West Hararghe, Chiro Town, Oromia
CARE Ethiopia
Objective: The Account Analyst is responsible for preparing journal entries and payment vouchers, processing financial transactions, entering data into the computer, making reconciliation, preparing reports. She/he also verifies all source documents for proper approval and documentation. Responsibilities and TasksVerifies and ensures that required documentation and authorization is presented before effecting payments and encoding data into the system;Prepares journal entries for prepaid monthly amortizations such as rents, fuel and other prepayments;Prepares entries for intra-company and other cross charging;Prepares cash transfer letters;Prepares journal entries for accruals, cash collections, transfers, correction, adjustments, and Petty Cash ReplenishmentEnters all financial data into computer;Generates Coding Slips for proper encoding.Reconciles bank accounts with books of accounts;Follows up/monitors and reconciles subsidiary ledgers; Prepares reconciliation and summaries of accounting activity;Prepares Income Information, Cross charging, Tax obligations and other reports;Prepares supporting documentations to be pouched;Files all financial documents and reports.Ensures the communication of finance policies and procedures within the organization, and with other stakeholdersEnsures the communication and documentation of lessons learned within the organisation, and with other stakeholders

Butajira, SNNPR
Green Way Farms PLC
Green Way Farms PLC, the Ethiopian production company for GreenPath Food (www.greenpathfood.com) is currently seeking a professional, high-performance individual to serve as Head of Operations - Ethiopia. This individual will have the unique opportunity to help shape the future of a young, environmentally and socially-conscious agribusiness in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s most promising economies. Ideal candidates have experience working in Ethiopia and the ability to successfully lead the company’s operations in Ethiopia as the company scales over the next 5 years, selling more than 15 times the current production annually with several hundred Partner Farmers.Background GreenPath Food is a specialty food company that produces and sources premium food products through a large network of smallholder Partner Farms. The company exports its premium, organic products to specialty retailers and wholesalers in the Europe and the Middle East. GreenPath currently operates one flagship Production Area with a team of 30+ staff and 120+ Partner Farmers in two hours southwest of Addis Ababa in the Southern Ethiopian Highlands. As a young, growing company, GreenPath is currently expanding to multiple new Production Areas, and also expects to grow into additional countries over the next 3-5 years, with an ultimate vision of becoming East Africa’s largest smallholder-grown food company. The senior staff at the organization are a group of highly talented professionals with experience in Ethiopian export, horticulture, and agricultural development sectors, as well as direct experience in the Ethiopian startup context. Each member of the team has a passion for improving the lives of smallholder farmers and increasing access to organically and sustainably grown, high-nutrition foods, and is committed to seeing GreenPath realize its core objectives. The company is also currently raising a significant round of investment which will provide the Head of Operations - Ethiopia with the resources that she/he will need to exponentially grow operations in Ethiopia over the next several years.

Addis Ababa, May 19, 2018 (FBC) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed has concluded his visit to the Middle East.

During his three day-trip to the region, the Premier visited the Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In Saudi Arabia, he met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salamn and held discussion on bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual concern.
Ethiopian Premier on the occasion reiterated the importance of protecting Ethiopians living in Saudi Arabia.
The two sides have agreed to strengthen the people-to-people ties and cooperation in agricultural and energy sectors.
In the UAE, the Ethiopian Premier conferred with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
The two sides discussed ways of boosting ties of friendship and cooperation and took a stock of an array of the latest regional and global issues of mutual concern.
They have also explored the prospects of bilateral cooperation across the economic, trade and investment fields in order to serve mutual interests.

Addis Ababa, May 21, 2018 (FBC) – Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed travelled to Dembi Dolo and Gambella regional state at the weekend as part of his national tour.

In Dembi Dolo, Oromia regional state, he inaugurated the Dembi Dolo University and Dembi Dolo airport.
The university has gone operational this Ethiopian academic year by enrolling 1,500 students, while Dembi Dolo airport will start operation today.
He also held discussion with representatives of residents of Dembi Dolo and Qelem Wollega areas and its environs.

On the same day, the Premier also traveled to the Gambella regional state, where he received a warm welcome upon arrival at the city of Gambella, the capital of the regional state.

He held discussion with residents of the regional states as well as responded to questions raised by participants.

Addis Ababa, May 21, 2018 (FBC) – Saudi Arabia has decided to give full compensation to parents of Mohammed Abdul Aziz Yahya.

Mohammed, now 16, was admitted to a hospital in Jeddah for a minor breathing problem in 2006 but paralyzed and remained in coma until now because of a botched medical operation.
During his visit to Saudi Arabia, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed raised Mohammed’s case to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salamn.
The Ethiopian Premier asked the Saudi government to give full compensation to the parents.
Following his request, the Saudi government agreed to give compensation to them.
Upon the wishes of his parents, Mohammed will return to Ethiopia to receive continued care.
All expenses will be covered by the Riyadh government.

Addis Ababa, May 21, 2018 (FBC) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, the election board announced.

According to the results announced by Tibisay Lucena, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), President Maduro obtained 5.8 million votes while his main opponent, Henri Falcon, collected a total of 1.8 million votes.
The turnout was 46.01 percent and the projection was at 48 percent, a total of 8.6 million Venezuelans voted, the CNE reported.
Maduro, an unpopular political heir to the late leftist President Hugo Chavez, hailed his win as a victory against "imperialism," but his main rival refused to recognise the result alleging irregularities.
The country's main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), had boycotted the election, while the two most popular opposition leaders, Henrique Capriles and Leopoldo Lopez, were barred from running in the vote.
Turnout in Sunday's vote was low compared to the 2013 presidential elections, which had witnessed above 80 percent voting.
Source: Aljazeera
Posted by Amare Asrat

Addis Ababa, May 21, 2018 (FBC) –Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed earlier today addressed residents of the city of Gambella and its environs gathered at the Gambella Stadium.

Speaking to the crowds, he said the rest of Ethiopians always remember the sacrifice paid by residents of the regional state for the sovereignty of the country.
After praising the residents for guarding boarder areas, the Premier pledged to provide the necessary support for their efforts.
He further called on the residents to maintain their commitment for the unity and sovereignty of the country.
Peace should prevail first in order to carry out development activities and expand investment in the region, he said, adding the federal government, in partnership with the regional state, will do to this end.
PM Dr Abiy further said the federal government will provide support for the protection of the UNESCO-registered forest protected areas of the regional state.
The Premier arrived in Gambella yesterday and held discussions with representatives of the residents.
In the discussion, the Premier said his government would do more to alleviate problems of good governance, infrastructure and unemployment in the regional state.
He also called on natives of the regional state to come to their country of origin from abroad and contribute their share for the development of the region.
The Premier has returned to Addis Ababa after concluding his stay in the regional state.

Addis Ababa, May 21, 2018 (FBC) –More than 1,000 Ethiopian prisoners freed by Saudi Arabia have returned home, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

About 1,085 prisoners have touched down on Ethiopian soil following the discussion held between Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salamn, said MoFA in a statement sent to FBC today.
The Ethiopian Premier visited Saudi Arabia last week.
The Ministry, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), transported the returnees to their families, the statement noted.
Recently, the government of Sudan released about 1,400 Ethiopian prisoners following the visit of the Premier to that country.
Crown Prince of UAE, Mohammed bin Salamn, has also agreed to free all Ethiopian prisoners.