (12%) to protect themselves online.

“The survey results tell us that people around the world are increasingly concerned about their privacy and

security online,” said Sally Wentworth, vice president of Global Policy Development for the Internet Society. “However, we also see that users aren’t utilizing tools like encryption that can help secure their communications.

From keeping messages private to protecting critical infrastructure, encryption is an essential tool for digital security. It’s clear that there is more we can be doing as a community to make it easier for Internet users to secure their

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In addition, a digital divide was evident between the world’s developed and developing economies when it came to cryptocurrencies and other new internet frontiers, with those surveyed in Latin America and the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) nearly four times as likely to use or purchase cryptocurrencies within the next year as those in North America, Europe and the G-8.

“Knowledge is power. It’s also a datapoint,” said Shamika N. Sirimanne, director of UNCTAD’s Division on Technology and Logistics. “The CIGI-Ipsos Survey provides us with compelling evidence to help make decisions, shape policy and channel resources to reduce the digital divide in a way that is safe and still creates opportunities for development. We need more trust if the digital economy is to become a viable development tool for developing nations.”

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• Citizens around the world are increasingly viewing their own governments as a threat to their privacy online. In fact, more people attributed their growing online privacy concerns to domestic governments (66%) a majority in nearly every region surveyed than to foreign governments (61%).

• Eight out of 10 (78%) people surveyed are concerned about their online privacy, with over half (53%) more concerned than they were a year ago, marking the fifth year in a row that a majority of those surveyed say they feel more concerned about their online privacy than the previous year.

• While 73% said they wanted their online data and personal information to be stored in their own country, majorities in Hong Kong (62%), Indonesia (58%), Egypt (58%), India (57%), Brazil (54%), and Mexico (51%) said they wanted their online data and personal information stored outside of their country. In contrast, only 23% of North Americans, 35% of Europeans and 32% of those in G-8 countries shared this sentiment.

• Fewer than half (48%) believe their government does enough to safeguard their online data and personal information, with the lowest confidence levels in North America (38%) and the G-8 countries (39%).

• Less than half of global citizens express at least some degree of confidence that any of the algorithms they use are unbiased, in any context. Confidence was highest in algorithms used for facial

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recognition systems (47%) and search engines (46%), and lowest in algorithms used for social media news feeds (32%) and predictive policing (34%).

• The most common reasons for a lack of confidence in the unbiasedness of algorithms were a lack of transparency, a perception that they are exploitative by design and the absence of a human element from decisionmaking. By contrast, objectivity, a lack of human emotion to cloud decision-making and the absence of human influence were most frequently mentioned by those who expressed confidence in the unbiasedness of algorithms.

• 86% said they had fallen for fake news at least once, with 44% saying they sometimes or frequently did. Only 14% said they had “never” been duped by fake news.

• Facebook was the most commonly cited source of fake news, with 77% of Facebook

users saying they had personally seen fake news there, followed by 62% of Twitter users and 74% of social media users in general.

• 10% of Twitter users said they had closed their Twitter account in the past year as a direct result of fake news, while 9% of Facebook users reported doing the same.

• One-third (35%) pointed to the United States as the country most responsible for the disruptive effect of fake news in their country, trailed significantly by Russia (12%) and China (9%). Notably, internet users in Canada (59%), Turkey (59%) and the United States itself (57%) were most likely to say that the United States is most responsible for the disruptive effect of fake news in their own country, while users in Great Britain (40%) and Poland (35%) were most likely to point to Russia, and users in Hong Kong (39%), Japan (38%) and India (29%) were most likely to blame China.

• One in 10 (12%) admit to accessing the Dark Web, with higher percentages in India (26%), Russia (22%) and Brazil (21%). Two-thirds (66%) of global citizens a majority in every country surveyed believe that the Dark Web should be shut down.

However, this number is down from 71% in 2016.

was conducted between December 21, 2018, and February 10, 2019, and involved 25,229 internet users in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Republic of Korea, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey The 2019 CIGI-Ipsos Global Survey and the United States.

• A majority of internet users around the globe support all efforts by governments and internet companies to combat fake news, from social media and video sharing platforms deleting fake news posts and videos (85%) and accounts (84%) to the adoption of automated approaches to content removal (79%) and government censorship of online content (61%).

• Nearly seven in 10 people familiar with blockchain technology believe that it will affect every sector of the economy (68%), that it should be implemented as widely as possible (67%), and that it will have an impact equivalent to the advent of the internet (67%).

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Bamboo: Ethiopia’s Untapped Potential Mekonnen Hailu (EIC Public Relations Director) Situated in the eastern highland of tropical Africa, Ethiopia is endowed with abundant agricultural resource and has diverse ecological zones.

Consequently, the country has the largest area of bamboo in Africa.

Some studies show that several bamboo species are endemic to Africa and mainly found in Ethiopia.

The Eastern Africa nation has huge bamboo potential and more than 12 types of bamboo species are available especially in the highland and lowland areas.

Naturally, bamboo has a higher tensile strength than steel and offers greater strength, resistance and thermal tolerance then other timber options.

In spite of these qualities, bamboo is also very light and therefore easier and cheaper to transport. In the construction industry, bamboo has started to replace hardwood and steel. It is exciting new prospect of bamboo as a construction material 26

that is creating the current interest in the bamboo as an investment.

It is obvious that the timber that is used worldwide in construction needs to be in the form of big, flat

In Ethiopia Benshangul Gumuz, Amhara, Gambella, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Reginal States have huge potential for bamboo cultivation.

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planks. That is why bamboo has not been widely used before now. But new processing techniques now mean that bamboo can be reconstituted and shaped just like traditional timber. Thus, bamboo is now beginning to replace traditional timber for use in building construction and as flooring. Moreover, bamboo can be utilized as a building material as for scaffolding, bridges and houses.

Bamboo, like true wood, is a natural composite material with a high strengthto-weight ratio useful for structures.

Bamboo has a higher comprehensive strength than wood, brick or concrete and a tensile strength that rivals steel. Apart from these, bamboo plantation is very important in the manufacturing sector such as pulp and paper production. And a number of companies have engaged in this investment sector. These sectors

are really driving increased demand for bamboo and this is the real investment story.

As emerging markets grow especially in China, Brazil, India and Africa demand for timber for building materials has also been growing, just with other raw materials and commodities. At the same time as demand grows and the supply also tighten as action is taken to preserve forests and reduce illegal logging.

The big markets for bamboo include flooring, fiber panel board, construction as well as furniture and the demand grows from time to time almost

every parts of the world. Besides, the engineering performance of bamboo in these areas exceeds that of more traditional yet less sustainable timbers. This is because of its fast pace of growth and also has cost advantages.

At the present time, the country has the largest area which is estimated one million hectares of commercially untapped bamboo in East Africa, making it attractive to investment partners from the bamboo industry.

Moreover, the market potential of bamboo in Europe is massive. And it is believed that there can be a reliable and effective supply chain built here in Ethiopia to create a bamboo manufacturing industry. There

is no question that a combination of an abundance of bamboo and eager foreign investment is making Ethiopia a frontier for the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa.

In comparison to soft wood trees that can take 30 years to reach maturity, bamboo is a fully mature resource after three years, making it commercially and environmentally sustainable. It is known that Sub-Saharan Africa has three million hectares of bamboo forest, around four percent of the continent’s total forest cover. The government of Ethiopia is also working to increase its bamboo plantation coverage area.

The economic liberalization process being undertaken in the country and the commitment of the government to create conducive investment climate for

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the private sector has positive impact in attracting transnational companies (TNCs) from all corners of the world.

As Ethiopia has the largest area of bamboo resource, conducive investment climate and a rapidly developing manufacturing industry, some foreign companies have shown interest to engage in this and other investment sectors. Taison Group and Green Diamond are renowned Chinese company has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the margins of Belt and Road Initiative Forum held in Beijing recently. Accordingly, Taison Group and Green Diamond will establish a large-scale bamboo pulp-paper manufacturing in Assosa, Benshangul Gumuz regional state.

The company will have a capacity to manufacture one million tons of pulp paper per annum and supply its competitive products to local as well as international markets.

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Apart from Benshangul Gumuz regional state, in Ethiopia Amhara, Gambella, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ regions have huge potential for bamboo cultivation.

Parallel with foreign direct investment attraction, the government of Ethiopia is working tirelessly to create ample jobs for its citizens. In this regard, this investment project will have of a paramount importance in creating ample jobs for compatriots especially in the regional state.

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To conclude, apart from ensuring sustainable economic growth of the country, the main purpose of investment is creating job opportunities and improves citizens’ quality of life. Consequently, the government, the private sector and other stakeholder should give due attention to develop this investment sector.

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Can

e-commerce be Africa’s economic goldmine?

Credit: Josephine Wawira Digital economy in Africa is snowballing, and in the process it’s creating new jobs and opportunities for digital entrepreneurs to explore a larger web market. Though e-commerce represents only 0.6% of all the transactions done in Africa, as compared to 12% in the USA and 20% in China; the budding nature of the industry does rightfully make one muse on the possibility, that e-commerce is indeed Africa’s economic goldmine.

Facilitation of Cross Border eTrade The global market has shrunk to a large scale, and is now enabling billions of people to sell and purchase products across borders. This has been made possible by technological innovations that have birthed online marketplaces that enable e-trade between businesses (B2B), between consumers (C2C) and between businesses and consumers (B2C).

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Image by Maxx-Studio population of 1.28 billion people, a network of over 15 million SMEs and merchants, and a rising internet connection of 453 million users. Jumia, the leading pan-African e-commerce platform has been on the forefront of Africa’s cross border e-trade revolution. The marketplace is enabling about 81,000 active merchants across Africa, who sometimes source products from international markets, to capitalize on a huge €1.4 trillion consumer market opportunity in Africa.

While the milestone has been remarkable, Nicolas Martin, EVP -Marketplace & Logistics for Jumia, noted, at the 2019 UNCTAD’s Africa Ecommerce Week, that “ more needed to be

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done to tailor bespoke regulatory solutions for Africa to attract international investment and create a conducive environment” . Good payment services are critical in curbing online fraud facing sellers.

African governments also need to implement friendlier online taxation policies, to avoid locking out potential entrepreneurs and investors from exploring the ecommerce markets.

Besides, while some marketplaces are creating sustainable logistics systems, the consistent success of cross border commerce will require further and deeper cooperation among stakeholders, both in the private and public sectors. “ The power of the marketplace is huge, and the coordinated effort of

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in locations currently beyond the reach of conventional retail networks. Furthermore, they are bringing more women and youth who in some countries have been marginalized from the labor market - into the formal workforce.

Customers’ access to product choice

millions will bring about the change we need in Africa,” added Nicolas Martin.

Powering Employment in Africa The World Bank reports an alarming rate of unemployed youths in Africa, accounting for about 60% of the unemployed workforce. Bearing in mind that the average age in Africa is 20 years, we need to rethink ways in which to power employment in a continent whose population is estimated to grow to 2.5 billion people by 2050.

Some policymakers are already hitting the nail on the head with the unemployment menace. Not long ago, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released a mindjoggling report on how online marketplaces could create 3 million new jobs in Africa by

2025. According to the report , these ecommerce platforms, which match buyers and providers of goods and services, could also boost inclusive economic growth with minimal disruption to existing businesses and workforce norms.

For instance, Jumia, one of the case studies in the report, is already creating 5,000 direct jobs across the 14 African countries in which it operates. This is besides indirect jobs created with sellers, logistic partners, commercial agents, and marketing partners.

Other positive economic impacts of online marketplaces in Africa include, increasing vendors’ income through surging demand for goods and services

Choice, convenience and affordability are some of the top benefits customers get from e-commerce. From electronics, to fashion, cosmetics, FMCGs, travel and accommodation, online food delivery and payment options, customers are looking for variety and ease of access to their preferred products and services from a one-stop-shop. Ecommerce platforms provide customers with a pool of diverse sellers, that they would otherwise have no access to through offline channels. Notably, there exists low retail penetration rate in Africa, with 1 shop for every 67,000 people as compared to 1 shop for every 1,000 people in the USA. Conclusion E-commerce potential to boost Africa’s economy is undeniable.

Yet, it’s effectiveness will require the development of the right skills across the various pillars of the industry, among them engineering, marketing, logistics and management. There needs to be an existing conducive environment for doing business at the countries’ level and in the continent at large. This will give both domestic and forein investors more confidence and encourage budding entrepreneurs to test the e-commerce waters in the continent. The ripple effect being, stronger economic growth!

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The Exquisite

Ajora Waterfalls

By staff writer The South Ethiopian Region has not yet been known for its magnificent and wonderful cultural and natural attractions. Both the regional and the Federal governments have exerted getting Image little efforts to promote and exploit the immense tourism potential in the area. Photo By Daniel Tiruneh But it’s the private sector and local travellers who strive to reveal those According to 2007 national census, the total population hidden treasures. number of the zone is 1, 676, 128 Wolaita, like other parts of the region with 854,086 male population is famous for the widely grown plant and 842, 042 female. Regarding commonly known as enset, false the land utilization data, 261,000 banana. Administratively it is with in hectares is used for cultivation, the Southern NationsNationalities and 5318 ha for grazing, 8261 ha Bush Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS) land and the remaining 35382.5 bordering withGamo andGofa, Dawroin ha is cultivable land. the west by the Hadya and kambattain the north, Sidama zone and Oromiain Soddo town is the administrative center of the zone and is among the east regional state. the 18 growth-pole towns selected It is one of the thirteen zones of the in the region. It is located at 383 southern region, covering a total area km from south of Addis Ababa of 4471.3 km2. For administrative viaHosanna and 326km via purpose it is divided in to 13 woredas shashemene and 157m away from namely, Boloso Sore, Damot Galle, Hawassa town. Enjoying a woinaDamot Woyde, Soddo zuria, Kindo dega climate,; the town lies on an Koisha, Offa, Kindo Didaya, Humbo, altitude of 1483 meter above sea Damot sore, Damot Fulasa, Duguna level and has sloppy topography.

Fango, Boloso Bombe, according to Wolaita Zone Culture and Tourism The twin Ajora Waterfalls isspectacularly located atBoloso Bureau 2011.

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bombe woreda, Wolaita zone, bordering kambatta Tambaro zone in the north, locally known as Haddaro mola kebele, in the south, in the locality of Ajora Kebele, Tiyona gore in the east and in the west with Dawro zone. The twin waterfall and wildlife as well as different bird species with dense forest makes the area aesthetically attractive.

According to my informant,Ale Aken, the name Ajora came from the earliest settlers of the area known as Yaga or Ajora clan. These clans used to live in Ajora gorge. He further noted that clan of Yaga came from Tambaro locality and settled in theplain located between the gorges.

They were dependent on cultivation and animal breading. But their livesdidn’t last long as the thenking of Wolaita, kawo Amado waged war against them, and killed many and

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subjugated the rest. Their belongings were destroyed by the king’s soldier.

Ajora cliff is located between Sokei River which flows from Tambaro and Ajecho River in Wolaita. There is about 1.65 km distance between those rivers.

The plain made after the waterfall, goes up to the border of Dawro zone. This vast area is covered by dense forest and is home to various wild animals.

On the other hand, the writing by Tadios Taba (2003) puts the name Ajora as “a Wolaita term which means deep hole” but it is unable to identify when and how it was formed. The falls are formed from the rivers of Sokei and Ajecho. These are the most impressive and attractive falls in the southern region and is believed to be the tallest in Ethiopia.

In Wolaita language Ajora means deep, hence the place was named because of

the twin waterfalls found in this area. It covers a geographical area of 280 hectares of land.

The first Ajora fall has 210 meter length and 2.5 m width and it is named Ajecho. The second Ajora fall is 170m in length and 1m in width and named Sokei. The twin waterfalls join together at a place called “Buqula” and flow to Omovalley.

The Ajecho fall’s water comes from Wolaita area, while the Sokei fall’s source is formed on the border of kambatta and Wolaita.

The gushing stream, the magnificent smoke and stormy sounds produced by the twin waterfalls are stunning and attractive to the eye of the visitors. Geographically, the

Ajora waterfall lies at 070 100 38.4’ north and 037 26 53.30 East on Greenwichmeridian, according to Tadios Taba 2003.

Access to transport system to reach the destination is available, and possible by car, air plane, bicycle, etc. It is located 458 km, away from Addis Ababa via Shashemene, 300 km via Hosanna-Soddo road, 238 km from the capital of the region, Hawassa, 68km from the seat of Wolaita zone, Soddo and 20km away from Bombe the center of Boloso Bombe woreda.

St. Tekle Haymanot Monastery and the holy water which has a very significant value to the earliest Christianity of Wolaita during the reign of king kawo Sasso Mottalomi still remain another attraction to the Ajora.

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Free Transit Tour of

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa (“New Flower” in Amharic) is the third highest capital in the World with an altitude of 2,400 m. Founded in 1887 by Emperor Menelik II; it is also known as the capital of Africa for hosting multiple international institutions such as the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Travelers for business or leisure enjoy Africa’s bustling and vibrant capital city while in Addis Ababa. It’s ethnically diverse with a population of more than 5 million. The people of Ethiopia in general are known for their friendliness and hospitality and a readiness to help travellers create experiences that will become long lasting memories.

Highlights of the Free City Tour • National Museum: It is one of the most popular museums where Ethiopia’s oldest and most complete fossils are displayed. They also enjoy collections from the pre Aksumite time to date.

• Cultural Coffee Ceremony: Ethiopia’s coffee ceremony is an integral part of our social and cultural life. An invitation to attend a coffee ceremony is considered a mark of friendship or respect and is an excellent example of Ethiopian hospitality.

• Shopping: Experience shopping in Addis Ababa where you can purchase local and homemade crafts including but not limited to scarfs made of cotton and other craft Eligible Passengers Transit passengers whose flights arriving Addis Ababa airport from Ethiopian flights in the morning before 08:00 AM and have transit time of 6- 8 hours.

Passengers who are interested to take the free transit tour of Addis Ababa must contact Ethiopian Airlines office before their departure and get the free transit tour voucher.

Transit tour staff will regularly show up from 06:00am-08:00am local time at transfer Area and will guide you to the Free Transit Tour Information desk.

The tour will start at 08:30am Passengers need to be there 30 minutes before the start of the tour.

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10 Habits of Successful People

BY JIM PROBASCO Aside from the random element of luck, much of what makes some people successful involves the cultivating of certain habits.

Learning what these habits are and how to employ them in your own life is worthwhile.To that end, here are 10 of the most oftencited habits of successful people.

1. Organization One of the most frequently mentioned habits of those who are successful in life is organization. Organization includes planning as well as setting priorities and goals.Joel Brown, founder of Addicted2Success.com, calls for a prioritized “To-Do List” every evening before going to bed to prepare for the next day.

According to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Sunday is an important day for organization and a time to “get ready for the rest of the week.”

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Relaxation

It’s interesting to note that relaxing by meditating or simply avoiding distractions is another of the most often mentioned habits of successful people.

Of course, relaxation comes more easily to those who are organized, so perhaps for some it is more of a natural byproduct than a conscious decision.

It may also be that the act of “taking a breath” is the successful person’s way of preparing for the effort yet to come. In fact, one of the first steps toward achieving a meditative or relaxed state is to concentrate on your own breathing for three to five minutes.

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Taking Action

Third on the list of habits of successful people is the inevitable “action” habit.

It is important to organize, to plan and to set priorities, but without action, a plan is nothing more than potential.

Successful people act quickly and often.

In addition, although it may sound counterintuitive, according to James Clear, they act (start, anyway) before they feel ready. While others come up with reasons not to act, successful people take that all-important first step even if it seems outlandish.

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Personal Care Personal care with regard to diet, exercise and hygiene comes next on the list of habits of those who are successful.

For some, personal care involves a complex regimen and a highly disciplined lifestyle.

For others, not so much. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors, put it succinctly when asked what daily habit has had the largest positive impact on his life. In a tweet, Musk said simply, “Showering.”

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Positive Attitude

According to many successful people, having a positive attitude is not just a result of being successful it’s one of the root causes of success.

Joel Brown refers to gratitude and positive self-talk as priorities in the lives of the ultrasuccessful. Moreover, Brown says, it’s not enough to express gratitude and a positive attitude. You must also remind yourself why you are grateful in order to achieve a deeper effect.

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Networking

Successful people know the value of exchanging ideas with others through networking. They also know the value of collaboration and teamwork all of which are likely when you network.

Successful people know the importance of surrounding themselves with other successful people, according to author Thomas Corley. Corley says 79% of wealthy (successful) people spend at least five hours a month networking. By contrast, only 16% of poor (unsuccessful) people network on a consistent basis.

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Sharing

Whether through donating to charity or the sharing of ideas, successful people have a habit of giving. They know the value of sharing and most believe their success should result in something more than the accumulation of wealth for themselves.

Some of the most well-known successful philanthropists include Bill and Melinda Gates, Oprah Winfrey and Mark Zuckerberg.

Lack of wealth does not need to be a factor when it comes to sharing. Volunteering in your community or at a local school does not cost anything but could provide help where it is needed most.

Frugality

Frugal is not the same as stingy. Frugality is a habit of being thrifty, with money and resources. It is also a habit of being economical. Learning to be economical comes through avoiding waste, which automatically results in efficiency. getting Image

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Rising Early

The more time one can devote to being successful, the more likely success will result. Successful people are accustomed to rising early, and that habit appears repeatedly among those who do well in life.

While the “Early Riser’s Club” has a huge membership among successful people, a few notable members include Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group, Disney CEO Robert Iger and Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer.

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Reading

It’s important to note that successful people read. While they also read for pleasure, most use their reading habit as a means to gain knowledge or insight.

For anyone who needs inspiration about the value and importance of reading, look no further than the example of billionaire author, J.K. Rowling, who says she read “anything” as a child. She advises, “Read as much as you possibly can. Nothing will help you as much as reading.”

Most people have habits some are positive, some are not.

Successful people tend to have more of the kinds of habits that contribute to their success.

The good news, for those who wish to be successful, is that cultivating positive habits takes no more effort than developing bad ones.Some of the best habits of successful people involve only conscious effort, like getting up early every day. Others, such as becoming organized, may take a little more skill and practice but ultimately result in the most desired outcome of all success.

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ሃገር ከሁሉም ነገር ይቀድማል በተሾመ ፈንታሁን እንደአውሮፓውያን አቆጣጠር በ1987 ዓ.ም. በማላቫ ኬንያ ተወለደ፡፡ እንደአብዛኛው አፍሪካዊ ህጻን እግር ኳስን መጀመሪያ በሰፈር፣ ከዚያም በትምህርት ቤት ከፍ ሲልም በክለብ ተጫውቶ የሃገሩን የኬንያን ብሔራዊ ቡድን ግብ ለመጠበቅ በቃ፡፡ ሃገሩ ኬንያ ከ15 ዓመታት በኋላ ለአፍሪካ ዋንጫ ስትበቃ ቁጥር 1 ተመራጭ ሆኖ በሁሉም የማጣሪያ ጨዋታዎች ተሰልፎ የሃገሩን ግብ ጠብቋል፡ ፡ የዚህ ወር እንግዳችን የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስና የኬንያ ብሔራዊ ቡድን ግብ ጠባቂ ፓትሪክ ሙሶትሲ ማታሲ ነው፣ መልካም ንባብ፡፡

አቢሲኒያ ቢዝነስ ኔትወርክ፡ በቅድሚያ ስለአስተዳደግህ ስለተጫወትክባቸው ክለቦች ንገረን ማታሲ፡ እንደአብዛኛው አፍሪካዊ ህጻን እግር ኳስን መጫወት የጀመርኩት ከሰፈር ነው፣ ከዛም በትምህርት ቤት፣ ከፍ ስልም በትምህርት ቤቴ አቅራቢያ ይገኝ ለነበረው ምዕራብ ኬንያ ስኳር ፋብሪካ ከዛም ኤ.ኤፍ.ሲ ሌኦፓርድስና፣ ፖስታሬንጀርስ ናይሮቢ በመጨረሻም ተስከር ተጫውቼ ወደቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ መጣው አሁን ከቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ጋር ነኝ ማለት ነው፡፡ አቢሲኒያ ቢዝነስ ኔትወርክ፡ የጊዮርጊስን ቤት እንዴት አገኘኸው? ማታሲ፡ በቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ የመጀመሪያ ዓመቴ ነው፡፡ ስለዚህ ባብዛኛው የትምህርት ወቅት ነው ያሳለፍኩት ክለቡን፣ የክለቡን ታሪክ፣ የደጋፊዎችን ፍላጎት ብዙ ነገር ነው የተማርኩት፡፡ በርግጥ ዘንድሮ የቡድናችን ውጤት ጥሩ አይደለም እኔ በግሌ ግን ብዙ የተማርኩበት ዓመት ነው፡፡ አቢሲኒያ ቢዝነስ ኔትወርክ፡ የጊዮርጊስ የእናስፈርምህ ጥያቄ እንዴት መጣ? ማታሲ፡ ጋናን ገጥመን 1-0 ካሸነፍን በኋላ ኢትዮጵያን ለመግጠም ስንዘጋጅ ነበር ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ እንደሚፈልገኝ የሰማሁት እኔም በመጀመሪያ ከኢትዮጵያ ጋር ስለምንጫወት የኔን አእምሮ ለመቀየር ታስቦ የተወራ ተራ አሉባልታና የሥነ-ልቦና ጨዋታ ነበር የመሰለኝ፡፡ ምንም መልስ አልመለስኩም ምክንያቱም በብሔራዊ ቡድኑ ጨዋታ ላይ ብቻ ነበር ማተኮር የፈለኩት፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ቡድንን ለመግጠም በባህር ዳር በነበርንበት ጊዜ የቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ሰዎች መጡና አናገሩኝ፡፡ ከተስከር ጋር ኮንትራት እንዳለኝ ነገርኳቸው፡፡ ከደርሶ መልሱ ጨዋታ በኋላ እነዛው ሰዎች ናይሮቢ መጡና ተነጋገርን ከኔም ከክለቤም ጋር ከተስማማን በኋላ ጊዮርጊስን ተቀላቀልኩ ማለት ነው፡፡ አቢሲኒያ ቢዝነስ ኔትወርክ፡ እንዳልከው በወቅቱ ከኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ቡድን ጋር በተቃራኒ እየተጫወትክ ነበር፡፡ በወሳኝ ሰዓት ተቀናቃኝ ሃገር ጋር ድርድር ማድረግ ቀላል ውሳኔ ነበር?

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ማታሲ፡ ማንኛውም እግር ኳስ ተጫዋች ሁሌም ቢሆን ከሃገር ወጥቶ መጫወትን ይመኛል፡፡ እኔም የልጅነት ህልሜ ውጭ ሃገር ሄዶ መጫወት ነበር፡

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፡ ለረዥም ጊዜ ሳይሳካ ቢቆይም በመጨረሻ እንደቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ላለ ትልቅ ክለብ መጫወት በመቻሌ በጣም ደስተኛ ነኝ፡፡ ለቤተሰቦቼ ጊዮርጊስ ሊያስፈርምኝ እንደሆነ ስነግራቸው በጣም ነበር ደስ ያላቸው፡፡ የብሔራዊ ቡድን ጓደኞቼም ቢሆኑ ሁሌም በኔ ከኬንያ ወጥቶ አለመጫወት ያዝኑ ስለነበር በጣም ነበር የተደሰቱት፡፡

ወጥቼ መጫወት የልጅነት ህልሜ ነበር፡፡ ስለጊዮርጊስ ሁሌም እሰማ ነበር ጊዮርጊስ ታላቅ ቡድን እንደሆነ አውቅ ነበር፡፡ የአፍሪካ ውድድሮችን የምትከታተል ከሆነ ጊዮርጊስን ታውቀዋለህ፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ በመጫወቴም ሆነ ለጊዮርጊስ በመጫወቴ በጣም ደስተኛ ነኝ፡፡

አቢሲኒያ ቢዝነስ ኔትወርክ፡ የኬንያ አቢሲኒያ ቢዝነስ ኔትወርክ፡ ሊግና የኢትዮጵየ ሊግ ብዙ ልዩነት ዘንድሮ አህጉራዊ ውድድሮች አለው? ላይ አልተሳተፋችሁም፤ ምንድን ነው የተሰማህ? ማታሲ፡ የኬንያ እግር ኳስ የበለጠ ጉልበት የሚጠይቅ ነው እዚ ደግሞ የበለጠ ቴክኒክ ማታሲ፡ አዎ ዘንድሮ ባልተለመደ ላይ ያተኩራል ብዙ የኳስ ንክኪ አለ ነገር ሁኔታ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ አህጉራዊ ግን ሩጫ የለም፡፡ የኬንያ ሊግ ከዚህ የበለጠ ውድድሮች ላይ አልተሳተፈም ፈጣን ነው፤ የኢትዮጵያ ሊግ ሩጫ የሌለበት ነገር ግን ስለሚቀጥለው ዓመት ሊግ ነው፡፡ በዚህ አንድ ዓመት የታዘብኩት ውደድሩ ገና ስላልተጠናቀቀ ይህንን ነው፡፡ መናገር አይቻልም፡፡ አሁንም ቢሆን ሻምፒዮን የመሆን ዕድሉ አለን፡፡ አቢሲኒያ ቢዝነስ ኔትወርክ፡ ኢትዮጵያ ከደቡብ ፖሊስ፣ ከኢትዮጵያ ቡናና ውስጥ በመጫወትህ ምን ይሰማሃል? ከመከላከያ ጋር የጣልናቸው ነጥቦች ናቸው እንጂ ሻምፒዮናውን ቀድመን ማታሲ፡ እጅግ በጣም ደስተኛ ነኝ፤ ከሃገሬ ማረጋገጥ እንችል ነበር፡፡

አቢሲኒያ ቢዝነስ ኔትወርክ፡ ውድድሩ ሊጠናቀቅ ሶስት ጨዋታዎች ብቻ እየቀሩት አንተ ለብሔራዊ ግዴታ ወደ ግብጽ ትሄዳለህ፡፡ ሃገርህም ክለብህም ይፈልጉሃል፡፡ በዚ ወሳኝ ሰዓት ጊዮርጊስን መርዳት አለመቻልህ የፈጠረብህ የተለየ ስሜት አለ? ማታሲ፡ እሱ ነው በጣም አስቸጋሪው ነገር፡፡በዚህ በወሳኝ ሰዓት ጊዮርጊስን መርዳት አለመቻሌ በጣም ያስቆጫል፡ ፡ እዚህ ሆኜ ጊዮርጊስን ብረዳው ምኞቴ ነበር፡፡ ነገር ግን ደግሞ ሃገር ከሁሉም ነገር ይቀድማል፡፡ የኬንያ ብሐራዊ ቡድን በደብዳቤ ነው ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን የጠየቀው፡፡ ጨዋታዎቹ በአዘቦት ቀን ተደርገው ቢሆን ኖሮ ውድድሩ ቀድሞ ሊያልቅ ይችል ነበር፡ ፡ ነገር ግን ሁሉም ጨዋታዎች በሰንበት ብቻ ነበር የሚደረጉት ስለዚህ ሊጉ ሳይጠናቀቅ የዝግጅት ወቅት ደረሰ፡፡ እኔ እሄዳለው ነገርግን ጓደኞቼ እኔ ባልኖርም ምንም ለማድረግ አይቸግራቸውም፡፡

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እቅጩን ተናገር እንዲል ያገሬ ሰው። ተፃፈ ፊቱን ለሚደብቀው ህዝብ። ### እግዚአብሄር አምላክም ሰውን ከምድር አፈር አበጀው በአፍንጫውም የህይወት እስትንፋስን እፍ አለበት ሰውም ህያው ነፍስ ያለው ሆነ ። —መ,ቅ ኦሪት ዘ ፍጥረት— “ወለቀድ ከረምና በኒ አደም” የሰውን ልጅ አልቀን ፈጠርነው። —ቅዱስ ቁርአን—— ይህ ብሩክ ፍጡር የተከለከለን ሰርቆ ከመብላት አኳኃኑ በኃላ………… ሌብነትን የፈለሰፈው የመጀመሪያው ፍጡር በመሆን ቃላባይነቱን “ሃ” በማለት ጀመረ። ዛፍ ላይ ያለን ፍሬ ዘንጥፎ በማሻመድ ተሽመደመደ። እንደምን ወደ ተፈጠረበት መሬት ዝቅ በማለት አታድርግ የተባለውን ታምኖ በማሰቀጠል መሬት ይበላው ነገር ትሰጠው ዘንድ የሚያስችለውን አቅም ፈጥሮ መስራት ተሳነውና ሃቀኛ መሆን አቃተው። የሄዋን ገላ ካምላኩ ቃል እንዴት ላቀበት። ሌብነቱ። ስለዚህ አንተ ይህን የምታነበው የሌባ ዘር ነህ ማለት ነው። ምድር በመምጣቱ ባተረፈው እንደተሞገስክ ሁሉ ጥፋቱንም ልትጋራ ግድ ይልሃል። 42

አለም ላይ የተፈጠሩ አብዮቶች ያበረከቱልህን ቅርስ እያስጎበኘህ ዶላር እንደምትዝቅበት ሁሉ አለም ላይ ጥለውት የሄዱትን ዳፋ ካሳ ልትከፍልበት ትገደዳለህ ። አርበኛ አያቶችህ ግፈኛም እንደሆኑ ፃድቅ እንደሆኑ ሁሉ ኃጥእ እንደሆኑ ሊቅ እንደሆኑ ሁሉ ልቅ ጠቢብ እንደሆኑ ሁሉ ጠባብ መሆናቸውን ተቀበል። የማፍረጥረጥ ህግ እውነተኛ የአለምን ገፅታ ይገነባል። እቅጩን። ስለዚህ አንተ ማለት Half cast ነህ። የሰውነት ውሃ ልክ የተመረጠ ዘር ወዘተ የሚለውን ተረተረትህን ትተህ ሌባም ታማኝም ከሆነ የሰው ዘር የተዳቀልህ መሆንህን እመን። እየመረረህም። እየመረረህ ሲባል ያልሆንከውን ሲጫንብህ መቀበል ሳይሆን የሆንከውን ባልሆንከው አጣፍተው የጋቱህን እንድትጥል ሲያስታውሱህ ነው። ከልምምድህ ሲነጥሉህ።

ባንጎላችን የማቅኛና የማንቂያ ጥበቡን ፈጠርነ። አትስረቅ የሚለውን ቃል መነሻ አድርገን ። እውነቱን ተናግሮ የመሸበት ማደር የሚል ብሂል የፈጠረ ሊቅ ህዝብ ሚዳቋ እያዬ ቀበሮ አየነ ብሎ ሃሰትን እውነት በማድረግ ህግ ከተስማማ የመሸበት ባልመሸበት ነው ወይ ወደሚል የራስ መጠይቅ ያሻግራል። የሃገራችን “እውነትን ተናግሮ የመሸበት የማደር” ባህል ቀበሮን ሚዳቋ በማድረግ ላይ ስሙሙነት ያለው ነው። ኢትዮጵያን ሱዳን ነሽ “ኢ—ሳይንሳዊ”አስተምህሮ።

የማለት

ቶም & ጀሪ የነባራዊው አለም ድብና ጅብ ናቸው ብሎ የመለፈፍ ያህል። ህዝበ ኢትዮጵያንም ለዚህ እኩይ ቃል ጆሮ ሰጥቶ ሃዋሪያ ሆኖ የመከተል አዝማሚያ ባየንበት ግዜ የመገሰጫ ቃል ከአምሳለ አስተዋዩ ይቸረው ዘንድ አፋችንን አሶገግነ። ማሞጥሞጥ። ማፍረጥረጥ ከማፈንገጥ ህጎች ይበልጡን ተጋፋጭ ነው። ማለሳለስ ማስመሰል እና አድር ባይነት አይታይበትም።

ይሄ አባታችን አዳም የምንለው የመጀመሪያው ሰው። እስካንተ ድረስ ያለው።

ፊትለፊታዊ ፍልስፍና ነው።

የብፁእነት ኒሻኑን በወሮበልነት ተክቶ በቃየልና በአቤል አነሳሽነት ጎጠኝነትን ፈብርኮ እስከ ኤስማኤልና ይስሃቅ ህዝቦች ተሻግሮ የአርያንና የአይሁድ ወደሚል የዘር ዘውግ ተፈጥፍጦ ኦሽዊት ይሉት የመበያያ እና የመፋጃ መጋዘን ፈጥሮ ይሄው ዘውዳዊና ፌደራሊዝምን ተገን በማድረግ አደገኛ ቦዘኔ ተብሎ በፌደራል መላእክት ኢትዮጵያ የምትባል ዘብጥያ ውስጥ ተወረወረ። ሌብነት ሱስ ነውና ሰጋቱራን እንጀራ በማድረግ ሂደት ላይ ተጠመደ። ይህ”የማፍረጥረጥ ህግ” የሚሰራው ግፍና መሰል ጥፋቱ እንዳይፀና

የኢትዮጵያ የ3000 አመት የስልጣኔ ጉዞ ሪፎርሙ ያልተፋጠነው በማለሳለስ፣ በማስመሰል በነውርና በይሉኝታ ህጎች ታጥሮ ነው።

Abyssinia Business Nework ሰኔ 2011 / June 2019

“አካፋን አካፋ፣ዶማን ዶማ”

የግመል ሽንት የሆነ የእድገት ጉዟችን ከዚህ ይጀምራል። ይህ ደግሞ ………… በዜና መዋእላችን በንፅፅራችን በሴራ ፖለቲካችን በአሰተዳደራዊ ሰርአታችን ውስጥ ሲተገበር ኖሯል። በጠያቂነት ድፍረት ካናካሽ ባህላችን ውልቅ ብለን እንድንወጣ isuzu Mitsubushi

ነው ለሚለን አፋዊ ተራኪ በሚታይ፣በሚዳሰስና በሚጨበጥ ህግ ፊትለፊት ተጋፍጠን ሊጭንብን ያለውን አይጠቅሜ ትርክት እሱም እንዳያስቀጥለው በማስጣል ካፍረጥራጭ ህዝቦች ተርታ ልንሰለፍ ይገባል። ዶማ። አካፋ። እያልን……… እዚህ ላይ የመሸነጋገል ወይም በነኪኪ በነ ጆኒ ቋንቋ የመሞዳሞድ ህጎች አይሰሩም። እቅጩን። ይህ ትውልድ በማያውቀው የድሮ ትርክት እየተነዳ የዛሬ ግዜውን እየተቀማ ይገኛል። እምቢ ባይ ሆኖ የራሱን አለም ያቀና ዘንድ አፍረጥራጭ መሆን አለበት። በዘመኑ ብሂል”መስሚያዬ ጥጥ ነው” ይበል። ተራኪ አባቶች ሰሪ ልጅ አይፈጥሩምና። እናም cost sharing ያስፈልጋል። ወጭ መጋራት። “ወጭ መጋራት” ማለት “የጠፉት ጥፋቶች” በሚል ተተክቶ ይተርጎም። ስለዚህ መፃኢውን ትውልድ ለመታደግ ሲባል አፍረጥራጭ አርጎ የሚያንፅ ካሪክለም በትምህርት ስርአታችን ውስጥ ማካተት ያስፈልጋል። የራሱን እውነታ ጣይ እና ባላመነበት ላይ አማፂ እንጅ * ተለማማጭ * አጎብዳጅ * ተቀባይ * ጠባቂ ዜጋ ለዚህች አለም ሸክም ነው። ከዚህ በኃላ የማፈንገጥ ተጠቅመን እናፍረጥርጥ።

ጥበቦችን

አሸናፊ ህዝቦች የማይክዱ ናችው። ከሃዲ ዜጋ እርቦት ያኘከውንም ለመዋጥ ክፈሉኝ ይላል።

አፍረጥርጠን በመንገር አፍረጥርጦ የሚጠይቅ አፍረጥርጦ ታሪክ የሚያወርስ ኢትዮጵያዊ በዚች ሃገር ይኖር ዘንድ ይችን ቁንፅል የመነሻ ሃሳብ የፍልስፍና አቅጣጫ አሳዬነ። በቀጣይ በጥልቀት የምንዳስሰው ይሆናል። ያለያ ፈጣን wife ሳይሆን ፈጣን wifi ያለበትን በማሰስ ላይ የተጠመደው ህዝባችን ዘሩን ተክቶ በስልጡን ዜጋ አገሩን ከመገንባት ይልቅ አሉታዊ ወጎችን እየገነባ አገሩን ያፈርሳል። ስለዚህ በአፍላነት ወዝህ እንደጎመራህ ትቆይ ዘንድ ፍሪጅ ውስጥ የሚከትህ እሱ ከሰው ልጅ የንቃት እድገት የተገታ ነው። ፔፕሲ እንደሆንክ ከተሰማው። ከዝግመትህ ትነቃ ዘንድ ኦቭን ውስጥ ከቶ የሚያበስልህ እርሱ ውሃ ሽቅብ እንደሚወጣ አስቦ የበዬነ ነው።

የሚጣፍጥ ነው እያልህ እያበላህ እየተበላህ ነው። ተጣጥሎ በመሂያሂያድ ውስጥ ደግሞ ሰውነት የለም። ሰው ማለት ። በየራሱ ሁናቴ ቆሞ በየራሱ የሚቆመውን የማይገፋ ነው።

ሰው ማለት። ያለመስፈርት እንዲሁ የሚኃኃን ነው። ሰው ማለት። የተፈጥሮን የማይዛነፍ ሂደት ሳይንሳዊ ባልሆን መንገድ የማይቃረን ነው። ተመራምሮ ተፈላስፎ የሚገራ። እንጅ። ተመራርሮ ወይም ተንፈላስሶ የሚያቅራራ አላልሁም። ሰው አለማለት ግን……… የአለምን ሁኔታ በማይለውጥ ነገር ላይ የሚባክን ነው። ለየእለት መቆያው ወይም ካንዱ ቀን ወዳንዱ ቀን ለመሻገር የሚያስችለው እሳቤ ላይ ሙጥኝ ማለት ነው። እህላዊ ጉዞ። ፌንጣዊ አፈጣጠር።

ፒዛ እንደሆንክ ከተሰማው።

ሰው ሰው አለማለት ከንቱ ነው።

ሰው ነህና በራስህ የፍጥረት ሂደት ነው የምትፈካው የምትከስመው።

አፍረጥርጥ።

“Matesbiku min umetin ajeliha wema yesteehirun” ማንኛይቱም ህዝብ ምንም አትቀድምም። ከእርሷም አይቆዩም።

ግዜዋን

የዘረመል፣የኢንተረስትና የIQ ሁኔታ አንተን ከሱ የሚለይ ሆኖ የመገኘት እድል አይኖረውም ብለህ አታስብ። ምህንያቱም ሰጋቱራ እንጀራ እንዳልሆነ እያሰብህ እንደ እንጆሪ

ዛቢያ

ተለጣፊና ተጣጣፊ ሰው አለመሆንህ ታምኖበት “እሱ እኮ ለቋል” ከመባል ውጭ የሚለጠፍልህ ሌላው ስያሜ “እሱ እኮ ነገረ ስራው ግራ ነው” የሚል ስለሆነ………… አፍረጥርጥ። የሚወላውል ህዝብ የሚያመነታ አለም የሚፈራ ሃገር አፍራጭ ነው። ነግሬሃለሁ አፍረጥርጥ።

አገርህ

ትነቃ

ዘንድ

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BY AKLILE TSIGE

“I, indeed, love all my works of photography”.

ABN June 2019 edition brings you a well-known photographer, Solomon Bogale Cherewho was born in 1984 and grew up in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at the locality known as Sidist Kilo. Solomon has completed his secondary education at Teferi Mekonnen secondary school. Obsessed with his childhood dream-painting, Solomon has made relentless efforts to scale up his potential in photography at early age.

Currently running the famous photography center, Sol Image, he has extraordinarily made his way to be one of the renowned and leading photographers in the metropolis. He has traveled to Las Vegas, Washington DC and other parts of the US to take pictures for a Nigerian film-making group as a celebrity photographer.Aklile Tsigetalks to Solomon on various issues, including his background and vision.

ABN: How did you get into the photography profession, a day when I have taken picture at a birthday party at and how long have you been in the profession? home; it was printed out and all beloved ones applauded and appreciated me for that particular trial. Then after I Solomon:I used to love paintings during my childhood. I started to keep going with it and I became so interested. was highly motivated by cartoons which finally pushed me So I have been working as a photographer with passion forward to embark on doing paintings. Actually all begin on since 2004.

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ABN: What does photography mean to you?

Solomon: Photography for me is moment, showing what eyes need to see. It’s all about capturing things which are hidden somewhere we cannot notice. Photographyis life; Photography exists in all of us; you need photo for your ID, you need to have photo if you want to buy a car. There is nothing where photo doesn’t present. Even man needs to have a photograph after his death.

Thus, photograph is life. We mostly don’t recognize this fact.

ABN: Which one of your works is your favorite? Why? Solomon: I, indeed, love all my works of photography; the one I’ve taken at Bole Medihanealem Church, a photograph showing

smoky incense, I like that very much. An old woman at Mount.

Entoto carrying bundles of firewood, that’s also a very fascinating one. I also like the photograph I’ve taken at Lalibella Also the picture I’ve taken at Los Angeles Airport. I like them all very much since they remind me of the moments.

ABN: How do you educate yourself to take better photos?

Solomon: I have been taking various photography courses being given in Ethiopia by foreign professionals, and through the assistance provided by some embassies. I also try to upscale my profession by using information communication technologies like the internet, visiting appropriate YouTube channels; there’s no as such photography school to

continue at a higher and more advanced one. I strongly hold the belief that photography is advancing every time, so we need to update ourselves as professionals.

ABN: What’s the most difficult part of being a photographer for you?

Solomon:I think the most difficult thing about this profession is the wrong perception people have.

Many believe that it’s a profession that doesn’t require little skills and knowledge. Many don’t understand that the profession needs training, passion and creativity. You don’t take good picture simply because you have a camera; the other challenge is that clients don’t come to terms with our proposal for taking pictures; they’re not willing to quickly accept appointment you fix. They hardly know that it requires appropriate and quality settings.

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ABN: What’s the most rewarding part of being a photographer?

Solomon:Photography is freedom.

If people offer you freedom you do lots of things; if you see a beautiful photo, which means those people are free. They don’t interfere in your business and you can have a good photo. Photography needs a person who can listen the photographer. Therefore, the photographer will throw his eyes to different angles, and be creative to take a good picture of him. But he/she denies you that freedom; you won’t be creative, but simply a camera operator. The other interesting part of photography is that you spend much time taking pictures; pictures of children crying, you observe new and strange things in due course. You can see their tears dropping, their anger, their happiness,etc. It’s an art byitself.

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I’m using Photoshop, but I’m more interested to complete my photo on the camera.

ABN: Who’re the renowned personalities you’ve worked with?

Solomon: Firstly I’ve got into this profession identifying myself as

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celebrity photographer, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that I don’t take pictures of ordinary people. I have actually worked with different personalities like Ethiopian World-class athlete Haile G/Selassie, famous artists like Serawit Fikre, Seifu Fantahun, Tedros Kassahun (Teddy Afro), politicians like the former and the late PM Meles Zenawi, Bereket Simon.

I’ve also taken pictures of many African leaders at the premises of the African Union, and many others.

ABN: What types of lens and photo-editing program do you use?

Solomon: I’m using Photoshop, but I’m more interested to complete my photo on the camera. I’m using cannon Max 3 model camera, 70, 200, 405,470 and other models.

ABN: What’s the most unforgettable experience you have encountered since you started this profession?

Solomon: Once upon a time while I was taking pictures I didn’t notice that I was standing on the edge of a void, I suddenly slipped on the empty hole and break part of my legs. People around were terribly shocked seeing me fallen. I never forget this. I have also fallen from a car while capturing photos; there was also time I was imprisoned for taking pictures around piazza in Addis Ababa.

ABN: What’s your vision regarding your profession?

Solomon: My vision is to see a generation that dreams photography as a profession as nowadays children dream to be pilots and doctors. In order to achieve this I have to teach young people, demonstrate the art of photography, and exerting effort to dispatch various photographs to different places. Establishing training center is one of the missions I want to accomplish. I want also to have my own photography complex-a building that deals only with the art of photography, embracing photography apparels, book stores, entertainment, and museum and so on.

WE Thank You !

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