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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia’s Telecoms – Competition Is The Value Creator, Not Privatisation
Ethiopia is in the process of privatising the telecoms monopoly, Ethio Telecom. There’s a certain amount of licking…
Real Poverty – Cholera Kills More In Ethiopia Than Coronavirus
We in the rich nations have shut down the economy in order to avoid the deaths stemming from…
More Trees Is Good – But Is Ethiopia’s Target For 4 Billion Planted This Year?
That many countries have lost their forest cover as they developed is entirely true. That those which have…
What Fun, Ottoman Law Determines Status Of Israelis Killed In Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max Crash
Obviously this isn’t fun for those going through the process but for us outside observers it is rather…
Why Boeing 737 Maxs Fall Out Of The Sky – It’s Complicated
That the Boeing 7373 Max plane might not be the safest ever to take to the skies could…
Ethiopia’s Boeing 737 Max Crash – Probably The Autopilot Software
A reasonable – and as yet unproven – theory for the Ethiopian and Lion Airlines crashes of the…
Battle Of Adwa – Not First Battle Victory of Blacks Over White Colonisers But First War Won
Ethiopia has been celebrating the Battle of Adwa when Menelik II and his troops took apart an Italian…
Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom Privatisation – Capitalism And Getting The Money Now
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia has been known to say that the governing system in that country is…
Ethiopia’s Government Raises Price Of Houses After They’ve Been Paid For
A standard point economists like to make is that economic development depends upon “institutions”. Things like the rule…
Ethiopia Doesn’t Own The Patent To Teff – No One Does Now
There’s a slight misunderstanding concerning a court case over teff, the national grain of Ethiopia. There was a…