Second session live on Tuesday

Participants who attended the live coaching conducted by Capital Newspaper on June 23, as part of its webinar series, with the first session on the theme “Building Resilience and Finding Serenity through COVID-19,” said that the session was helpful in terms of understanding and handling stress in this difficult time.
The training conducted by Transformative Leadership Coach and Trainer Yene H. K. Assegid, highlighted that the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a source of unexpected stress and adversity for many people.
“Resilience can help us get through and overcome hardship. But resilience is not something we are born with-it’s built over time as the experiences we have interact with our unique, individual genetic makeup. That’s why we all respond to stress and adversity-like that from the COVID-19 pandemic-differently,” Yene said.
During the webinar Yene also responded to questions from participants that gathered from different parts of the world. “What can we do to build up and strengthen resilience right now during the COVID-19 outbreak? How can we build resilience to plan ahead for future times of crisis?” and other questions were addressed by the Transformative Leadership Coach and Trainer.
“The main point is to try to stay positive. Unload the negative side,” she stressed to the participants of the first three sessions of the webinar.
The second session will be held on June 30 under the theme ‘Emotional Intelligence & Teams’ and the third and last session will be held on July 7, under the theme ‘Dynamics of High Performance Teams.’
All sessions are presented in the context of the current situation of COVID-19 and are brought to the community at large, compliments of Capital Newspaper.
“The sessions are organized with our readers at heart, whom we value very much,” said Teguest Yilma Managing Director of Capital Newspaper. “Capital’s journalistic mission and vision is always disseminating valuable information but also enriching society with the exchange of ideas. COVID-19 has dealt us with an unprecedented situation where we are all obliged to step up our capacity to cope. We will get through this together,” she added.
Dr. Yene Assegid has been designing and delivering Leadership Programs world-wide for over 25 years. She is accredited by the International Coaching Federation, ICF, as the highest possible level of Master Certified Coach (MCC) which puts her in the top 4% of professional coaches world-wide.

The Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) announced that the theft of the electric transmission tower at the eastern part of Addis Ababa is the first of its kind that happened in the city.
On June 24 the 132 kilo volt power transmission tower located around Bole Lemi Industry Park was damaged by individuals who then stole part of the tower.
The incident affected the power supply at the industry park and surrounding areas of Addis Ababa for days.
Moges Mekonnen, Public Relation Head at EEP, said that such kind of theft particularly in the capital city is new.
“Meanwhile the robbery affects very limited part of the city the damage is very huge that cost big amount for those who depend on it,” Moges said.
According to the Public Relation Head, the power transmission line theft usually happen mainly in southern part of the country like Wolaita, Gamo Gofa and Sidama zones, while the current incident is very rare for cities.
“Our towers are stretched all over the country and passes through forests and mountains and mainly the bandits’ focus on the towers located in remote areas,” he added.
He told Capital because of the theft at Bole Lemi the conductor is damaged and the loss is estimated to be about half a million birr.
“The power supplied to the industry park, which is mainly engaged on the production of textile for export, is significant but the details will be disclosed by Ethiopian Electric Utility, which is responsible to administer the power distribution,” he added.
According to the statement EEP disclosed on its social media on June 24 besides the industry park, Summit Condo compound, Bole Arabsa, Airlines Association residential area, Goro, ICT Park, Gerji Wore Genu, and Gerji Kazanches were affected.
EEP’s Transmission and Substation Operation Division technicians have been in duty to maintain the damage until we went to print on Saturday afternoon. Moges said that the line is expected to commence operation by Sunday June 28.
He reminded that EEP, which is so far the sole power generator and distributors, was under preparation to organize a symposium with relevant organizations and government entities of law enforcement to tackle the theft problem, but the current COVID 19 incident suspended the plan.

The Ethiopian Bottled Water and Soft Drinks Manufacturing Industries Association (EBWSDMIA) request the government to support the sector to generate foreign currency by exporting their product.
The industry which now have over 100 water bottlers is substantively focused on the local market meanwhile experts said that the product is crossing borders via contraband.
Ashenafi Merid, General Manager of EBWSDMIA, told Capital that the association discussed with Business Diplomacy Directorate at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on ways to expand the export market.
“In the past local bottlers tried to commence export and some of them achieved that in regional markets and even Europe but it could become consistent,” Ashenafi said.
“The Ethiopian diplomatic mission told us that through its embassies it will assess markets in at least regional markets and find possibilities for Ethiopian water bottlers to export their products consistently,” he added.
Accordingly Ethiopian bottled water manufacturers are currently exporting to Djibouti, South Sudan and Somalia. “Ethiopian products might be available in regional markets since the product is needed in the countries but it is supposed to be run in an organized manner,” the association head said.
In a press conference held on June 25 Admassu Yefru, Domestic Investors Transformation Directorate Director at Ministry of Trade and Industry said that the government is interested in the sector and wants the sector to contribute its share in generating hard currency for the country.
He promised to provide support for the sector to expand its regional market in an organized manner. “The sector itself should also revisit its marketing strategy,” Admassu said.
Admasu recommended local bottlers to design their marketing strategy in an international level.
Ashenafi said that his association is working to come up with concrete assessment of local bottlers’ capacity as per the request of Ministry of Foreign Affairs to at least promote Ethiopian products in regional diplomatic missions.
“Besides that we are also working with Ethiopian Standard Agency to keep the quality of Ethiopian bottled water under international level,” he says adding “it is crucial on the way to join World Trade Organization (WTO) that the country projected to conclude the negotiation in the coming two years.”
“You have to keep your standard not only on quality of product but on packaging, which may need minor improvement to compete with international producers,” Ashenafi said.
The association said that the water bottling industry is growing on an average of 17 percent per year in the past few years, while the market is not expanding as the industry.
In related development EBWSDMIA indicated that due to COVID 19 the sector market has dropped by 85 percent. The closure of entertainment destinations, bazaars, exhibitions, conference and international organizations, offices like embassies and UN offices affected its market significantly.

On Tuesday June 23, 2020 Total Ethiopia handed over one million birr worth of sanitizers and face masks to fuel truck drivers, transportation contractors and dealers working with Total Ethiopia. According to the company these donations will be given to more than 5000 cross border drivers.