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 by Johan Mengesha (Feb.15, 2007 | AfricanTribune.com)
Delivering solutions to everyday problems is what Ethiopian industrial designer Jomo Tariku, 38, of Springfield, VA. said has been the motto for his company.
Together with his childhood friend, Henock Kebede, 37, Tariku started Jomo Design back in December of 2000. Tariku took care of the creative part and Kebede handled the business aspects of the company. Unofficially, Tariku started making contemporary African furniture, which has become the signature product of the company, in his garage already in 1995. It has since then expanded and diversified into several other things such as web design, creating logos and computer rendering.
"We are a design solution company that happens to have our own line of furniture," Tariku said.
The whole idea of making contemporary African furniture came from Tariku's industrial deign thesis in his fifth year at the University of Kansas. In the thesis, Tariku argued that there is no such thing as a full line of African furniture. There may be different furniture designed by the same designer, but not from the same collection, Tariku said.
Little has changed since Tariku graduated and with the encouragement from Kebede, he started creating African stools, because it is something that is identifiable with Africa.
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NAIROBI, Feb. 13, 2007 (IPS/GIN by Stephanie Nieuwoudt) - Just a year after Jakaya Kikwete was elected president of Tanzania, his name was mentioned at the Africa Union (AU) summit in January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as the possible new chairperson of the AU.
In the end the job went to John Kufuor, president of Ghana, to celebrate that country's 50th year of independence. But the fact that Kikwete's name was mentioned made delegates take note of the progress Tanzania has made under his leadership - not least towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
''Kikwete is interested in working out the details of attaining the MDGs,'' says Bernard Olayo, health systems specialist at the MDG Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. The MDG Centre was set up by the United Nations (UN) to work with different countries to develop financial plans for the achievement of the MDGs.
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by Phiven Seifu, The Immigrant Magazine (Feb-Mar 2006) The "American Dream" is still a dream desired by many people who come to the United States from around the world. America has become more aware of the significance of Immigrants from all parts of the globe and their impact on every aspect of mainstream society. From radio to  television, sports to fashion, academia to the corporate world, immigrants have visibly influenced the American mainstream market. It is safe to say that immigrants and the businesses many have started make a tremendous contribution to the United States economy. Immigrants creating a variety of businesses around the U.S are on the rise and prevalent throughout the World Wide Web as well. Established in 2001, Africanmarket.com is one example of the inception of entrepreneurial immigrants in America entering the cyber world. Africanmarket.com is an e-commerce portal established with the primary objective of providing a direct outlet for African products, aspiring to eventually replace the likes of Amazon.com. food and beverage, complemented with gift delivery, travel and long distance telephone services. |
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ADDIS ABABA, 12 May 2005 (Addis Tribune) - When a group of interested people came together ten years ago to establish a private bank by the name of Awash International Bank (AIB) little did they realize that their bank would be the first private bank in post-1991 years to register uninterrupted profit.
According to the annual report 2004 released last Saturday at the 10th general meeting of shareholders for the year ended 31st December 2004 Awash International Bank made a net profit after tax of 34.7 million birr, which is higher than the profit made during the preceding year by 17.3 million birr. Earnings per share for the financial year stood at 279 birr, compared to 157 birr in 2003, showing a growth of about 78 percent.
This encouraging result, the report says, is attributable to an increase in the Bank’s aggregate income as well as a decrease in the level of provision for doubtful loans, advances and debts held during the year in comparison with the preceding year. The Bank opened three more branches and created 113 more jobs in 2004, raising the number of its branches to 32 and that of its employees to 1119.
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TECH Business | From Business in Africa
Cisco Systems executives will undertake a tour of five major African countries in March to provide its African business partners and customers with information on advanced networking technologies and how the technology can be used to assist companies across the region. Under the banner of the Cisco Innovation Tour, the series of events will see Cisco executives hold seminars in Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia.
“These events will address a broader audience comprising both existing Cisco resellers and potential prospects. Existing and potential resellers and end-users will get an in-depth update on how advanced networking technologies work together to create solutions for our customers,” says Anthony Vonsée, Cisco Systems general manager for sub-Saharan Africa. |
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