Wayna and her mother immigrated from their native Ethiopia to America when she was just a toddler.

Coffee is a universal experience enjoyed by billions of people on a daily basis and is part of an industry worth over $80 billion a year. But the people behind the product are in crisis with millions of growers fast becoming bankrupt. Nowhere more evident is this paradox than in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee.

Fight against malaria and mosquitoes registers high success. Washington Post reports:
The findings from Rwanda and Ethiopia are the first to show a greater than 50 percent reduction in malaria mortality nationwide in “high burden” countries. Such dramatic reductions had been achieved previously only in smaller regions or in countries where the disease is less pervasive.

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A blast of fresh melodies from one of the most respected vocalists from Ethiopia…

Here it is: the last entry for 2007! And one to push you into top gears in ‘08.
If you have been keeping sleepless or restless nights lately over an idea that may fetch you money, then you need to read about Amsale, whose break came while planning her wedding. Amsale couldn’t find what she [...]

Back in June, Ethiopian and former World Bank Economist, Eleni Gabre-Madhin, outlined her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia during the TEDGlobal conference in Arusha, Tanzania. Her “plan would create wealth, minimize risk for farmers and turn the world’s largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket.”

Girma was 16 when he first saw a piano at Yared Music School in Addis Ababa.