Robert Sterling Free speech maximalists are oddly quiet when someone in a hijab gets arrested (without a warrant or charges filed) for an op-ed. Constitutional maximalists are oddly quiet when ICE violates her 5th Amendment.

Fire in Allston? Only In Boston

Closing the financing gap requires investment & sovereign credit rating is critical for #Africa’s dev. #Japan believes objective assessment of #Africa’s credit worthiness will improve the continent’s access to cheaper credits. 🗣️ Mori Takatoshi Japanese Mission UN at our dialogue.

Take note Ethiopian Airlines

The startup ecosystem in Ethiopia is serving the wrong types of startups. More support is needed for entrepreneurs in sectors that actually create jobs: manufacturing, agriculture, etc.

There have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies. The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents of both parties to 11 different district courts in 7 different circuits. Maybe it's not the judges?

When an African leader hints at a 3rd term, it's the end of democracy as we know it 😱—coups are justified, sanctions fly, op-eds write themselves. But when there's chatter about a U.S. President maybe considering a 3rd mandate... it’s just a “national conversation” 🇺🇸🧐

Manufacturing is more than just factory-based production like assembly and making components. It's also about design, R&D, marketing, and retail. One of the most challenging aspects of economic development is to break into these latter segments of global value chains.

First, goods shipped duty  free under the de minimus program are now nearly 50% of all air freight from China, and have kept the price of air freight quite high for the better part of the last few years.

10% tariff on Ethiopia goods. Won’t encourage a single person to buy American coffee beans. Simply a tax on consumers.

It is unfortunate that #agriculture is one of the least financed sectors (about 6%) in Africa despite contributing a third of its GDP & employing over 60% of the labor force. Can setting up agricultural bank solve this problem sustainably?

It's easy to say "well then stop cheap imports." But I don't think Americans are returning back to those prices. In early 1960s, US households spent 12% of their income on apparel (or $4,157 in today's dollars). In 2016, it was 4% (or $1,803). And that's with larger wardrobes!

There’s no reason #Ethiopia can’t take this approach. No need to race to the bottom of value chains.

Ironically because of all the new tariffs it is now way cheaper to make our chocolate bars we sell globally NOT in America because other countries don’t have a 20%+ tariff on our cogs 😅

Would definitely recommended Katerina Dimitratos for those looking for executive support

Well how about that…

Ethiopia currently has a population of approximately 130 million, with about one-fourth living in urban areas. However, the country is undergoing rapid urbanization driven by both rural-to-urban migration and natural population growth. Looking ahead, projections for the next 50