Global Cement-Ethiopia – Failing to launch?

In the January 2013 issue of Global Cement Magazine, we featured a review of the Ethiopian cement industry. At the time we were hopeful with respect to the country's future cement demand, buoyed along by Ethiopia's own bold targets for development of the sector. It seemed only a matter of time before international and regional producers went to Ethiopia and cashed in on a cement plant-building bonanza. 

Ethiopia's government is keen to further develop Ethiopia's cities and infrastructure and wants to increase its per-capita cement consumption from 35kg
/yr at present to ~300kg/yr in the period to 2017. To do this, it is encouraging the cement sector to swell from its current capacity (7.4Mt/yr integrated capacity with additional grinding capability) to over 27Mt/yr by the same year. At the same time, the country has banned cement imports, a bold statement of intent designed to protect its own growing industry.

Meseret Defar Speaks from Moscow

MOHAMMED AMAN A RARE RUNNER AMONG THE ETHIOPIAN ELITE

History, of sorts, was made when Mohammed Aman became the first Ethiopian to win a world outdoor 800m title as he kicked hard coming off the final bend to snatch the gold medal on Tuesday night (13).

The spectacular victory in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium supersedes his 2012 World indoor 800m title and came against a terrific field. To make the result even sweeter his winning time of 1:43.31 is his fastest of the season.

Until now his countrymen have dominated 5000m, 10,000m and Marathon podiums but Aman, a sprinter turned middle distance star, has ignited a new flame of belief amongst the youth of his country.

Still, only 19 years of age and the youngest man to win a medal in his event, let alone a gold, Aman understands the significance of his accomplishment.

“Ethiopians are known for marathons and for long distance and now middle distances so I am very happy,” said Aman, who learned English in high school and practices by watching movies and reading.

“Anything is possible. I train in Ethiopia and also I have a good Ethiopian coach (Negusse Gechamo). I train in Entoto, Sendafa and also around Addis. I train with the national team. There are many national team members in Addis.”

The race itself was exemplary championship running as Aman escaped from a box created by the two Americans, Duane Soloman and Nick Symmonds, and ran down the latter to steal the gold medal in the last 20 metres.

Asked if he was confident or nervous coming into the final, the native of Assela, a small town south east of Addis Ababa, which is coincidently is Haile Gebrselassie’s home town, he smiled.

ብረታ ብረትና ኢንጂነሪንግ ኮርፖሬሽን የሁለት አውሮፕላኖች፤ሁለት መርከቦች እና ሁለት ሆቴሎች ባለቤት

በብርጋዴል ጄነራል ክንፈ ዳኘው የሚመራው የኢትዮጵያ ብረታ ብረትና ኢንጂነሪንግ ኮርፖሬሽን ሁለት አነስተኛ የመንገደኞች ማጓጓዣ አውሮፕላኖችን ከጣሊያን ኩባንያ መግዛቱን ምንጮች ገለጹ፡፡ በአሁኑ ወቅት መንግሥት የጀመራቸውን ግዙፍ ፕሮጀክቶችን፣ የታላቁ ህዳሴ ግድብ የኢንጂነሪንግ ሥራዎችን፣ በተለያዩ አካባቢዎች በመገንባት ላይ የሚገኙ አሥር የስኳር ፋብሪካዎችንና ሌሎችን የመገንባት ኃላፊነት የተሰጠው ኮርፖሬሽኑ፣ ግብርና መር የሆነውን ኢኮኖሚ ወደ ኢንዱስትሪ ለማሸጋገር ለተያዘው ዕቅድ ዋነኛ ኃላፊነት የተሰጠው በመሆኑ፣ ለዚህ ተልዕኮው መሳካት አውሮፕላኖቹ እንዲገዙ ማስፈለጉን የኮርፖሬሽኑ የሕዝብ ግንኙነት ክፍል ለሪፖርተር ገልጿል፡፡

Could Arsenal’s teenage Gedion Zelalem phenom play for U.S.?

Over the next few days, weeks, months, probably years, you are going to hear a lot about Gedion Zelalem.
He is the 16-year-old Arsenal central midfielder who, while playing for the English club’s first team in preseason, mesmerized unsuspecting observers with his vision, touch and distribution. Without pause, he drew comparisons to Cesc Fabregas, a Spanish innovator with corresponding characteristics who debuted for the Gunners’ senior squad at the same age 10 years ago.
From Pele to Lionel Messi, teenage phenoms have tickled the soccer world for decades.
Zelalem is different from most because:
– He was not nurtured in a prominent academy.
– Until this past spring, his name was largely unknown, even in Arsenal circles.
– He was raised in Germany but draws from family roots in Ethiopia, a nation of 91 million that adores the sport but has never qualified for the World Cup and reached the African Cup on Nations once in the past 20 years. Already, he is inspiring young Ethiopians.
There is something else unique about Zelalem: He sharpened his skills between ages 9 and 15 in the Washington suburbs, playing for an elite club team, Olney Rangers. He also served on Walter Johnson High School’s varsity squad as a freshman in the fall of 2011, earning honorable mention All-Met honors after the Wildcats advanced to the Maryland state final.

Gedion Zelalem Interview-SWOL(Video)

17-year-old Ethiopian housemaid attacked her employer after a phone call: Police

MAKKAH — A 17-year-old Ethiopian housemaid who stabbed her employer several times in Makkah called her home country just before the attack last week, a local police station told Okaz/Saudi Gazette. The victim was stabbed in the hands, neck, chest, and shoulders but survived, sources at Al-Aziziya police station revealed. According to police initial investigations, the maid had worked for a year with her employer, a 40-year-old widow, before she decided to try and kill her. The maid told police the widow treated her well and never did anything wrong to her. Toward the end of Ramadan, she went with her employers to buy Eid groceries. Her employer bought her a calling card to talk to her family in Ethiopia and wish them happy Eid.