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Ethiopia finalizes construction of electricity transmission lines to its neighbors

07/29/10

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Ethiopia finalizes construction of electricity transmission lines to its neighbors

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Ethiopia finalizes construction of electricity transmission lines to its neighbors


APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopia announced on Tuesday the finalization of the construction of electricity transmission lines that will help the country to supply electricity to its neighbors.

The Ethiopian Electricity Power Corporation (EEPCo) said that the interconnection line joining Ethiopia and Djibouti is nearing completion while the lines to Kenya and Sudan are being carried out as scheduled.

Ethiopia is expected to begin supplying power to Kenya, Sudan and Djibouti as from next year.

The electricity transmission lines are being set up with a multi-million US dollars support, obtained from the World Bank.

The neighbouring countries have already signed agreements to import electricity from Ethiopia.

Currently, Ethiopia is undertaking billions of dollars worth of investment on hydro-electric projects, which will help the country to become the leader in power generation in the sub-region.

According to the corporation, there is a plan to increase the country’s power capacity to 10,000 megawatt in the next five to ten years.

Currently, Ethiopia is generating 2,000 megawatt of power for its local consumption.

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msg Comment from: ethiopiawi [Visitor]
This is Ethiopia's time. Ethiopia is rising, and no one can hold her back! Great job!
PermalinkPermalink 07/27/10 @ 23:28

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msg Comment from: Tezibt [Visitor]
Keep on going baby!
PermalinkPermalink 07/27/10 @ 23:38

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msg Comment from: dany [Visitor]
I love it. Great job and blessed vision.

God Bless Ethiopia and her leaders.
PermalinkPermalink 07/27/10 @ 23:46

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msg Comment from: ethiopiawe [Visitor]
I love it and thank you for all the people working hard.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 00:02

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msg Comment from: ADD [Visitor]
Thank you God. Long live to EPRDF.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 00:14

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msg Comment from: LION [Visitor]
Does the transmission line go through Eritrea territory? I am just curious because if it does then something is wrong with Ethiopian leaders. poor Eritrea is not to make peace yet. Alots of Eritreans are taking an Ethiopian identity card to live and reject being Eritrean these days. Just curious to know what is going on with our neghbores including Djbouti. This small country is costing Ethiopia lots of money for using the port, it is Ethiopia's turn to bring the money back by selling exccess electric power. Sudan is uncertain country, it might be the most fragmented state sooner or later after the next year South Sudan election. Uganda and Kenya are Ethiopia's good ally and should be special discount for them. Good job EPRDF on the economic development side.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 00:15

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msg Comment from: Mike [Visitor]
Great news!!!! Congratulations on a job well done!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 00:17

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msg Comment from: Samson [Visitor]
Didn't they tell us they are already to start exporting to Sudan by September? and now "Ethiopia is expected to begin supplying power to Kenya, Sudan and Djibouti as from next year." ... when does the export realy starting? how many times do we have to hear the news before the actual starting date? I miss that date.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 00:24

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msg Comment from: justin [Visitor]
This story doesn't make sense. I thought the lines to Sudan were already done, ready for Power export this September. Something is missing in this report.

ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ትኑር
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 00:45

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msg Comment from: Halafi Mengedi [Visitor]
This decission is simply political and earning hard currency than business decission. This is Meles and his wife idea to ship the hard currency directly from Sudan and djibouti to their personal accounts, otherwise, Ethiopian needs so badly electric power to its citizens and industries yet they are shipping to neighbor countries for pennies.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 00:56

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msg Comment from: miles [Visitor]
how about making sure there is enough power in Addis?

That might be a good start.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 01:01

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msg Comment from: suleiman nassir [Visitor]
Imagine! 80% of Ethiopians do not have the most rudimentary electric connection just to have light. Here, irresponsible government is talking about exporting electric city for a country (Sudan) awash with petroleum. This is equivalent to selling your dinner just to get money to watch movie. Ethiopia should rather satisfy its need in the first place and reduce deforestation caused by acute need for energy and supply domestic investors with reasonable price to be creative and productive. EPRDF is just having silly calculation of fending dissent from neighbouring countries by using electricity as a bargaining chip.
In practice, you can't manipulate Djibouti via electricity, since it holds more powerful bargaining chip - port. Like wise Sudan is too rich to be influenced by cutting off electricity - since it can pump oil as much as it needs.
The shortest way for EPRDF to be respected is to work for Ethiopia and to be accountable to the people. Time will tell if a project sidelining its own people is sustainable. They have to put 24/7 security at each grid posts. Perhaps Ethiopia will loose more paying compensation for damages to foreign users.
I am so much worried by the pattern that our land, our sisters, brothers, etc, sold to foreigners, our age old faith is rooted out by foreign religion (Orthodox and Islam) then what is the meaning of being an Ethiopian citizen? It is not so different as they are denying our nationality. What are we waiting for? I am truly angry and won't hesitate volunteering to redem my country as of now like my forefathers do. Do you join to liberate our country?
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 01:22

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msg Comment from: Jordan [Visitor]
....Just tell us once when you done. zem belachehu atadenkurun!!!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 01:35

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msg Comment from: mesfin [Visitor]
i heard this news 5yrs a go but it
not yet true will not true
they give hope
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 01:43

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msg Comment from: AGB [Visitor]
Nice to hear this but the export will only start paying the loan until the return is completed. Attention has to be given to fulfill the local demand and above all,the development of such infrastructures has to improve the standard of living of the people.
Presently, 90% of our population is poor and this figure will change only if we have good governance in the country.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 02:24

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msg Comment from: visitor [Visitor]

Sell electricity. Invest the money on more hydropower plants. Soon we will be self suffiecient. No need to beg money from multi national corporations.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 02:34

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msg Comment from: CNN [Visitor]
:p

When r ethiopian is going to export electricity to eritrea !!!

Nazret.com how money times ur going run this story? This is old news.

Long live ethiopia
Short live eritrea

PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 02:49

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msg Comment from: Chala [Visitor]
Samsom,dedeb atihun...
September is next year in ethiopia. so export to sudan on september means next year in eth ... gebicho
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 03:37

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msg Comment from: esayas [Visitor]
will the greatest thing yet to come we are new the leader of east Africa in economy health and life standard our economy is growing 11% --- from 1939 to 2006 lass economy than Kenya by 58% new ethiopia is 17% more than Kenya economy in 1986 if our economy divided to every single Ethiopian we used to have $4.266usd new $168.465usd ( world economy monitor) our life standard in 1998 was 47y new we are 59y (world health organization) we are the the third fastest grown nation in Africa(world bank) we are the leading nation from 36 Africa countries with more paved rode 31% educational faculty's (elementary,high school college) 16% and health (clinic,hospitals) 8% and the biggest and proud our national defence is we are in 4th place in Africa ( European union development inactive to africa) in and we are the leading electrical power suppler in east africa soon so we are proud and happy for the hard working Ethiopians and the government that do the right job god blessed our nation
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 03:56

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msg Comment from: Wachemo [Visitor]
Suleiman nassir,

R u ready to redeem your country from old and trash religions (Orthodox and Islam)? then that is good idea. But now the country is already redeemed when EPRDF controlled it. Everyone is free to choose whatever to worship. it is not someone who choose what to worship for me. Your religion tied-up our people for centuries in the york of poverty. ENOUGH!!

Weren't Islam and Orthodox foreign religions long times ago? Were they started in Ethiopia? U poor need to know history!!!

your fathers were enemies of Ethiopia rather than redeemers, you have to know!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 03:59

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msg Comment from: Abdullah [Visitor]
Halafi Mengedi You are stupid and dont have any sense for your counrty what PM meles did exporting electricity to nigbouring country should makes you happy but you are just blaming Mr. Melses and his wife.

I think you are an enemy of your counrty dadab kenataga shabaia stupid neftame balage

Go and kiss Isias ass
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 04:06

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msg Comment from: M.J Tyson [Visitor]
This is diffidently meles's fault.

Ethiopia's time to shine.

...and to all you haters yours dreams will only remain in your dreams.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 04:26

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msg Comment from: c´moi senait [Visitor]
Suleman nasir.

you seem to have a MERKATO economy brain which does not go any where but stick to one place. Weyannes is my enemy nr. 1 but some times you have to see the two side of the coin to understand the current world econmy based on globalizasion which is a basic how poor countries like ethiopia can become the leading example of developing nation. I am in full support not to weyannes self mad govt. but to ethiopia electricity co. who are doing this great Job.
30 years ago Malaisia was a poor nation with NO resources at all but with GOOD govt. they managed to become the rich and advanced nation of the world in every sector. Ethiopia will be in the same stage if We have a GOOD govt. but not now with thousends Beggers org. invading us with weyannes in power.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 04:34

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msg Comment from: T.g [Visitor]
A bunch of doma rass hulu, Ethiopia does't & will not have enough elecricity to consume let alone to export , offcourse that country have excess TPLF thugs to export, dream injera eat anbeta.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 04:36

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msg Comment from: leamlak [Visitor]
It is a good news.but make sure that the people of ethiopia get enough power .
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 04:42

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msg Comment from: YASSIN [Visitor]
that is strange for fault finders and surprise for this great people.
great news we proud of ethiopia and it's leaders EPRDF
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 04:48

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msg Comment from: Hagos [Visitor]
Dinkem! 90 % of The poor Ethiopians have no basic electricity yet and the weyanes transmit to the neigbours to collect dollar money. Mejmeria yerashn kit treg you dedeb Meles
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 05:18

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msg Comment from: Geleta [Visitor]
that's good news but why they don't solve our elctricity problem instead of celling to the neighbouring countries? that's ofencive
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 05:52

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msg Comment from: Alula [Visitor]
LET US FOCUS IN VARIOUS WAY TO ELIMINATE POVERTY OUT ON BEING RESPONSIBLE TOWARDS NOT ONLY MAKIG MONEY,BUT ALSO SOCIAL OR COMMON UNDERSTANDING WITH IN OUR NATION IN ORDER TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICAL GROWTH AND OTHERS BASED ON MUTUAL RESPECT,THEN WE WILL KEEP SEE THE DIFFERENCE SOMTHING POSETIVE.GOD BLESS ETH.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 07:46

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msg Comment from: Jajo [Visitor]
I do not think the majority of the bare footed poor in Ethiopia have enough power to light even in the evenings. The interim government is full of ambitions for the pockets of big eaters. They always make sure to increase their revenue for their pockets. Let us first change our attitude; our resources should go for the majority who are poor!! I am sure MoF will not control the income after these exports!!!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 07:47

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msg Comment from: teshome [Visitor]
How much was the loan from world bank and others? what is the payment rate? what is the operation & maintainance cost? what is the expected net revenue?
The news published by Nazret is simply garbage without information on those questions. It doesn't tell anything.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 07:51

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msg Comment from: Tokichaw! [Visitor]
Neke beltenal! Wore bicha! I heard this news for the last seven years, but we have never seen a completed functioning project yet and they try to fool us once again. Every year I go home I see more and more sever rolling blackouts. We trust what we see and experience, not what they tell us!!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 07:53

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msg Comment from: clapton [Visitor]
It is all very Good news for Ethiopia .As long as EFFORT or GUNA doesn’t make a billions out of it. No party owned company should participate in any of the development program in Ethiopia. All contract or sub-contracts should be given to the ordinary Ethiopian private company or to Ethiopian Government .Otherwise this billions dollar of investment will end up enriching EFFORT. So we have to be very careful when we talk about development, development, and development. We should question our self, who is benefiting from it? We got to make sure it’s not party owned company benefiting.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 07:54

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msg Comment from: keffa bonga [Visitor]
how is the ethiopians live in darkens this blood sucker meles sale the power to other countery what can tell u about this money hungery killer
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 08:10

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msg Comment from: Shalom [Visitor]
Hurrey! Now is the rebirth of Ethiopia. Renaissance to the ancient country!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 08:12

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msg Comment from: PBT [Visitor]
Go EEPCo...there is a demand for more power even here in South Africa, Africa's economic power house.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 08:26

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msg Comment from: sami1 [Visitor]
I am happy that the country is doing well and I could give little credit for having the courage of going forward with building and hydro and road. But it is better if we have democracy , accountability, fairness along he way so that we will know where the money goies and have equal opportunity to all.

I love my country and I love her from south to north east to west right to the boarder, but the way we are lead we may have issue not too long from now then all these progress will go on hold or destroyed which is sad!

History will repeat when leaders ignor signe of frustration. When you develope only the capital city it is not good eihter and I see l lot of frustration from the rural.

One day either Meles will weak up or some one will change the corse of equality!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 08:43

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msg Comment from: zelalemt [Visitor]
well done! There is lots of good news too come out.we just need work hard instead of complaining.i was in Addis my self a month ago and i witnessed the radical growth the country is showing.once again VIVA ETHIOPIA!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 09:03

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msg Comment from: Taye [Visitor]
This is funny!!! More than 85% of Ethiopians do not have electricity!!! Exporting to Meles's butt watchers!!! No matter how long the night is, the day will come!!!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 09:38

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msg Comment from: Bobi [Visitor]
Is Addis Ababa residents start to get 24hrs electricity yet? How do you export Electricity without satesfying the domestic demand. This is the problem with you donkeys!! The Ethiopin people coldn't afford to eat meat i.e. the demand is much higher than the supply and yet you exported meat to Arab countries; Teff is too expensive in the domestic market and yet you allowed to export baked injera in the U.S.A.; on and on and on...now Electricity!! What is wrong with you?? Don't you have independent economic acvisors??
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 10:05

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msg Comment from: bokovich [Visitor]
:):):):):):)as for me this is an seen project through the life of the countery Ato Meles and his squad are very strong to set proposal and put in reality with many pessimist ideal advocater while seround them.:crazy:in advance this all would have value through time to tell goverment bodies hard work,:oops:again for my self it is enough to think bullshit and proscuite any body simply by poletical ajenda.every body need to join together work for poverty reduction as well boost our envolvement in the content at large.:roll:some times I got people worried for the old relegion engulf by outsiders,:crazy:advancment starts from their when we begin from the scratch.God send italy to advance as you remember we fight them by old rifle.B):>:roll::-/:)):no::lalala:>:XX
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 10:09

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msg Comment from: ankober [Visitor]
samson
taking a task to this magnitude is not as easy as working in a parking lot or driving a taxi.so many things can impede the working process.ethiopia is marching while you are still overwhelmed by negativity and pessimism.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 10:36

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msg Comment from: Shene Buta [Visitor]
At the current situation we don't need more than 1500 MW,which we already have the capacity to light owr citys.
God bless Ethiopia we are coming.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 11:16

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msg Comment from: keffa bonga [Visitor]
how killer meles sale the sale the power to other countery all ethiopians live in dakens
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 11:43

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msg Comment from: neger [Visitor]
Yasiquamitachiu ete !!
what a weared report
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 11:51

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msg Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
People who cry when they hear good news coming from Ethiopia, but jump up and down in joy when they hear disaster happening back home, are only sick and abnormal people who are possesd by the devil.
There is no cure for this kind of people,except burn them and bury their ashes deep down thousands of miles beneath earth.
It is normal not to like Ethiopia or her people. Why do you have to cry when ever we make some progress? And enjoy when we make a small mistake? Envy is a silent killer. One of these days you will drop dead.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 12:06

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msg Comment from: TEDDY [Visitor]
Just In Sooner Out ,why you guys are swallowing naked lies ?Of course there's NOTHING been done till now but pure and baseless propagandas .As you said if the lines are alresdy done ,electricity power must start begining now but not next year why not in :))2015 :))just before the next election and the coronation of the Crime Minister .
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 13:32

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msg Comment from: Gifa Belew [Visitor]
We think and I believe that Eritreans are Ethiopians and they should benefit from this electric power export so we should have transmission lines to Eritrea too. The old ones are already used up Esayses to tie people.

Sooooooo...
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 13:41

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msg Comment from: Daniel [Visitor]
Comment from: LION [Visitor]

“Does the transmission line go through Eritrea territory? I am just curious because if it does then something is wrong with Ethiopian leaders. poor Eritrea is not to make peace yet. Alots of Eritreans are taking an Ethiopian identity card to live and reject being Eritrean these days.”




Is that what your uncle MZ is trying to convince you?

No Eritrean wants to be Ethiopian, we are happy being who we are. The above news has nothing to do with Eritrea yet the likes of you want to mention Eritrea and/or Eritreans in every thread. Sounds like you are bitter about Eritrea gaining its independence from Ethiopia. It has been 20 years, get over it.
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msg Comment from: Big Deal [Visitor]
LION,

there is a way to the Sudan other than by/through Eritrea.

You had better refer to world/African map again. I don't see the wisdom in exporting soemthing before satisfying domestic consumption. So much for scolding farmers for selling butter and buying cooking oil. With the money they earn from exporting electricity to neighbors, TPLF will buy kerosene/nech gas/ and distribute it among farmers so that they burn KURAZ ....See how ridiculous it sounds?
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 13:46

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msg Comment from: clapton [Visitor]
It is all very Good news for Ethiopia .As long as EFFORT or GUNA doesn’t make billions out of it. No party owned company should participate in any of the development program in Ethiopia. All contracts or sub-contracts should be given to the ordinary Ethiopian private companies or to Ethiopian Government .Otherwise this billions dollar of investment will end up enriching EFFORT. So we have to be very careful when we talk about development, development, and development. We should question our self, who is benefiting from it? We got to make sure that it’s not party owned company that is benefiting in the name development. “Thank You Very Much”.

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msg Comment from: abadula99 [Visitor]
It is a positive development which will make all of us. In addition to exporting, the government should make sure the supply within the country is sufficently and without any interruption getting sustained power supply. This will have a major impact on investment and all those yearn to go back home and contribute to the development. I wonder what the BBC journalist is going to comment about it!
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msg Comment from: alex [Visitor]
wow great job.:D:D
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 14:20

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msg Comment from: axsum [Visitor]
Great news thanks God that means if ethiopian is start to export electric power that is good to build other hydro dams in the country by that money because ethiopia has many rivers so we can build a lot of dams and atlease the country will have income god bless ETHIOPIA AND THE LEADERS.
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msg Comment from: Tefera [Visitor]
suleiman and friends,
how do you propose ethiopia to pay all this billions of dollars invested on these and future power projects unless it manages to export some electricity in exchange for dollar. i am politely asking you this giving you the benfit of the doubt that you are not against the idea or the plan for simple politics or silly ethnic reason.
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 14:48

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msg Comment from: TZ [Visitor]
hey Samson..September is next year in E.C...
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 15:24

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msg Comment from: clapton [Visitor]
It is all very Good news for Ethiopia .As long as EFFORT or GUNA doesn’t make billions out of it. No party owned company should participate in any of the development program in Ethiopia. All contracts or sub-contracts should be given to the ordinary Ethiopian private companies or to Ethiopian Government .Otherwise this billions dollar of investment will end up enriching EFFORT. So we have to be very careful when we talk about development, development, and development. We should question our self, who is benefiting from it? We got to make sure that it’s not party owned company that is benefiting in the name development. “Thank You Very Much”.

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msg Comment from: WHATEVER [Visitor]
@SULEIMAN NASSIR

Brother, u just said alot of what I was thinking! I wish more people had your insight and good common sense. When will the Ethiopian people start benefitting from all these various projects, it would appear to me that the people who run the country are the only ones living well? Its a damn shame to watch electricity be exported from Ethiopia, while most of its people sit in the dark?
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msg Comment from: Halafi Mengedi [Visitor]
Abdullah,

You must be one of the looter cadres Ye Meles CHIN GERED who says and do anything to feed his stomach. Exporting power is an ideal for Ethiopia to earn hard currency in order to expand its Dam construction with out any string by foreign banks and Egypt Lobbyists but the equation is should we give priorities to our citizens in need of electric power to their house and for cooking their foods in order to relief the cutting of trees for charcoal and let our landscapes cover green and limit the rapidly expansion of dissertation in Ethiopia specially Tigray, Wollo and Gonder regions. Prioritize the power to demotic at the present time has a lot of advantage for the country developments in short and long term effects. Every decision Meles makes is how he can exploit the situation to his advantage for his survival in power not what is the best solution for the country.

One thing everyone should remember is there is no independent AUDITORS who can monitor the hard currency revenue Ethiopia will generate from Sudan, Djibouti and Kenya and whether the money is coming back to Ethiopia and invested in other projects or used for the public good at large. Meles and his wife Azeb are known to all Ethiopians that they are professional looters and heartless people who have strong tie with the Sudan corrupt and criminal Government and Meles has the absolute power to order all the money Ethiopia is generating from the power to his bank accounts as he is doing all the mineral resources indirectly by contracting out to Al Moudi the Saudi billionaire

If Meles can steal money from the dying of Tigrayans in 1984 the great starvation, definitely Meles will loot most of the money Ethiopia exports power today and in the future.
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msg Comment from: yoni [Visitor]
why do we involve eritrean in everting can you please someone answer me
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msg Comment from: Halafi Mengedi [Visitor]
esayas,

Yet the Tigray farmers and most of the residents outside Mekele are in the hand of RED CROSS HUMANITERIAN AGENCIES for the last 20 years. Have you been in Tigray woredas what the people look like today??? If there was 11% growth and inflation is single digit as the Meles propaganda, why is one Kuntal Teff price is about $5000 Birr??? What is the price of one sheep/Lam or oxen today???

The 11 to 15% growth year after year is for the cadres who are protecting Meles and Azeb. The standard of living for the ordinary people of Ethiopia through out Woredas are the same as 20 years ago when Meles arrived at Bole Airport from London after he sold the country he was ready to lead. The Villas in Addis Ababa, Bahridar, Mekele and other places belongs to the looters cadres and Generals, security communities and high position office holders in the country. You need to drink HABI (KOSO) if it wakes you up to see what is going on in the country today.
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msg Comment from: Agamino [Visitor]
ESAT,Hate TV OFFFFFFFFF AIR once again!!!:D








PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 21:27

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msg Comment from: justin [Visitor]
Chala,

"Samsom,dedeb atihun...
September is next year in ethiopia. so export to sudan on september means next year in eth ... gebicho"

I believe you are mistaken. I don't think Ferengie is writing his article using the Ethiopian calander. Ferengie always writes with the Anglo-Saxen calander. There is also more mistake than the export date for Sudan too in this article. This Ferengie says also Ethiopia will export to Kenya next year. No one from the Ethiopian side said that. Tramsmission line to Kenya won't even be completed, at least, until 2013.

ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ትኑር
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 22:45

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msg Comment from: zemen [Visitor]
So ironic, Ethiopia importing power, yet the citizens are suffering due to rationing of electric power not to mention the millions more that have NEVER had power in their lives, although I am happy about the news and excited that Ethiopia is capable to do this I can't help but wonder who is caring about the citizens of the country.
I guess it's true what they say
Ethiopia yemoteleshe kerto yegedleshe belash or something like that....
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 23:02

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msg Comment from: Nolawi [Visitor]
Mr.lion, It is good news that Ethiopia will be exporting electricity soon to its neighboring countries. I don't see any problem if the electric transmission system is constructed along the delineated border, so that the people of Eritrea can benefit from the blessings Ethiopia has. Hey love overcomes hatred and the people of Eritrea will remain our cousins and neighbors for good. There is always hope, this year is much better than last year and Peace and good neighborliness will flourish.
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msg Comment from: Essence [Visitor]
imagen!!!! This is government joke light is by taking turns in Addis ወግወጉ ተይዞልኛል LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PermalinkPermalink 07/28/10 @ 23:55

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msg Comment from: Suleiman Nasir [Visitor]
I will not respond to die-hard Woyane loyalists but to Tefera.
Electricity is the backbone of any economic progress in this competitive world. Electricity serves as the lifeline of the provision of home electricity,manufacturing industries, agricultural mechanization, science and technology. You can't cope with the rest of the world unless you teach your children with modern equipments, laboratories, computers and so on which ultimately run by electricity. You can't have hospitals without electricity to nurture healthy citizens that builds the nation. You can't imagine an industry that produces competitive goods without electricity. You can't have clean water to grow your children safe and sound without electricity. You can't have doctors, engineers, scientists, lawyers, economists, entrepreneurs, etc, without the provision of electricity to schools and colleges. You can't have creative craftsman, artists, without electricity. You can't construct the buildings, infrastructures, without electricity.
In this volatile world domestic consumer is indispensable to have stable economic growth. Ethiopia is one of the poorest country having the weakest domestic consumer. Therefore, empowering domestic consumer makes sense in economics. Therefore, how do you improve the purchasing capacity of citizens is the question at heart.
When citizens have access to electricity, they will buy electric appliances such as TV, computer, refrigerator, air-conditioner, washing machines, CD players, DVD players, electric shavers, heater, microwave ovens, toaster, coffee makers, etc. This demand encourage Enterprises to invest and upgrading manufacturing plants, open employment opportunities, generate more tax revenues, improve domestic technologies and even supply competitive gods on world markets.
When Ethiopians having unfettered access to electricity, it creates a chain effect that energize consumption, creativity and mass production power of the nation.
We never heard of a country selling electricity before satisfying its own need. This is ridiculous and ignorance at best. For your information, one automobile manufacturer, Peugeot uses more than the entire Ethiopian consumption of electricity. Imagine where we are.
In the name of development you can't simply waste the nations resources. I am not against developing electricity but who are entitled to use? What is the impact of such investment in the life of ordinary Ethiopians? Who are the beneficiaries? Corrupt politicians or Ethiopia!?
It is no secret that we have no the slightest confidence in the regime in power that betrayed the nation since its inception. Our patience is running out to sit idle and watch the resource of the country plundered by few aristocrats in the name of development.
In the first place no person with a right mind went to clean his neighbor's house while his own is filthy. There are over 7o million Ethiopians in the dark waiting to have their own light. Ignoring this fact will ignite frustration and revolt.
On top of the heinous case of land sell to foreigners if EPRDF is continue to sell the country's resource, mark my words, the country is smoldering on fire beneath the surface of so called development. EPRDF is crossing the red line and a time bomb is ticking. Divided Ethiopians will join hands to reclaim their nation.
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msg Comment from: Efort [Visitor]
There are many revolution groups against Weyane in all Ethiopia and this is easy target how they are going to export this.
PermalinkPermalink 07/29/10 @ 00:18

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msg Comment from: Somalilander [Visitor]
I dont see why Ethiopians should celebrate to fake news. We all know the truth. for a starter, Ethiopia has more black outs than Kenya, Sudan, Djibouti and even war torn Somalia.

98% of Ethiopians do not have access to electricity.

So exporting the little they produced in the latest dam shows Dictator Meles is only doing projects to profit his camp and not for the Ethiopians.

He tells his farmers grow khat not food because Somalis have money.

Export electricity because Ethiopians have no electronic items.

The result is food aid that never ends, infact Ethiopia gets more food aid than war torn Somalia who was at war for 20 years. It just shows Ethiopians are far behind in every field and whatever progress it makes its meaningless.

Go to Ethiopia then Hargeisa which has faster internet than most African states yet nor recognized and see how many times you get blackouts.

Peace
PermalinkPermalink 07/29/10 @ 01:22

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msg Comment from: aklilu [Visitor]
This might be the start of my dream day, a dream that some day I will be proud to say, "I am Ethiopian native". And say to my children, "You have Ethiopian Heritage"!!!!!!
PermalinkPermalink 07/29/10 @ 03:48

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msg Comment from: PBT [Visitor]
Keffa Bonga...
don't talk rubbish, using the name 'keffa bonga' a birth city of Kitaw Ejigu
PermalinkPermalink 07/29/10 @ 10:19

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msg Comment from: Tefera [Visitor]
sulleiman well, obviously you have thought about this way more than i did, but the bottom line is you borrow dollars to build a power project, you have to pay it back in dollar. so what you do is use some of it for dometic consumtion and if you have the market sell some of it to get hard currency and pay the loan. by doing that you move into more projects each project adding to the domestic grid as well as generating foreign currency for more power projects. it sounds like smart idea to me provided the market is there and considering the fact ethiopias industries are at their infant age to bring in the required hard currency. remember according to the study the country has tens of thousands mw potential and at the present provided all the projects are complete it should have extra power. so whats the problem if even it means that not every ethiopian gets electricity, for now.
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msg Comment from: belachew [Visitor]
i dont know where to start cant you guys give your comment with out using disgusting words?when are you gone have comments in a civil way? please grow up
PermalinkPermalink 07/29/10 @ 13:13

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msg Comment from: ZXAmiche [Visitor]
Utopian wanna-be "LION" comments:

"Does the transmission line go through Eritrea territory? I am just curious because if it does then something is wrong with Ethiopian leaders. poor Eritrea is not to make peace yet. Alots of Eritreans are taking an Ethiopian identity card to live and reject being Eritrean these days."

Retarded utopian. Eritrea has its own capacity to deliver its own electrical power needs, whether from HIrgigo, the area of Massawa where or tiny and primitive naval rebels destroyed your "lion" navy mercinary dream, or wind or solar power. And eritrea doesn't live in a pipe dream of exporting power lines where its infantile leaders rushed to set up without even feasible studies, and where it doesn't even cover the capital city's needs, let alone to deliver electrical service to the rular area, that of Eritrea.

And no decent Eritrean would like to be a new poster child of Ethiopia. You, along with the UN Corporation, might have set up refugee camps, here and there, to sabotage our Warsai-Yikealo Marshal Plan, but you forgot that an Eritrean is an Eritrean, wherever he/she goes. And it shows! Eritrean simply means defiance, a built in nationalism to be who you are, an identity based on Martyrdom and just cause. Anything you and your sponsors devised, it turned out against your predictions and wishes.

Idiotic utopian, stop your Woyane Daydreaming. The next time you have an issue of Ethiopia, stick with the topic. Eritrea is Eritrea, no matter how you attempted and hired to slice it.

Iyareru mesak !
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msg Comment from: yoni [Visitor]

Admin

Can u tell the Eri Cadre impostering me???

We need Arizona style immigration law for Shabiya idiots on this site.

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msg Comment from: Dallas [Visitor]
Tokichaw, if you are easly fulled or lied to, you must be stupid. You may go to hell with those who posted negative comments.

Gabito?
PermalinkPermalink 07/30/10 @ 07:08

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msg Comment from: Dallas [Visitor]
Mr. Sami1,
I respect your comment to some extent. However, we do not eat democracy, accountability, fairness...etc. As long as we are strong economically, all the things you mentioned will follow easly; better yet, The EPRDF government is carrying out both the development and Dmocracy, accountablity fairness...simultaneously.

Long live Ethiopia
Long live the Ethiopian people
Long live EPRDF
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msg Comment from: CNN [Visitor]
;D

@Yoni

Thanks for remind me I agree was u.
Not only we need the Arizona law on nazret.com for the eritreans.

We need the arizona law in ethiopia for the eritreans Deport them to sawa.
PermalinkPermalink 07/30/10 @ 10:48

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msg Comment from: david [Visitor]
ZXAMche here you are still loitering and sniffing ethiopian's ass:no::no: when r you gona start to practice what you write and be proud of who you are man:?::?:
PermalinkPermalink 07/30/10 @ 11:09

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msg Comment from: Suleiman Nasir [Visitor]
Dear Tefera,
I understand what you mean. If we borrow we have to pay. No question about it. But, remember we shouldn't borrow for the sake of paying or collecting dollars. In any economic abc hard currency is not basic requirement for development.
If so the oil rich countries would have been the leaders of world economy. Japan, dominate the world market because it develops indigenous technology than exporting fish (which is abundant).
Taiwan, Korea and Singapore never exported natural resource, but developing technology with local knowhow by focusing on education.
The industrial revolution that changed Europe is by developing domestic industry. Look, Uganda is selling electric power to Tanzania and Kenya for so many decades, but you know where it is now.
You should not bypass the moral dimension that poor Ethiopians desperately need to light their houses, to drink clean water, to have sanitation and to send their children to school.
It is immoral to trade Ethiopians for dollar. No country have ever developed by outsiders. The people are the the one who build the nation. Japan and Korea are good examples. 99.9% of the business are controlled by their own people. They plunder the fools resource in third world country but never let their own taken even under the rhetoric of globalization.
I remember a Geologist friend of mine a few decades ago that I proposed to him why not Ethiopia send its students to learn mining so that we extract it by ourselves. To my surprise he told me its cheaper to buy fuel than to extract. Look he is geologist, I mean professional about minerals. I understand his problems are - since he is a generation growing in AYER BAYER NIGID. The problem of EPRDF is not far from this sickness. My friend we may have difference in political views, but when the interest of our nation comes we should come to a constructive consensus. Why developed countries are different from us is because they safeguard their resources and plunder others. Why the US has to keep its oil and buy in billions dollars in middle East?
As I have explained in the previous piece, development is not all about paying credit or sustaining by selling resources. It is all about creating condition to encourage vibrant domestic entrepreneurship middle class society that will no longer be influenced by external pressures. Therefore, Ethiopia should not focus on tonight dinner but for the fate of its grand grand children. It is true that the guys on the helm of power are devoid of that vision. They have no caliber to see beyond their stomach. At any cost the nation needs a visionary who thinks for the next 500 years. No question about it, a brain from DEDEBIT is too little to handle 80 million strong people destiny.
Good day.
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msg Comment from: addis zemen [Visitor]
Zxamiche,..

When you said an Erutrean is an Eritrean where ever she/he goes,bla bla bla...
Is this Eritrean style Zionizm?
How about when you said,no servitude. Does that mean Eri style pan-handling by bending over around all arab countries?
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