Education in Ethiopia has come a long way in just the last 30 years or so. But there is a great deal more that must yet be accomplished and it may take even longer to do so.
Hawassa is one of the up and coming towns in Ethiopia. At the center of its attraction to visitors from the capital and beyond, is the lake known as Ye'Fikir Hayk or Lake of Love.
Expat teachers are like a badge of honor at many private schools today. But unfortunately, the reasoning behind the hiring of many such teachers has less to do with the quality of education they're perceived to provide and more to do with how much money the school owners think they can charge because of them.
Although it might seem like more Ethiopians from abroad are moving back to Ethiopia than ever before, it is also true that the much greater outflow of Ethiopians leaving the country in search of better opportunity abroad, continues unabated.
Khat use on campus on so prevalent today, some say that a majority of students on many campuses are users. Many of them pick the habit up on campus in the hopes that the stimulant can help them make it through long nights of studying as well as getting them into a social scene that thrives around the act of chewing khat.
For Addis residents who don't necessarily want to drive 4 hours to Langano or shell out the big bucks for ultralux accommodations at Kuriftu, here's a great destination close to the city that you can relax at in style on any given weekend.
Given that Addis has one of the highest rates of traffic accidents per car in the world, it should perhaps come as no surprise if the city were to also have the highest number of 'leaning lamposts' in the world. Although this statistic has not been verified, it is quite likely not very far from the truth.
Another landmark will see tremendous change very soon, victim to the ongoing march of development in Addis. But the benefits for road safety that this change will imply, are quite substantial.
By now, you must know about the enforcement of seatbelt and mobile phone usage while driving laws that have motorists in Addis buckling up and staying off their phones while driving. But did you know what else is in the new set of laws? Like the one which will penalize you if you are not carrying a first aid kit in your car?! Or if you splash a pedestrian with water?
When Menelik Wossenachew passed away at the end of 2008, there was nowhere near the reaction that Tilahun's Gessesse's death elicited only a few months later. He might not have had quite the volume of work as Tilahun but he was a formidable talent in his own right whose contributions to contemporary Ethiopian music should not go unrecognized.
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There is no question that there is a lot of agricultural investment occurring in Ethiopia right now. The question is how much of that is being initiated by Ethiopians?
Despite a global downturn in real estate prices, it seemed like Ethiopia's market was impervious to it all. But there are signs which point to an inevitable downturn in the near future. Just how far down prices will go is anybody's guess.
Bit by bit, pieces of the welcome mat laid out for repatriating Diaspora was cut away until earlier this year, pretty much all of it was harshly yanked away. It was all about the extensive abuse of the privilege authorities said but even so, why not fix the system instead of killing it?
After emigrating abroad, going to school and then opening a successful business in London, it only took a vacation to Tewodros Tadesse's hometown of Hawassa to convince him to leave everything behind and move back once and for all.
For Addis residents who don't necessarily want to drive 4 hours to Langano or shell out the big bucks for ultralux accommodations at Kuriftu, here's a great destination close to the city that you can relax at in style on any given weekend.
Given that Addis has one of the highest rates of traffic accidents per car in the world, it should perhaps come as no surprise if the city were to also have the highest number of 'leaning lamposts' in the world. Although this statistic has not been verified, it is quite likely not very far from the truth.
By now, you must know about the enforcement of seatbelt and mobile phone usage while driving laws that have motorists in Addis buckling up and staying off their phones while driving. But did you know what else is in the new set of laws? Like the one which will penalize you if you are not carrying a first aid kit in your car?! Or if you splash a pedestrian with water?
When Menelik Wossenachew passed away at the end of 2008, there was nowhere near the reaction that Tilahun's Gessesse's death elicited only a few months later. He might not have had quite the volume of work as Tilahun but he was a formidable talent in his own right whose contributions to contemporary Ethiopian music should not go unrecognized.
There is no question that there is a lot of agricultural investment occurring in Ethiopia right now. The question is how much of that is being initiated by Ethiopians?
Despite a global downturn in real estate prices, it seemed like Ethiopia's market was impervious to it all. But there are signs which point to an inevitable downturn in the near future. Just how far down prices will go is anybody's guess.
Bit by bit, pieces of the welcome mat laid out for repatriating Diaspora was cut away until earlier this year, pretty much all of it was harshly yanked away. It was all about the extensive abuse of the privilege authorities said but even so, why not fix the system instead of killing it?
After emigrating abroad, going to school and then opening a successful business in London, it only took a vacation to Tewodros Tadesse's hometown of Hawassa to convince him to leave everything behind and move back once and for all.
