As you come in take a board pen and write one word (on the flip chart) that comes to your mind when you

think of Ethiopia

Enterprise and Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Upper Awash valley

Bahir Dar

Addis Ababa

http://www.africajuice.com/

http://www.solerebels.com/

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/philanthropy/enterprise-development-programme/follow-the-honey

http://www.dutch-creations.nl/en/grower/9424/Sher-Ethiopia-Plc.html

Websites for the enterprises

Your taskYou need to find out about a variety of enterprises currently underway in

Ethiopia, in order to make a short report ‘to camera’ about progress in

EthiopiaYour news report is titled

‘Closing the Development Gap in Ethiopia’

Your task

Visit 4 tables to find out about Enterprises and Entrepreneurs in Ethiopia.

You have a data capture sheet to enable you to record key information about each project, try and research 3 or 4 different projects.

If you need to check your answers each station has a support document.

Your taskWork in pairs to practise and record a 1 minute report for the BBC news (they are doing a special report on development in Ethiopia.)

Use your research and the information on ‘Progress in Ethiopia’You might like to scribe 3 questions and prepare your answers. (use the report outline sheet)Use one of the Sony cameras to record your report.

Statistics for Ethiopia 2013Indicator 2000 2014

Growth rate 2.9% 2.6%

Birth rate 43.6/1000 34.1/1000 (2011)

Children out of primary school

6.342 million 2.389 million (2010)

Literacy 29% 39%

GNI PPP $460 $1,300

GDP growth rate 6% 7%

Exports $1.9 bn (2005) $5.99 bn (2012)

Life expectancy 52.2 62.3 (2011)

Figures : World data bank

What progress has been made in Ethiopia in the last 2 decades?

“The country is no longer paralyzed by the complexity of the challenges” Bill Gates

60% Reduction in children dying between the late 80’s and today.On it’s way to meet most of the MDG’s by 2015.In the last decade or so, Ethiopia’s economic growth has been among the best performing in the world in large part due to better policies, increased productivity, and an increase of Foreign Direct Investing (FDI).

As you leave take a board pen and write one word (on the flip chart) that comes to your mind when you

think of Ethiopia