state-led firm Metals and Engineering Corporation (METEC), which was responsible for installing turbines for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Month: August 2018
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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/…
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)…
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…
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…
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/…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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