Wageningen University (#WUR) campus seen from the Orion building

Green Scholars of Wollo University are in the top 5 of the Global Food System Challenge of #WUR and #NFP and moving to the next stage! Huge congrats to Yawkal and his team! #WolloUniversity #FoodSystems #Innovation

The #Netherlands is truly a 🚲 country

It was wonderful to visit sustainable #coffee production in southern Ethiopia to study the value chain from the shrub in Ethiopia to the cup in Europe. #valuechain #supplychain

The growth of export (of goods and services) of #African countries over the past several years #Africa #trade theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/growt…

ከቡግና/ወሎ የሚያሰቅቁ ፎቶወች (በተለይ የህፃናት) እየታዪ ነው እንዴት አይነት ጨቃኝ አገር ብትሆን ነው እንደገና እርሀብ በእዚህ ደረጃ ላይ እስኪደርስ ተደብቆ የቆየው (የአሜሪካ ኤምባሲ 'እያስተዋልነው ነው' እስኪል)...

This was the story of a visit with my two thesis students at Wageningen University to a coffee plantations and processing facilities in Ethiopia to study the Coffee Value Chain from the Shrub to the cup link.medium.com/b6bP1TvYGPb

Africa is building its own Monetary Union—think one strong financial powerhouse! A bold step for financial integration Read here ow.ly/BUZs50UZO15 #Ausummit #Agenda2063

We have secured a good outcome at this #AUSummit with the installation of the new leadership and we are consolidating the African Union towards unity and cooperation on the continent. #TheAfricaWeWant #BetterAfricaBetterWorld 🌍

A wake up call for Africa

The apparent cancellation of the #rail network project for northern #Ethiopia indeed defies logic. Even more bizarre is the destruction of the already built #Kombolcha-#Woldia/Hara section—to eventually extend to Mekelle—by TPLF rebels, whose home city is Mekelle.

The two popular Ethiopian traditional food ingredients, #shiro (spiced bean flour) and #berbere (chili powder with mixed spices), may contain >>100 ppb aflatoxins (EU limit: 10 ppb, FAO: 20 ppb). Long-term exposure to aflatoxins causes liver cancer. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC41…

Powerful words from Arikana Chihombori-Quao, a Zimbabwean & former #AU ambassador to the US, on the need for Africa to take stock of what it has, to win the battle of the mind, and to no longer go on "begging" int'l institutions and "donor" countries. aljazeera.com/program/the-bo…

A clear and decent explanation by Singaporean PM Lawrence Wong to his nation parliament (and to his people) on the impact of the ongoing #trade #tariff war and how his country is preparing to address the consequences... enlightening to listen youtu.be/c5GMKzJVQJM?si…

🚨#Ethiopia : Authorities must immediately engage in negotiations with striking healthcare professionals, release detained medics & end harassment. The strike, now in its 2nd week, has severely disrupted healthcare access nationwide. #EndImpunity shorturl.at/QBMVN

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Ethiopian Parliament approves 2025 national budget: english.news.cn/africa/2025061… Compare with the Netherlands' 2025 budget breakdown for context: rijksfinancien.nl/visuals/2025/b…

President Trump asked 5 African leaders for their minerals as soon as they sat down in the White House. They have oil, gold, iron ore, manganese, etcetera that the US needs. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye even dangled a golfing investment in his country

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A church in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (formerly part of East Germany) hoping for peace