Tobacco-fueled jets take off in South Africa
(CNN) The first commercial planes in Africa to use biofuels carried 300 passengers between Johannesburg and Cape Town on July 15.
Ethiopian Airlines to start manufacturing and supplying aircraft parts to Boeing, Airbus and other aerospace companies
Ethiopian Airlines will start aerospace manufacture in Ethiopia and supply aircraft parts to Boeing, Airbus and other aerospace companies, the airline said in statement.
To that effect, Ethiopian Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aerosud Group, a prominent South African aerospace manufacturing company aimed “at establishing a joint venture aerospace manufacturing company which will be based be based in Ethiopia.
The joint venture with Aerosud Group will contribute to the Ethiopian government’s five years’ Growth and Transformation Plan (GTPII) by establishing and developing a labor-intensive aerospace manufacturing industry.
Ethiopian Airlines is the fastest growing airline in Africa and hopes to prosper even more through the upcoming venture.
It is currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan called Vision 2025 aimed at making it the leading aviation group in Africa with seven business centers.
Source: TVC News
Read more »Owner of the world’s 2nd most popular torrent website KickassTorrents arrested in Poland
TThe world’s second most popular torrent website, Kickasstorrents, went offline after reports of alleged owner of a Kickass admin being arrested surfaced. The man allegedly presumed to be behind the world’s largest illegal torrent download site, KickassTorrents also known as KAT has been arrested in Poland. The Polish police arrested the 30-year-old Ukrainian at the request of the U.S. government and also seized funds from a Latvian bank account. In addition, a federal court in Chicago has ordered the seizure of several KAT domain names such as kickasstorrents.com, kastatic.com,
REPORT: WOMEN'S 3000M – IAAF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS BYDGOSZCZ 2016
Powered by a 61.9-second closing lap, Beyenu Degefa captured the women’s 3000m title, the first gold medal at these championships for Ethiopia.
Biding her time in the lead pack for most of the race as Germany’s Konstanze Klosterhalfen dictated the tempo, the 17-year-old didn’t move into the lead until just two strides before the bell sounded for the final lap.
Illustrating an impressive turn of speed, Degefa quickly built a gap that was never threatened, one she extended over the final 200 metres – which she covered in 30 seconds flat – en route to an 8:41.76 run, taking down in the process the 8:46.86 championship record held by China's Zhang Linli since 1992.
Read more »World must not forget about Ethiopia’s food crisis – former Olympic champion
Millions of Ethiopians in the grip of a severe hunger crisis are at risk of being forgotten by the international community and urgently need more aid to help them recover, former Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie said on Monday.
Despite recent rains, Ethiopia is still reeling from its worst drought in 50 years, and 10.2 million people – one-tenth of the population – need food aid, according to the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP).
“There’s a huge emergency here in Ethiopia and the world is at risk of forgetting what’s happening,” the long-distance runner said in a statement.
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