Oromia Region removes price caps that oblige farmers to sell a quintal of wheat for 3, 200 birr only for unions. Smuggling of agricultural products, notably wheat and Teff to neighboring countries has created shortage in the market, state officials from the Ministry of Trade with the same sentiments being echoed by regional trade bureaus.
The government recently issued a new directive that obliged farmers to hand over to Unions a quintal of wheat at 3, 200 birr with the aim to accelerate the export and local supply with the Unions selling to factories at 3,381 birr to flow supply. However, the directive has not had a smooth sailing.
Farmers who decline to obey the directive seem to hide yields and have been forced to engage in smuggling.
According to Tesfaye Gesho, Deputy Head of Oromia Trade Bureau, after assessing the situation, the region has now removed the price and local check points so that anyone who is legal can move and accelerate the trade in tandem with unions for the supply to the market.
Scarcity of basic grain including that of wheat and teff in the market has in recent weeks pushed food costs beyond the reach of many.
On a press conference held on Thursday March 16, 2023, after discussing with regional trade bureaus on the matter, the trade ministry indicated that the situation was linked partly, to economic sabotage; “Illegal traders and brokers are worsening the situation,” stated the ministry.
Blockage of checkpoints leading to the capital Addis Ababa and the existence of merchants who are attempting to manipulate prices artificially by withholding cereals (including teff) instead of making them available to buyers were also cited as a contributing factor to the shortage.
“Free movement is also a challenge that traders are facing,” stated Ibrahim Mohamed, Head of Amhara Regional Trade Bureau, showing additional challenges in conjunction to trade sabotage despite there being enough production.
Also as indicated, there are illegal traders and exporters who smuggle the cultivated wheat every year across borders. A huge amount of agricultural commodities have been smuggled through Moyale to Kenya and others which is now becoming difficult to control with the need of attention required.
Both the regional trade bureaus and the ministry indicated that there is enough production, underlining, “Things will get better soon” and as indicated on the press briefing, both the federal and regional governments are working to create a direct market linkage between farmers and consumers with regional states set to provide finance to cooperatives as a revolving fund.
A month ago, a quintal of Teff was anywhere between 5500-6000 birr. Now it is selling for 9500 birr at a price difference of 2500 to 3500 birr. As many traders indicate, instability, increased price of fertilizer and transportation has played a huge role in the price hike.
In similar headlines, the Central Statistics Service announced that the price increase recorded on crops has continued for consecutive months with most of the grains increase peaking in February.
On its monthly inflation report, the service indicated that in the stated months, although the country’s overall inflation had decreased slightly compared to the same month of last year, most of the cereals such as teff, wheat, barley and sorghum, meat, milk, cheese and eggs showed a slight increase.
The February 2023 General inflation currently stands at 32.0 percent while the country level food inflation soared to 36.2 percent with Non-food inflation rates standing at 31.5 percent.
Oromia region lifts wheat price cap
Northern Africa OTF 2023
Accelerating Digital Operations Transformation Towards Business Success
Northern Africa OTF 2023 was successfully held by Huawei in Barcelona, encircling the theme of ‘Accelerating Digital Operations Transformation Towards Business Success’. More than 120 executives from delegates of government and regulator, operators and industrial organizations, analysts and KOLs in the region had in-depth exchanges on the successful business practices, digital operations experiences, innovative business, digital organization and talent transformation and global vision of Northern Africa digital transformation development.
Bill Tang, president of Huawei Global Technical Service said in the opening speech entitled ” Together, Lighting Up The Digital Future ” that currently, with the challenges of the telecommunication industry market and growth opportunities within the next 10 years, digital transformation is becoming a must, “Think Big, Start Small, Move Fast”, Huawei will continuously increase digital investment, through co-creations on the combination of consulting service and digital solutions, empowering carriers on “Three Upgrades”, deepen the transformation, unleash sustainable value, and light up the future.
Aaron Boasman-Patel, VP of TM Forum said in his keynote speech, more than 30 billion connections is forecasted by 2025. Digital transformation in the face of future and 5G, carrier’s top priority should be improving customer experience-oriented autonomous operations and realize business value through Value Operation Framework. Digital Transformation is critical to unlock $700 billion of new growth.
In the Fintech field, with the rising wave of Fintech sector in Africa, Said Aragaw, CMO of ethio telecom shared that Fintech continues to revolutionize African market towards digitized financial inclusion. ethio telecom is a great example of how unbanked segment of society was made part main stream. 29 million users in 18 months is an achievement to be proud of.
One of leading digital transformation carriers in the region, Omar Abutalag, CEO of Almadar Aljadid shared their successful transformation practices and experiences in digital operation enabling business growth and digital service BSS evolution.
Finally, Benjamin Hou, President of Huawei Northern Africa Carrier Business, emphasized that digital transformation is not only a goal, but also a method. Transformation should originate from the key problems encountered by enterprises in the process of development. Huawei is committed to working with regional partners to achieve digital transformation and business success.
Invitation for Bids Procurement of Works
- Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Name of Project: Siski Adikas Water supply project
- Location: –South West Ethiopia Region,West Omo zone,Maji Woreda,Siski & Adikas Kebeles.
- Contract Title: labor cost contract and materials supply for the construction of Siski Adikas Water supply project.
- Stiftung Solarenergie-Solar Energy Foundation has received financing from the Maji Development Coalition (MDC) toward the cost of Siski Adikas Water supply project , and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract Stiftung Solarenergie-Solar Energy Foundation for the construction of Siski Adikas water supply project with 3 cattle troughs, Construction material and water supply equipment purchase.
- LOT 01-Tender No SEF01/2023 for Water supply Materials
- LOT 02- Tender No SEF02/2023 for Labor cost
- LOT 03- Tender No SEF03/2023 for construction Materials
| Item No | Description of Work/Lot 2/ | Number of Structures | Place of Work |
| 1 | Construction of new gravity spring structure capping | 1 | Siski Kebele |
| 2 | Construction of new 8 water points | 8 | Siski & Adikas Kebeles |
| 3 | Construction of new cattle troughs | 3 | Siski & Adikas Kebeles |
| 4 | Construction of new cyclopean concrete Reservoir (30m3). | 1 | Siski Kebele |
| 5 | Construction of Valve chambers | 9 | Siski & Adikas Kebeles |
| 6 | Distribution line pipe work for HDPE & GI pipes. | 8km | Siski & Adikas Kebele |
- The Stiftung Solarenergie-Solar energy Foundation now invites separated sealed bids from all eligible and competitive bidders for the construction of the above-stated Siski Adikasa Water supply project. Interested eligible competitive bidders having Contractors of Category General Water Work Associations Grade 9,8,&7 and suppliers for Lot 1 & 3 can compete for all of the works stated above as far as they fulfilled the requirements for all of the descriptions. However, bidders will not be awarded Contract for only one Work description separately.
- Bidding will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding procedures as specified in the procedure of Government of Ethiopia, Federal Government Procurement and Property Administration Proclamation No. 649/2009 and the Federal Government Public Procurement Directive issued by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, June 2010.
- A complete set of bidding documents for the three lots in English may be purchased by interested eligible bidders upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of ETB 200.00(Two hundred Ethiopian Birr) for each LOTs The method of payment will be on cash
- Bidding document should include renewed relevant license for 2015 E.C. budget year, Business Registration Certificate and renewed Business license Certificate, VAT registration certificate, Tax Identification Number (TIN) ,Renewed professional license(Lot 2),site visitation letter(lot 2),commitment letter (For lot 2) and copy of owner ID Card
- Bidder for lot 1 and lot 3 shall provide 20 % of their bidding amount as a bid security in CPO form from recognized bank.
- The winner of Lot 1 and lot 3 has the obligation to deliver the product to our storage facility found in Tateke industrial zone and all associated expense covered by themselves
- Bidder for lot 1 and lot 2 could be asked to provide sample before signing an agreement of what they provide if it is necessary
- For LOT3 suppliers, Cement type should be Dangote and Reinforcement bar should be recent batch of product.
- Bidders for Lot 2 should submit commitment letter together with the bid document.
- Marked Bid with two Posta One with ORGINAL(Inside of ORIGINAL marked Posta Technical Proposal ,Financial Proposal, Bid Security commitment letter, site visitation letter and licenses in separate postal) and the other With COPY(the copy of all ORIGINAL document in separate Posta) sealed only with wax must be delivered to the address below on march 20. 2023, From 10:00 AM. to 11:00 AM. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives at the address below on March 20.2023 at 11:30 A.M. local time
- For lot 2 must be attached with a site visit confirmation letter from the project area which is signed by concerned body and that letter should have the stamp of the office confirming the letter.
- Stiftung Solarenergie-Solar Energy Foundation reserves the right to reject part and/or all bids.
- Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Stiftung Solar Energy-Solar energy Foundation
Located At Hailegeriel Building 2nd floor room 202, Close to Bambis Super Market
Tel +251912034233 E-mail samson@solar-energy-foundation.org
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ሕዳሴ ቴሌኮም አክሲዮን ማህበር የኩባንያው መዋቅራዊ አደረጃጀት፣የደመወዝ ስኬልና ካሪየር ዴቨሎፕመንት ጥናት እና የማማከር አገልግሎት በጨረታ አወዳድሮ ለመግዛት ይፈልጋል፡፡
ተጫራቾች የጨረታ ሰነዱን ከየካቲት 27 ቀን 2015 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ እስከ መጋቢት 19 ቀን 2015 ዓ.ም ድረስ ዘወትር በሥራ ሰዓት ከጠዋቱ 2፡00 – 6፡00 እንዲሁም ከሰዓት በኋላ ከ7፡30 -10፡00 ድረስ “ሕዳሴ ቴሌኮም አ.ማ” ደብረዘይት መንገድ ጠብመንጃ ያዥ ባንክ ፊት ለፊት ከበእምነት ምግብ ቤት ጎን በሚገኘው ቤተሳይዳ ሕንጻ 3ኛ ፎቅ ቢሮ ቁጥር 306 በመቅረብ የማይመለስ ብር 200.00 /ሁለት መቶ/ በመክፈል እና ከተጠየቀው የአገልግሎት ግዥ ጋር ተያያዥነት ያለው የታደሰ ንግድ ፈቃድ፣ የግብር ክሊራንስ ሰርተፍኬት፣ እና የተጨማሪ እሴት ታክስ ምዝገባ ሰርተፍኬት ዋናውንና ፎቶ ኮፒውን በመያዝ የጨረታ ሰነዱን መግዛት ይችላሉ፡፡
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በዋናውና በቅጂው መካከል ልዩነት ቢፈጠር ዋናው ተቀባይነት ይኖረዋል፤ ተጫራቾች የሚያቀርቡት የጨረታ ሰነድ ላይ ስርዝ ድልዝ መኖር የለበትም፤ የተሰረዘ ሰነድ በፊርማ መረጋገጥ ይኖርበታል፡፡
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