SAVE THE DATE: ETHIOPIA INVESTMENT SUMMIT 2012
Friday, 27 January 2012
  Seven out of the ten fastest growing economies in the world over the next five years will be in Africa.  Ethiopia is at the forefront of this truly magnificent resurgence of the African... Read more...

Recent News

  Plots under historical holdings are exempted from inclusion in the lease...
  Karuturi Agro Products Plc, part of holding company Karuturi Glolabal Ltd,...
  Ethiopia’s flagship export item, coffee, has fallen into a troubling...
  China is willing to further promote its relationship with Ethiopia to a new...
  Government gets out of the business of operating what are essentially...
  President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday called on fellow African leaders to...
  Membership further cements mutual relationship and creates opportunities...
  Breeders and traders of cattle in Addis Abeba will soon be restricted from...
  As much alarmed by the absence of goldsmiths buying gold from the central...
  The Ethiopia Revenues & Customs Authority (ERCA) is to conduct the second...

E.I Radio Show

E.I Radio: Increase in Winery Production
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
  E.I Radio: The Largest Port in East Africa under Construction In this session, Henok Assefa, Managing Partner of Precise Consult International, talks about the largest port in East Africa... Read more...

Business Opportunities

  This profile envisages the establishment of a plant for the production of adhesive tape...
  This profile envisages the establishment of a plant for the production of abrasive...
  This profile envisages the establishment of a plant for the production of Cotton and...
  This profile envisages the establishment of a plant for the production of   laminated...
  This profile envisages the establishment of a plant for the production of finished...







Top Story

Concerns about Gibe 3 Dam
Friday, 03 February 2012
   There is a powerful economic argument for Gibe 3 Dam. But there are also powerful arguments for ensuring that large-scale river-basin development projects provide genuine and sustainable... Read more...
So African Union Claps Hands for Aid!
Friday, 03 February 2012
   Towering above the Ethiopian capital, cloaked in urban smog, the new Chinese-built African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa is a bold symbol of China's rapidly changing role in Africa.Once seen... Read more...
Ethiopia Hopes to Launch Construction of Three New Dams
Wednesday, 01 February 2012
   Senior ministers at the Ministry of Water & Energy (MoWE) are planning to carryout feasibility studies on three additional hydropower plants to be built in the basin of the Abay (Blue Nile)... Read more...
China-Africa Relations Make New Progress, China Top Official Says
Wednesday, 01 February 2012
   Jia Qinglin, China's government official at the AU Summit in Addis AbabaA Chinese top political adviser said that relations between China and Africa have continued to make new progress on the... Read more...
Nyota Minerals Expects to Conclude Tulu Kapi licence Talks in Mid-2012
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
   Nyota Minerals (LON:NYO, ASX:NYO) said the current discussions with the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines regarding a large scale mining license for its flagship Tulu Kapi gold project are likely to... Read more...
DBE Outperforms Sale of Renaissance Dam Bonds
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
   The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has beaten its projection for selling the Grand Renaissance Dam bonds selling for more than one billion birr. Its six month projection was of selling six... Read more...
Zefmesh to Open a Mega mall Complex
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
   Zefmesh Private Limited Company is set to open the grandest mall complex in Ethiopia; lying on nine thousand square meters with seven floors to accommodate entertainment and refreshment ranging... Read more...
‘Transport Funding, Planning Needed,’ Korean Study
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
   The overall transportation infrastructure of Addis is frail and requires a huge amount of budget while the private capital investment needs to be encouraged to support the government’s role,... Read more...
NIB Latest to Use Core Banking Solution
Monday, 30 January 2012
   Nib International Bank signed a contract for an undisclosed amount with a Swiss based software development company,TEMENOS Group AG. It called on them to provide centralized online, real-time,... Read more...

Special Events

Invitation to G|Ethiopia
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
   Dear ICT Community,Google is very excited to meet with software developers, technology entrepreneurs, business and marketing professionals, and webmasters in Addis Ababa. G|Ethiopia will be... Read more...
Global Indian SMI / SME Forum & Networking Summit (MALAYSIA 2012)
Thursday, 15 December 2011
     The Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KLSICCI) with absolute support from the state government of Selangor is organizing the Global Indian SMI/SME Forum &... Read more...

Sources of Finance

  The Private Sector Investment programme (PSI) is a subsidy programme of the Dutch Ministry...
  This week Precise Consult International is back with another source of finance for your...
  This week Precise Consult International is back with another source of finance for your...
  In its third publication of how to access finance in Ethiopia, Precise Consult...
  In this week’s edition, Precise Consult International gives you another source of...

E.I Blog

Negadras Gebrehiwot Baykedagne, an Ethiopian Pioneer of Economic Theory
Thursday, 16 September 2010
  Circa 1912, Ethiopian doctor, economist, and all around intellectual Negadras Gebrehiwot Baykedagne published a small volume entitled Aste Menelik and Ethiopia (Emperor Minelik and... Read more...
Microfinance: Loan Sharks or Development Agents? The Ethiopian Case
Thursday, 15 July 2010
 Walking along the street of any low-income settlement in anywhere in the world, one is thumped by the apparent contrast of dwelling and habitat. On one side of the street is a decrepit, single... Read more...
Is it Time for Ethiopia to Completely Liberalize its Trade Regime?
Thursday, 24 June 2010
  Any serious economist worth his salt would tell you that the arguments for free trade in general are beyond compelling.  While free trade in theory is not questioned as much, what is... Read more...

Upcoming Events

Fri, Feb 3rd, 2012, @12:01am - 12:01AM
Training on Purchasing and Supplies Management
Mon, Feb 6th, 2012, @12:01am - 12:01AM
Training on Taxation in Ethiopia
Mon, Feb 13th, 2012, @12:01am - 12:01AM
Training on Tendering and Contraction Management

Job Opening


  Precise Consult International PLC (PCI) is a premiere Management Consulting firm specializing in the...

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