THE EMBASSY OF
THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
TO INDONESIA
Fortnightly Newsletter
25 OCTOBER 2016
Ethiopia hosts
climate
conference
(p. 3)
Updates from the Embassy
Feature Topics
ISSUE # 07
 Ethiopian Airlines adjudged CIMG airline of the year
 Chinese firm to build pharmaceutical plant in Ethiopia
 The 9th Ethiopian Flag day colorfully celebrated in Jakarta
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Table of Content
Ethiopia hosts climate conference ...............................................................3
President lauds departing ECA official for promoting Africa globally..................4
Ethiopian Airlines adjudged CIMG airline of the year.......................................5
ICRC expresses readiness to strengthen cooperation with Ethiopia....................6
Chinese firm to build pharmaceutical plant in Ethiopia....................................7
King Mohammed VI of Morocco begins visit to Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia .......8
Ethiopia officially joins ATI .........................................................................9
The 9th Ethiopian Flag day colorfully celebrated in Jakarta ...........................10
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Ethiopia hosts climate conference
(EBC; October 19, 2016)- The Sixth
Conference on Climate Change and
Development in Africa (CCDA–VI) kicks
off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with
delegates across the world attending.
The meeting aims to understand the
implications of implementing the Paris
Agreement, the Deputy Executive
Secretary and Chief Economist of the
United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa (UNECA), Dr Abdulla Hamdok,
has said.
He said there was an urgent need for
African countries to review their Intended
Nationally Determined Contributions
(INDC) in order to increase their levels of
ambition
to
ensure
meaningful
contribution to the implementation of the
Paris Agreement.
"This will not be easy, given the
complexities of ensuring adequate and
reliable data, mainstreaming climate
change into national development
imperatives, ensuring coherence between
climate change goals and the various
sectoral goals and objectives, and securing
adequate funding for the processes," he
said in his opening remark.
Out of the 61 countries that have ratified the
Paris Agreement, 14 are from Africa,
accounting for only 1.06 of global
emissions.
"Although significantly smaller in size, it is
designed to contribute to the development
of the continents efforts towards the
implementation of the Paris Agreement," Dr
Hamdok said.
The carbon emission pledges made by
countries so far exceed 55 per cent threshold
for the reduction goal.
"This signals the commitment by countries
for a response to the threat of climate
change by keeping the global temperature
rise to well below 2 degree Celsius above
the pre-industrial levels and to pursue
sustainable efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees
Celsius," Mr Kapil Kapoor, the African
Development Bank (AfDB) Acting Vicepresident for Sector Operations, said.
The main theme of the CCDA–VI,
organized under the auspices of the Climate
for Development in Africa (ClimDevAfrica) program, is The Paris Agreement on
climate change: What next for Africa?
The basis of the Paris Agreement is the
Intended
Nationally
Determined
Contributions (INDC) submitted by all
parties in the lead up to COP21as their
national contributions to limiting global
greenhouse gas emissions.
INDCs became Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDCs) subsequent to
COP21.
Reviewing the Paris Agreement allows for
the analysis of what was at stake for Africa
and what the Agreement offers, prior to
COP22 in Marrakesh, Morocco November
7-182016, according to the Africa Climate
Policy Centre, the main organizers of the
meeting.
Source: Businessday online
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President lauds departing ECA official for
promoting Africa globally
Addis Ababa, October 19, 2016 (FBC) President Mulatu Teshome has praised the
departing Executive Secretary of the UN
Economic Commission for Africa
(UNECA) Dr. Carlos Lopes for his great
contribution in promoting Africa to the
rest of the world during his four-year
tenure in Addis Ababa.
Dr. Lopes took leave of President Mulatu
at the National Palace early today.
President Mulatu on the occasion
encouraged the departing Executive
Secretary
to
further
extend
his
contribution and support in promoting
Africa globally.
“I told the president I am not leaving
Africa, I am not leaving Ethiopia, so what
I am going to do is basically contribute on
the African agenda,” Dr. Lopez said.
"I stayed [for] four years in the country
and during these four years we did a lot of
reforms at ECA. I think now we have an
institution that is very proud of
participating in the most important
discussions about the continent.”
The departing UNECA official said he was
privileged during his tenure in Ethiopia as
he learned so much about the
implementation of many policies that he had
been advocating himself.
“So I am very proud of that contribution
with my colleagues, the work will continue,
they will continue certainly to do very well
and I will be watching with great pride all
the progress that would be made,” he added.
Dr. Lopez also commended progresses in
Ethiopia in the areas of industrialization,
social and economic gains.
He said Ethiopia has one of the most
outstanding policies on environment, among
the areas that he had been very much
engaged.
He added "I will continue very much
engaged with Ethiopia."
Source: ENA
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Ethiopian Airlines adjudged CIMG airline of
the year
(EBC; October 19, 2016)- Africa's most
profitable and Largest Airline Ethiopian
Airline, has been adjudged the Airline of
the year (International) at the 27th edition
of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
Ghana National Performance Awards in
Accra.
Ethiopian Airlines was chosen for being
the best in Strategic Marketing amongst
all Airlines in Ghana.
The theme for the event was: "Democracy
and National Cohesion; Marketing a New
Political Paradigm."
The citation accompanying the awards
reads: "With an impressive and proactive
approach to marketing and sales activities,
where are synonymous with your day to
day operations, you have won some
admirers in our team of evaluator."
It also said in the face of stiff competition
from other airlines, you were deemed the
deserving winner with your effective and
revealing strategies, which ultimately won
you a place above your competitors.
The citation said "in a bid to keep your
customers sold, you left no stone unturned
by acquiring new state-of– the-art aircrafts
and by so doing opening up new
destinations within the African continent
and beyond with your newly acquired
B7B7 and 777 model aircraft".
Ethiopian Airlines, which prides itself as the
new Spirit of Africa and has been providing
Africa with access to over 94 destinations
all over the world including Direct flights to
far flung places like Japan, Los Angeles in
US and Brazil.
Being the first Airline to fly the B787
Dreamliner and the new Airbus A350 in
Africa, Ethiopian Airlines has served Ghana
with World class products.
Genet Michael, General Manager of
Ethiopian Airlines in Ghana said the award
went a long way to support the patronage
from the Ghanaian passengers.
She said the Airline had received a lot of
support from the passengers in the last one
year.
"ET started 2015 with a B737 and later
improved to a B787 last year and now using
a B777 showing a growing patronage and
appreciation of the Ethiopian Airline world
class services," she added.
She said as a Star Alliance member
Ethiopian Airlines connected its customers
to more than 1200 destinations globally,
where it flew to more than 50 destinations
in Africa.
Mrs Michael said: "We are happy that
people are recognising the effort Ethiopian
Airlines puts in to serve Ghana and its
wonderful people."
The awards covered seven major areas:
personalities,
hall
of
fame,
media/MARCOMS organisations, products,
not-for-profit
organisations,
business
organisations and special category.
Source: Ghana News Agency
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ICRC expresses readiness to strengthen
cooperation with Ethiopia
(EBC; October 19, 2016)- The
International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) has expressed its readiness to
consolidate humanitarian cooperation with
Ethiopia and across the Horn of Africa.
President Mulatu Teshome conferred
yesterday with ICRC President Peter
Maurer on ways of working in cooperation
to tackle humanitarian challenges within
Ethiopia and across the region.
Ethiopia is an important country and a
strategic partner to ICRC's efforts in
mitigating the sufferings of the people
affected around the region, Maurer said.
The president added that ICRC is ready to
further cooperate with the government of
Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Red Cross Society
(ERCS) and Ethiopian authorities at
different levels.
He added that Ethiopia will have significant
contribution in the efforts of ICRC's
humanitarian activities since it has also
secured a non-permanent seat at the UN
Security Council (UNSC).
According to Maurer, the Ethiopian Red
Cross Society (ERCS) is one of the very
good societies on the continent on which his
committee relays on a lot here in the
country and beyond to the border.
President Mulatu Teshome said Ethiopia is
committed to cooperate with ICRC and
provide support for the engagement of
ICRC in the region.
Source: ENA
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Chinese firm to build
pharmaceutical plant
in Ethiopia
(EBC; October 19, 2016)- A cornerstonelaying ceremony was conducted on
Tuesday to establish a Chinese-invested
pharmaceutical plant in Dukem town,
about 40 km south of Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia's capital.
With an investment of 85 million U.S.
dollars from a Chinese firm based in
southwest
China's
Chongqing
Municipality, the plant, Sansheng Ethiopia
Pharmaceuticals Plc, when completed, is
expected to have a production capacity of
10 billion tablets, 5 billion capsules and 40
million parenterals.
It will also provide more than 300
employment opportunities for the local
community.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mebratu Meles,
Ethiopian State Minister of Industry, said
the project comes at a right time when
Ethiopia is undertaking a massive socioeconomic transformation.
Mebratu hailed the project, saying that it
would increase local pharmaceutical
manufacturing capacity.
Liu Yu, Economic and Commercial
Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in
Ethiopia, said the establishment of this plant
will not only improve the production
capacity of Ethiopia in pharmaceutical
industry, but also "bring more tangible
benefits for the local people and society."
Source: Xinhua
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco begins visit
to Rwanda, Tanzania, Ethiopia
(EBC; October 19, 2016)- King
Mohammed VI left Casablanca on
Tuesday heading for the Republic of
Rwanda, as part of a royal tour that will
also lead the Sovereign to Tanzania and
Ethiopia.
This is the first tour of the Moroccan
monarch to East Africa where Morocco's
presence and projection are weak in
comparison to West Africa.
The tour comes within the strategy
designed by King Mohammed VI in recent
years, which aims to diversify its
partnerships, strengthen its ties with the
most important players on the African
continent, and also gain their support to its
position with regards to the Western
Sahara dispute.
The visit comes three months after
Morocco announced its intention to return
to the African Union.
"Our friends have long been asking us to
return among them so that Morocco may
take its natural place within its
institutional family. That time has now
come," the King said in a letter to the 27th
summit of the African Union held in
Kigali, Rwanda, in July.
Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia recognize
the self-proclaimed Saharawi Arab
Democratic Republic and maintain
diplomatic relationships with it. Thus, one
of the King's goals is to convince these
countries to reconsider their position on
the conflict and adopt a neutral stance
pending the settlement of the dispute
through the political process conducted
under the aegis of the United Nations.
The Moroccan monarch's visit to Rwanda
comes four months after the visit that
Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame, paid to
Morocco on June 20-22. Following this
visit, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Salaheddine Mezouar, said that Morocco
would open its embassy in Rwanda by the
end of this year.
An important delegation accompany King
Mohammed VI during his tour in East
Africa, including his advisors, Fouad Ali El
Himma and Yasser Znagui.
The delegation also includes Interior
minister, Mohamed Hassad, Foreign
minister,
Salaheddine
Mezouar,
Endowments and Islamic Affairs minister,
Ahmed Taoufik, Economy and Finance
minister, Mohamed Boussaid, Agriculture
and Fisheries minister, Aziz Akhannouch,
and minister delegate to the Foreign
minister, Nasser Bourita, as well as several
other civil and military personalities.
Source: Morocco World News
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Ethiopia officially joins ATI
Addis Ababa, October 20, 2016 (FBC) –
Ethiopia on Wednesday joined African
Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), thus
enabling the agency to start insuring
political risk in Ethiopia, one of the
continent’s fastest-growing economies.
This was revealed yesterday in Nairobi,
Kenya, where the two sides inked an
agreement after a year-long process
supported by African Development Bank
(AfDB) funding, amounting a 7.5 million
US dollars.
Speaking at the signing ceremony,
Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya Dina
Mufti said Ethiopia has put in place
attractive investment opportunities and
incentives, including recent signed
bilateral investment and double taxation
avoidance agreements with major
countries in order to give the appropriate
guarantees that meet international
standards to foreign investors.
Being a membership in ATI is an
additional support and protection to the
stakeholders involved in our economic
growth, he added.
“With growth of 10% in the past decade
and investors clamoring to enter the
market, we feel we are in a good position
to help Ethiopia leverage this momentum.
ATI will help to de-risk transactions so
that Ethiopia can attract even more
investments while building up its export
base,” commented George Otieno, ATI’s
Chief Executive Officer.
“I believe our entry into Ethiopia,
particularly at this time, sends a powerful
message to investors. Our presence signals
that Ethiopia is open for business because
we are standing beside them as a credible
and internationally respected insurer with an
‘A’ rating from S&P,” he added.
The AfDB regional director Gabriel Negatu
said Ethiopia’s affiliation with the ATI will
attract prospective investors with additional
guarantees to participate in the priority areas
of industry, powering and lighting.
The country’s membership is potentially a
game changer for the pan-African insurer
with prospects that a pipeline estimated at
half a billion US dollars could double the
company’s business in the next few years.
Prospective projects include a 400 MW
solar energy plant that would contribute to
the country’s carbon neutral growth plan to
improve the living conditions of its citizens.
ATI provides political, investment and trade
credit risk insurance to clients doing
business in its member countries. The
products are created to help countries attract
more investments and to promote domestic
trade by providing insurance that mitigates
against currency inconvertibility and
exchange transfer, expropriation, trade
embargoes, non-honouring of contracts and
payment default risks among others.
To date ATI has helped its member countries
attract 21.5 billion US dollars worth of trade
and investments into their economies.
ATI plans to leverage Ethiopia’s initial 7.5
million US dollars subscription in order to
insure over 3 billion US dollars worth of
projects in Ethiopia.
As ATI starts to close deals and build on its
existing pipeline in the coming months, the
company also plans to host an official
launch in Addis.
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The 9th Ethiopian Flag day colorfully
celebrated in Jakarta- 20/10/2016
HE. MR. Arega Hailu Teffera, raising the
Ethiopian Flag at the Embassy of The Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in Jakarta with
the Ethiopian Community and Embassy Staff
The Embassy of The Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia in Jakarta, has
celebrated the Ethiopian National Flag
Day in the Embassy Premises in Jakarta.
During the ceremony,the Ethiopian
Ambassador to Indonesia HE. Mr. Arega
Hailu Teffera, hoisted The Ethiopian
National Flag along with Ethiopian
National anthem sang by all Ethiopian
Citizens resident in Jakarta and the
surrounding, and by all Embassy
Diplomats and local Staff.
HE Mr. Arega Hailu Teffera delivered a
speech and said that the 9th falg day is
celebrated all over Ethiopia and its
missions abroad with a theme of “ Our
Flag is a manifestation of sovereignty; a
symbol of unity in Diversity”. He also
added that “Our Flag is a symbol of hope,
pride and dedication of the Ethiopian
people towards their shared values”.
He also explained that each color of the flag
holds great symbolic meaning for all
Ethiopians. Green represents labour,
fertility,
and
development.
Yellow
represents hope, justice and equality. Red
represents sacrifice and heroism toward the
prevalence of freedom and equality. The
circular blue background of the emblem
signifies peace. The straight and equal lines
signify the equality of Nations, nationalities,
and peoples as well as of religion. The Star
formed by the straight and the equal lines
represent the common will of all Ethiopian
People. The yellow rays represent the bright
prospect of the nation. He emphasized that
all Ethiopians have to respect and love their
flag from the bottom of their heart at all
times.
HE Mr. Arega Hailu Teffera, Ambassador of The
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to
Indonesia, posing with the Ethiopian Community
in Jakarta and Surrounding area, Diplomats and
the local staff after hoisting the Ethiopian
National Flag at the National Flag Day 20/10 in
Ethiopian Embassy Jakarta. (Reported by
Iwayan)
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