2017 excel leadership award
Dr. Zerihun Abebe
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Dr. Zerihun Abebe was born in Tigray Region. He joined Addis Ababa University Medical Fuculty and graduated with Medical Doctor in 2004 G.C. Then, he served in Health Science College of Mekele University with different positions including as a dean of the col-lege.
Next, Dr. Zerihun Abebe went to Medical Fuculty of Addis Ababa University and studied Dermatology Resi-dence. Then, after serving at Mekele University as a dean of Health Science College for a few years, he transferred to St. Paulos Hospital Millennium Medical College, and now he is serving as a Provost.
Dr. Zerihun transformed St. Paulos Hospital Millennium Medical College from young institution to one of the biggest Medical Schools in the country. He led the es-tablishment of the first public hemodialysis center and rental transplant surgery unit. Dr. Zerihun transformed the college from also oversaw the construction of big cardiac and cancer center, transformed the college from medical education to 15 residency and 14 fellowship programs, attracted a lot of funding to the college to ad-vance research and international linkage, initiated the health center linkage and capacity building of catchment health centers, etc.
Based on the above mentioned performances, E.F.D.R.E Ministry of Health selected Dr. Zerihun Abebe for 2017 excel leadership award.

June 29, 2017 - Expansion work on Addis Ababa Bole International Airport is expected to be finished just in time for the 30th Ordinary Summit of the African Union starting January 2018, reports Xinhua.

Fully funded by China's Exim Bank, the 345-million-U.S.-dollar airport expansion project will increase its annual passenger handling capacity from the current 7 million to 22 million.

The project lying on 74,000 square meters is being constructed by China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC).

CCCC is also building an industrial park dedicated to producing construction materials 140 kms east of Addis Ababa and another one dedicated to textile and apparel sectors in Mekelle city, capital of Tigray regional state.

It is also constructing the 220-km Woldiya-Mekelle electrified rail project.

"Ethiopia aims to become a tourist destination and a favored destination for conferences but the current airport's capacity is overstretched, hosting sometimes 9 million passengers annually," said Hailu Lemu, Chief Engineer of Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE).

"Once the airport expansion project completed, I expect Addis Ababa Bole international Airport to be one of the busiest if not the busiest international airport in Africa," he stated

Source: Xinhua