It is time for us to give credence to the hopes and aspirations of our founding fathers for Africa to unite and to use its resources for the benefit of her people. The AfCFTA is a high ambition trade agreement, which aims to progressively bring together all 55 member states of the African Union, covering a market of more than 1.3 billion people.
The communications sector has been identified as an important conduit through which people of the continent can have access to information and are empowered to make decisions in Africa’s development.
Growing business, trade and investment ties between sub-Saharan African nations that are part of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and the United States (US) holds enormous benefits for the two regions.
It is Women’s Month and Government is delighted to be hosting an important group of leading emerging markets and developing countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa for the 15th edition of the BRICS Summit. Together BRICS has around 42% of the world's population, 27% of global GDP and around 20% of international trade.
The unique challenges posed by COVID-19 has called on humanity to remain apart through social distancing. This has caused untold anguish as people have been forced to adapt to a new way of life, which has now become our new normal.
The friendship between the people of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and people of South Africa goes back decades even before the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
It is a bond that has its roots in South Africa’s struggle for liberation where Ethiopians were a staunch supporter in our fight for freedom and were at the forefront of efforts to isolate the apartheid government.
