CECAFA Club Cup previously known “Kagame Challenge Cup” is back after two years. Tanzania hosts the championship that brings together twelve teams in three groups. Drawn in group “C” Ethiopian flag bearer Saint George opens the campaign on 22nd June against group favorite and home side Young Africa.
It is the oldest championship of the continent. However, it has not had strong title sponsorship. The CECAFA Club Cup’s most recent edition occurred in 2015 in Darussalam with home side Azam FC winning the title after a 2-0 Cup final victory over Kenyan counterpart GorMahia.
Part of the USD one million dollar FIFA grant to host all the regional championships including the senior men’s and women’s competition, the 2018 event brings twelve sides from ten countries with Sudan and Eritrea the only absent ones. The main sponsor is the giant Tanzanian television firm Azam. Tanzania fields three sides including Young Africa and Simba.
The Ethiopian Premier League season is lagging behind schedule. It is also in title race time as five teams are in contention. The participation of Saint Gorge in the regional championship is on hold until final decision comes from the board of directors.
The tentative schedule for the 2018 CECAFA Club Championship Cup final is 30th June-14th July 2018.
Group A
Azam (Tanzania)
Club Uganda
JKU (Zanzibar)
Kator (S.Sudan)
Group B
Ryon Sport (Rwanda)
Gormahia (Kenya)
Lidya-Ludich (Burundi)
Ports (Djibouti)
Group C
Young Africa (Tanzania)
Simba (Tanzania)
KidusGiorgis (Ethiopia)
Saint George takes part in 2018 CECAFA Club Championship
Tiret Corporate wins Women’s lower league trophy
Two fixtures to go in to Ethiopian Women 14 sides’ 2018 lower league season, Tiret Corporate won the championship title as well securing an automatics promotion to the upper tier. Four teams to go up the ladder while two teams to relegate from the ten sides’ upper tier.
A 2-0 victory over strong title contender Addis Ababa Ketema, Tiret Corporate not only won the season’s championship trophy but also booked a promotion to join the ten sides’ seniors’ league in the coming new season. Nineteen wins, three draws and two defeats so far in the campaign, Tiret leads the 14 teams table with 60 points from 24 matches and 41 goals. Considered the best organized and well financed side in the league, the champions are highly praised for their balanced team that scored 50 goals while conceding only nine.
Second in the table with 47 points from 23 matches Arbaminch Ketema should have done better in its away match against home side Fasil Ketema. But over confident visitors settled for a 1-1 draw thus an early championship title to rivals Tiret Corporate. Arbaminch also booked an automatic promotion to rub shoulders with the elites next season.
Under achiever Addis Ababa Ketema stands third in the table with 45 points from 24 matches and looking just for two points from the remaining two matches to promote to the upper tier. Fourth in the table with 41 points Ethiopia Bunna also missed the chance of closing the gap after throwing away two points settling for a goalless draw against lowly side Tirunesh Dibaba Academy. The home side Tirunesh Dibaba is sixth in the table with 38 points while Ethiopian Youth Academy stands fifth with forty points. The battle to take the remaining two places will be among Bunna, Tirunesh and Youth Academy is in anticipation.
Discover Addis’ historical gem
There is something beautifully sad about a historical city, under a threat of destruction. Maybe it’s because it haunts us with maddeningly and painfully sweet reminiscences. Maybe it’s because it gives us an awesome opportunity to take a toll on urban history. Maybe it’s for that very reason of it still upholding the past appearances from late 1880s to the Italian redesign of 1930s.
Piazza, one of the oldest, prominent neighborhoods in the cosmopolitan city, was founded in the early 20th century along with the capital city- Addis Ababa by Emperor Menlik 11. The chaotic old economic center, significant architectural traditions, and a living legend to the cultural and social history of the early urbanism to Ethiopia inspired Dominique Harre to plot a three hour self-guided walking tour which led to a guide book, called: ‘Addis Ababa Old Piazza’.
Addis Ababa Old Piazza is the third volume to the Ethiopian city series, co published by the CFEE and Lit Verlag. On June 11, the CFEE and Lit Verlag are to launch this publication with host-Alliance Ethio Francise. The exhibition features water color paintings by Wondimagne Gashaw that specifically glorify the guide book. In addition, a panel discussion about the preservation of architectural heritage will be held with:
Wondimagne Gashaw (watercolor painter), illustrator of the guide book
Dominique Harre, author
Ignnace Monkam-Daverat, Director of the Agence France De Development in Ethiopia
Fasil Giorgis, Associate Professor, chair holder of conservation of urban and architectural heritage at EIABC, AAU under the Chairmanship of Prof. Shifraw Bekele(Historian)
The exhibition will run till June 13, so mark your calendar for a profound and fun session on the architectural background of the city.
Be productive this summer!
The summer break is here so how can you make the most of it? Of course most students are excited when class ends, but then they turn on their lazy mode where they just sit around doing nothing with their days, allowing them to dovetail into one long continual nap festival. This leads to not rewinding properly and when class time starts up again they lose focus and falter. This does not need to happen because the reare plenty of activities for people to spend their time more wisely. Choosing a productive option can help acquire new skills, increase self-esteem and even earn some spending money.
Enrolling in summer classes: though this is mostly viewed as a punishment for students with lower grades, this is a common practice at most schools for good students as well. Unlike regular classes, summer classes have more engaging courses that allow you to have an intimate interaction with instructors. This helps you to alleviate the heavy workloads of regular classes. And also, summer classes keep you in the right frame of mind, which prevents lapses.
Work: looking for employment is another approach that students can take. This is one of the most effective ways to gain experience in fields, develop skills, make professional connections, effective time management, and even earn a little pocket money. As much as school is the most important factor in children’s life, getting the experience through part time jobs or internships create a parallel path of learning. Allowing you to apply it in your current knowledge while gaining new insights and returning to class with tangible experience.
Voluntary or community service: giving back and helping others. Volunteering offers amazing networked opportunities, you will not only develop lifelong relationships but also you can get access to different kinds of information and developing great references. It’s the perfect venue for you learn group dynamics, teamwork, communication, goal setting skills, leadership, time management, planning and implementing, supervising and training. Thus, it offers you well rounded ways to cultivate skills that help you throughout your life and future jobs.
Travel: is one of the great practices that can help you view and understand the world in diverse way. Visiting historical places can help you connect the foreign names and places, you heard in class with first hand experiences. This helps you to increase your skill of visualization and internalize your dreams. Going on vacation themed camping can also be another fun and meaningful way to spend your summer breaks.
Developing your hobbies: most of you have activities that you indulge in your free time. As these are things you are told not to do because of classes, now is the time! Join teams, read books, go to open mic to listen to stories from creative people, gather friends plot out a story get your cameras and actor friends and make an interesting short movie, visit galleries and join art classes, learn new languages. These experiences will help you to maintain you creativity while enjoying the quality time of doing what you truly enjoy. A documented evidence of these experiences help to add values to your portfolio which will help you in your college application and career.
Exercise: having more time to spare could help you maintain your health and get fit. Thus,it’s a great opportunity to start sleeping well, exercising regularly and eating healthy foods. In addition to, a great metabolism you can also gain the skill of setting a goal and working relentlessly towards it.
Visit family members: reconnecting with families with whom you couldn’t get the time to spend with during school terms, this helps you to have intimate bond with family members, know more about your family, get the experience of moving to places. Research indicates that students who know their family history usually have higher self esteem.
The bottom line is not to do all these things that are mentioned or to be busy over the sweet break but to find yourself from the options and develop a realistic way to spend your summer. If you find yourself an activity that you fit and design a plan to spend it likewise, then you will have effective, meaningful, productive and fun filled summer break.
