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Belachew Mekuria
@BelachewM
•Husband •Dad •#Ethiopian with passion & optimism •Distaste for ethnicised politics anywhere • Alumnus •SHU.EDU
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Understanding global investment towards renewable energy and climate financing has captured my interest thanks to the #AENCon23.
And also learning the opportunities Ethiopia 🇪🇹 offers needs a comprehensive investment pitching.
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Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was only a few meters from the finish line, but got confused with the signs and stopped, thinking he had finished the race. A Spanish man, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and, realizing what was going on, started shouting to the Kenyan to keep
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Namibian Actress, Leonora Jacobs, who starred in the popular 1988 movie, The Gods Must Be Crazy.
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With Xi Jinping’s recent announcement of the “Global Civilization Initiative” (全球文明倡议), there are at least 5 🇨🇳 initiatives aimed towards shaping the international order.
What are they?
How are they interrelated?
What does that mean for Xi Jinping’s third term?
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Interested in #RenewableEnergy investment opportunities in #Ethiopia & #Tanzania? Get your ticket for #AENCon23 from 25 to 26 April 2023 aen.finance/conference #EnergyTransition
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በፒርስ ሞርጋን ምክንያት ማን ዩናይትድን ለመደገፍ ይዳዳኛል… አልፎ አልፎ:-)
CC: @Fisseha_Tegegn
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Investment in #Africa may be growing, but the cumulate sum of global #renewableinvestment is still drastically low. See what we're doing about it: buff.ly/3WlyWvW
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2023 is shaping up to be a year of #AI breakthroughs, #tech innovations, and new frontiers. As we chart the path ahead, let's not forget the power of collaboration and collective intelligence. Here's to a year of growth, progress, and big ideas! #2023TechGoals
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+++አንድ መፈታት ያለበት የቤተ ክርስቲያን ችግር ሙያዊ አስተዳደሩን ከመንፈሳዊው አገልግሎት መለየት ነው:: መስቀል የሚያሳልሙን ንብረትና ገንዘብ እንዲያስተዳድሩ በመደረጉ ሥራም ፈተናም አብዝተንባቸዋል+++
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I get goosebumps every time I see this front page of #አዲሳድማስ
Those trips to ሃያ ሁለት office for a good 2 years holding a handwritten article and then the ritual of engaging in incessant conversations with Ato Assefa Gossaye remain engraved in my heart and mind💕
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#Addis እነሆ አዲስ አድማስ ጋዜጣ ከተመሠረተች 23 ዓመት ሞላት!!
ባልሳሳት ልክ እንደአሁኑ ገና እና ቅዳሜ ግጥምጥሞሽ ነው፣ የመጀመርያ እትሟ ለአንባቢያን የደረሰው፡፡
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'The Qn of why God created z world in z first place, since He could not suffer any lack or feel any need for anything else but was self-sufficient in His fullness & perfection...is answered by Aquinas: good has an innate tendency to expand, to create more good.'
Let's all be good
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#COP27 Highlight: Hon. Khamis Hamza Khamis expressed that #Tanzania looks forward to a fruitful relationship with AEN: "Together, we will bring our many investment-ready #renewableenergy projects over the finish line."
#renewablefinance #africanenergy #energy #investment
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Libya as the perfect epitome of NATO's legacy described by the incisive eloquence of no other than
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After 11th anniversary of #Gaddafi's death during #NATO's assault on #Libya - all in the name of freedom, democracy & human rights - we'd do well to remember what happened next: terror, death, lawlessness, rape, poverty, starvation. Libya riven by conflict. That's NATO's legacy.
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Don't mind the rhetoric and crocodile tears from MEPs about #Qatar2022 sportswashing. The reality is #EU is cosying up to #Qatar and overlooking human rights abuses out of convenience. If there was a #WorldCup for Hypocrisy we would walk away victors without a match being played.
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"How educated are we, Africans, about ourselves, about our own history!?"
A wonderful message worth listening to. Thank you for sharing
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Former President of S.Africa, Thabo Mbeki reminisces the glaring history of Ethiopians, hence Africans against the infamous" Scramble of Africa ". How Free are we all now is the question still not fully answered. youtu.be/UsKCapFpZPg
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Gabon Targets a Huge Payday With Carbon Credits - WSJ
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We are saying Amen, once more!How blessed we are! Thank God for today, for the Gift of Life. How easy to take things for granted as parents but with #CHD baby at home, I tell you it's different. Every milestone is a moment of celebration & #Thanksgiving. Amen! #9years
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As world leaders meet during #COP27, I urge them to remember the words shared with the United Nations:
"For preserving the earth isn't a battle too big to win, but a blessing too large to lose."
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More than a mantra, #FutureSmartUNDP is our benchmark for success.
🙏 to 500 participants who joined @JTHundp & me at the launch of 's #CrisisAcademy.
An engaging discussion w @JTHundp on #UNDPCrisisworkinaction. 👉undp.org/press-releases
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Join our launch event at #COP27 w/ H.E. Minister of Energy #Tanzania & H.E. Minister of Water & Energy #Ethiopia @ Side Event Room Khufu or via livestream at youtube.com/watch?v=ElT1FT #RenewableEnergy #ClimateFinance #ClimateTech
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#COP27 is in full swing with almost 20k participants arriving at the conference centre. African energy creation, distribution and financing is at the centre of the climate debate. #Africa #renewableenergy #Tanzania #Ghana
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Adesina: “We have faith in African youth entrepreneurs. We will set up youth entrepreneur investment bank that will invest in African youth run businesses” #AfricaCOP27 #COP27
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Attending #AfricaCOP27 event with President Adessina. “Africa has a can do spirit” and there are fantastic business opportunities for sustainability. #Africa
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#ClimateChange and #ExtremePoverty are inextricably linked — and it's time to start addressing them in unison. We are doing just that with a new program designed to bolster the #ClimateResilience of those most impacted by the #ClimateCrisis. Learn more at bomaproject.org/what-is-green-
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#COP27: #Tanzania’s President pitches USD18 billion plan for #EnergyTransition africa.com/cop27-tanzania
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The kind of slash and burn politics that we’re seeing right now, that doesn’t have to be who we are. We can be better – and your vote tomorrow will help us get there.
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በኢትዮጵያ ሙዚቃ ታሪክ አብሪ ኮከብ የነበረው አሊ ቢራ ዛሬ ጥቅምት 27 ቀን 2015 ዓም በሞት ተለይቷል። ይህን አንጋፋ የኦሮምኛና ሌሎች ቋንቋዎች ቋንቋ ድምፃዊ ዋዜማ እንዲህ ትዘክረዋለች bit.ly/3zNWPDv #AliBirra #obituary #Ethiopia
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"ሞት እንኳ ጨክኖ ወስዶ ከሚያስቀረው
ምነዋ አሊ ቢራን ዳግመኛ ቢፈጥረው"
A true legend has gone to his ancestors!RIP #AliBirra
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Powering Africa
"Happily, in much of the continent renewables are already cost-competitive with gas and coal. By 2030 they should be more so. Better and cheaper batteries could eventually help renewables cope more easily with peak demand."👇
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"For much of Africa the best way of adapting to a warming planet is to become rich enough to deal with its consequences. Denying Africans cheap and reliable power will make this task much harder, while doing almost nothing to curb global warming." economist.com/middle-east-an
"For much of Africa the best way of adapting to a warming planet is to become rich enough to deal with its consequences. Denying Africans cheap and reliable power will make this task much harder, while doing almost nothing to curb global warming."
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