At a launch event staged at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Addis Ababa, Great Ethiopian Run race organisers announced plans for the start of registration for the 2021 Total Energies Great Ethiopian Run International 10km which will take place on Sunday 14th November 2021. Race registration opens on Monday 19th July 2021 and can be completed online via a bot with payment through Amole payment services.
Simultaneously with the opening of registration, the race organisers have launched a campaign to encourage more residents of Addis Ababa to cover 3km per day walking to their home or place of work. This fitness campaign is being supported by the Ministry of Transport whose Minister Dagmawit Moges attended the launch event and is actively taking part in the campaign.
The 2021 race message which is being presented by UNICEF is “Stop defecating in the open, Do it in toilets!”
UNICEF is advocating for safe, affordable and sustainable water and for appropriate hygiene and sanitation for children and their families in both urban and rural parts of Ethiopia.
The race boasts an impressive list of sponsors which include Ethiopian Airlines, Sofi Malt, Tourism Ethiopia, Indomie, SAS pharmaceuticals, Hyatt Regency and Arki Water besides the title sponsor of Total Ethiopia.
The registration fee for this year’s race has been set at 590 birr including VAT.
Great Ethiopian Run launches registration for 2021 international 10k run
Ethiopians’ embrace for Yoga
Across the nation, Ethiopians stretched their muscles and tested their flexibility while celebrating International Yoga day on Monday, June 21.
Other than India itself, Ethiopia held the highest number of yoga events in the world, according to Indian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Robert Shetkintong.
Over 100 yoga events were held in cities across Ethiopia, including 26 universities, 50 factories, and the famous Unity Park in Addis. The Embassy of India also held a seminar on yoga and its benefits. A yoga teacher from Ethiopia, Mahlet Sebsibe, also held a demonstration session.
“Yoga is good for physical as well as mental health. It helps an individual to unite with her/his inner strength and protects us from all negativities,” stated the press release about the celebration.
International Yoga Day was established December 11, 2014 after the United Nations, including both Ethiopia and India, unanimously adopted a resolution to observe the holiday on June 21 every year.
Yoga is an ancient and traditional practice in India, with ties to both Hinduism and Buddhism. It involves sets of positions, different meditation and relaxation techniques, and breathing exercises. It has become a popular form of exercise around the world.
AKAA Art & Design Fair
After a year marked by the cancellation and postponement of events, Also Known As Africa (AKAA) returns in 2021 with energy and determination and continues to stand for a multi-faceted Africa, which transcends historical boundaries and whose artistic voices resonated in the four corners of the world.
This past spring, AKAA in collaboration with Manifesta, took up residence in Lyon from May 19 to July 16, 2021. By imagining a new hybrid format between fair and exhibit, AKAA presented an exhibition (for sale) inviting 13 artists whose work responds to a curatorial theme developed by Armelle Dakouo, Artistic Director of AKAA. Energized by the incredible success of this new format, AKAA presents its upcoming edition, back at the Carreau du Temple, with a cutting edge selection of exhibitors.
With 32 international galleries and over a 100 artists from all over the world, AKAA has become, in six editions, an event not to be missed for collectors, art professionals and amateurs of contemporary art. AKAA is thrilled to announce the return of many exhibitors such as galleries MAGNIN-A – Paris, MOV’ART – Angola/Lisboa, October Gallery – London or THK Gallery – Cape Town, as well as the new participation of Montague Contemporary – New York, Rhizome Gallery – Algiers, Motion Art Gallery – Cairo, BKhz -Johannesburg, Krystel Ann Art – Lisboa, Open Art Exchange – Schiedam, By Lara Sedbon – Paris, Galerie Véronique Rieffel – Abidjan and Voss Gallery -Dusseldorf.
AKAA is much more than an art fair. With its cultural platform, AKAA builds bridges between disciplines. Every year art professionals from around the world are invited to participate in les Rencontres AKAA and join in the conversation around contemporary art from Africa and rethink the codes of the international art market. This year, Les Rencontres AKAA’s cultural program is entitled: “Against the flow of Time”.
IFAD’s programme to boost private funding of rural businesses and small-scale farmers
Rural businesses, which are so vital for transforming our food systems, will get a much needed boost from an ambitious new financing programme launched today by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as part of its broader efforts to address rising hunger and poverty levels in the world’s poorest countries.
The Private Sector Financing Programme (PSFP) aims to spearhead an increase in much-needed private investment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), farmers’ organizations and financial intermediaries servicing small-scale farmers, which are too often neglected by investors. It will provide loans, risk management instruments (such as guarantees), and equity investments.
