Among the six places selected for operations in Djibouti only one site is left to be managed and operated by GCS and the rest are to be handled by the Djiboutian side.
GCS is currently installing tracking devices on trucks intended to control the abuse and loss of export and import goods between the Ethio-Djibouti corridor.
So far GCS has installed the device on 95 vehicles owned by four public enterprises. The cargo tracking system is administered and owned by the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA). ERCA has outsourced the system to GCS after floating a bid a year ago.
Global Computing Solutions is set to install tracking devices together with fleet management systems on some 8,000 vehicles operating across the corridor.
Source: The Reporter
The Fund has so far provided an aggregate support of USD 150 million to six projects, its Director General, Abdulwahab Al-Bader told Ethiopian Radio & Television Agency.
The Director assured Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn that Kuwait Fund would step up its support to Ethiopia as it has effectively used the fund so far.
According to ERTA, PM Hailemariam for his part said Ethiopia highly values its relations with Kuwait, adding, his country would use the support appropriately and for its intended purposes.
Source: Walta
By MARTIN SCHIBBYE AND PATRICK GRIFFITH
Published in The Wall Street Journal
This month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the 21st African Union (AU) summit. The message he brings will speak volumes about the future of American engagement on the continent.
In announcing the visit during a U.S. Senate hearing last month, Mr. Kerry expressed concern about the potentially negative impact of China’s and Iran’s increased presence in Africa. He noted that graft and poor development choices could undermine the stability of some African governments, and he acknowledged the need for more U.S. engagement.
Further American cooperation on development and security would be good news for Africa. But the U.S. must continue to focus on another potentially destabilizing factor in the continent: ongoing violations of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms.
