The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced nearly $55 million in additional food-security assistance to Ethiopia. Ethiopia is currently experiencing increased food insecurity due to higher food and fertilizer prices, which have been exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. USAID will utilize this new funding to help Ethiopians overcome the current food crisis and to build further resilience to prevent and respond to food-related shocks in the future.
This new investment in the people of Ethiopia is part of President Joe Biden’s pledge—made in late June during the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Germany-to provide $2.76 billion in additional U.S. government resources to protect the world’s most vulnerable populations from the escalating global food security crisis.
USAID announces $55 million for Ethiopia’s food-crisis response
Harar Agro-Technical and Technology College, (ATTC) graduate students
On Saturday, 23rd July, 116 technology students at Harar campus graduated from Harar Agro-Technical and Technology College (ATTC), in the presence of Ambassador Stephan Auer, Harari Regional State President Odrian Bedri and Menschen Für Menschen Country Representative Yilma Taye.
61 students graduated in electric and electronic technology, 24 in automotive technology and 31 students in manufacturing technology, amongst them are 42 women.
So far 3,523 highly skilled and qualified students graduated in total.
The ATTC is a special training center, run by Menschen Für Menschen, that delivers quality technical education.
This center has been an example for German technical best practice, as 70% of the technical teaching comprises practical experience. The ATTC is fully funded by the German government and people.
Minister of Industry visits CII-EXIM Bank Conclave
Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (MoS), Smt. Anupriya Patel met with Melaku Alebel, Minister of Industry of Ethiopia who is on a two day visit to New Delhi to attend 17th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Growth Partnership.
Both leaders reviewed the India-Ethiopia bilateral relations. Highlighting the traditional close relationship, which now covers all areas of mutual and contemporary relevance, both Ministers agreed that there is considerable potential for enhancing economic and commercial partnership between the two countries. Both sides acknowledged the need for diversification of the trade basket for increasing the bilateral trade between the two countries.
Melaku Alebel informed about the Ethiopian government’s efforts to attract more FDI. He also appreciated the Indian investments in Ethiopia with 650 Indian companies providing employment to over 75,000 persons. MoS, while briefing about the strength of Indian generic Pharmaceuticals industry, suggested for facilitating setting up of manufacturing facilities in Ethiopia by the Indian pharma companies.
Training aimed to boost Huawei ICT Academy instructors’ skills
Training for Huawei ICT academy instructors from is being conducted from July 18th to July 29th in Addis Ababa aiming to boost the instructors’ ICT teaching skills. In order to bridge the talent gap and boost the ICT industry’s development, Huawei has teamed up with 44 Ethiopian universities to bridge the talent gap and close the distance between ICT theory and application.
Attendees from nine public universities are taking part in this first round of training, and at the end, they will be expected to certify and teach onsite at their university.
Huawei established ICT academies in those universities to provide access to the most recent ICT technologies and knowledge for students interested in joining and attending online and offline courses. It focuses on datacom, security, storage, 5G, artificial intelligence, WLAN, LTE transmission, data center, big data, and other areas.
In Ethiopia there are over 1,200 certified professionals and currently over 4,600 students are active and attending online and onsite classes. During the recruitment, students who have received certification from the ICT academy are given an advantage. The company will continue to bring innovative ICT solutions to Ethiopia, actively promote the development of the country’s ICT industry, and collaborate with local partners to create a more comprehensive ICT talent ecosystem.
