ITF is the International Taekwon-Do Federation, founded on March 22, 1966 in Seoul (south) Korea, by General Choi Hong Hi, who developed Taekwon-Do, to promote the teaching of this martial art.
At that time, nine countries were involved: Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, West Germany, USA, Turkey, Italy, and Egypt. Taekwon-Do is now taught in almost every country in the world, and General Choi is recognized as the Father of Taekwon-Do.
The mission of the ITF is to represent, promote, and work for the development of the practice of Taekwon-Do in all countries by coordinating and certifying Taekwon-Do activities such as competitions and seminars setting and enforcing high quality standards for technical and teaching identifying and collaborating with affiliated organizations, such as Continental Federations, National Associations, and Allied National Associations, providing assistance to local Taekwon-Do organizations Certification for Black Belt holders, international instructors and umpires.
Buildexpo Africa is the only show with the widest range of the latest technology in construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment. After 18 successful editions of Buildexpo in Kenya and Tanzania, East Africa’s largest building and construction fair now ventures into the Ethiopian market. The first edition of Buildexpo in Ethiopia will provide international business platform by enabling global investment opportunities.
Ethiopia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The country has been registering a double digit growth for the last twelve consecutive years. Located in the region of the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is the 2nd most populated country in Africa. Ethiopia’s construction sector has outgrown that of its neighbors. The construction sector will grow at an annual average growth of 18.6% and will be fueled by a swell in infrastructure investments in the region. Ethiopia has also several agreements that grant duty free access to many countries, including European countries and the USA. Business friendly climate, duty free access and competitive labour costs have successfully created new investments and employment opportunities. Ethiopia is also a member of COMESA which has an access to 20 African countries.
Buildexpo will bring you exhibitors from over 28 countries who are the finest in infrastructure development, with over hundreds of products, equipment and machinery on display.
Come, be a part of progress in Africa!
The format of the event is interactive with roundtable discussions and case studies from leading healthcare CIOs, as well as healthcare entrepreneurs and government functionaries, all sharing their experiences on what works and what does not.
Who should attend?
The 5th International Conference of AAAE will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23 – 26 September 2016 under the theme “Transforming Smallholder Agriculture in Africa: The Role of Policy and Governance”. The choice of theme has been motivated by the fact that the renewed efforts by most African governments in recent times to commit to supporting agriculture in order to reduce poverty and increase wealth among smallholder farmers are being hindered by a number of challenges not least how effectively to implement sound evidence-based policy reforms within vibrant complex political economies. African governments are aware of the evidence suggesting that GDP growth originating in agriculture is about four times more effective in reducing poverty than GDP growth of other sectors hence their efforts to forge agricultural transformation.
The conference will attract the participation of agricultural economists from academia, industry, government, non-governmental organizations, and the farming communities. These are people who drive policy prescriptions and implementation in their various countries. Many of the African countries to be represented at this conference subscribe to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), whose overall goal is to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty through agricultural transformation. The countries, in their development blueprints have adopted the four CAADP pillars which include extending the area under sustainable land management, improving rural infrastructure and trade-related capacities for market access, increasing food supply and reducing hunger, and increasing spending on agricultural research, technology dissemination and adoption.
The conference is expected to attract about 450 – 500 delegates from around the world.
International Coffee Day!
Celebrate #InternationalCoffeeDay in the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia!
Learn how to taste coffee like a professional, learn interesting facts about coffee brewing and roasting and stand a chance to win some coffee and handmade Ethiopian leather goods sponsored by Mela. Bring your friends and be prepared to learn more about the wonderful and magical world of coffee!
Global Gathering – Addis Ababa
Host: Tesfay Tsegay soultess4t@yahoo.co.uk
AWRA DORO feat. Kuku Sebsebe
We’re finally back and eager to invite you all again to AWRA DORO after a two month break. To swing a new start we’ve invited all four resident DJs to play this night. All are bringing vinyl records of various kinds to share their unique love of music. Come out early from 7pm for dinner and soothing sounds of Jazz, Soul, African Folk, Gospel, American Funk, Roots Reggae and Rocksteady and much much more.
Slowly we’ll trancend into good old and some newer Ethiopian music to warm up for the KUKU SEBSEBE concert inside! KUKU SEBSEBE is a legendary singer within Ethiopian popular music starting from late 70s until this day. She’s a real unique entertainer, first famous for playing alongside with Alemayehu Eshete. She released a new album a year back or so and is now again performing on special requests. VillaVerde is organizing the hour long concert inside from 10pm while the DJs will keep on playing outside.
After the concert the DJs will play music to make you move such as Oldschool HipHop, African House, Disco and many other movefriendly underground delights. The resident DJs who’ll be sharing the decks are: Tinnish & Tillik, Rafe and Mitmitta.
There will be wicked visuals on the wall by H, new dancing lights for the outside and a sound only to long for.
Cheap beers, drinks and food all night!
Future-Sat Africa is Extensia’s inaugural satellite summit in partnership with the Global VSAT Forum. Future-Sat Africa 2016 will focus on satellite playing an essential role in Africa’s future digital communications strategy and how it integrates with the continent’s wider communications mix.
Attendees will include Policy Makers, Regulators and Major ICT End Users from the Military, Oil and Gas, Education, Telecoms and other sectors, across Africa together with a select number of Satellite and Wireless service and infrastructure solution providers, brokers, vendors, consultants and investors who can support key business requirements.
AFRICA IS CONNECTED!
BUT 688.7 MILLION PEOPLE STILL LIVE BEYOND 10KM REACH OF A FIBRE NODE
Source – CTO 2012
Future-Sat Africa is Extensia’s inaugural satellite summit in partnership with the Global VSAT Forum. Future-Sat Africa 2016 will focus on satellite playing an essential role in Africa’s future digital communications strategy and how it integrates with the continent’s wider communications mix.
Attendees will include Policy Makers, Regulators and Major ICT End Users from the Military, Oil and Gas, Education, Telecoms and other sectors, across Africa together with a select number of Satellite and Wireless service and infrastructure solution providers, brokers, vendors, consultants and investors who can support key business requirements.
Oktoberfest – The Social Event of the Year
Come and join our traditional Oktoberfest with live music, classical Bavarian delicacies and free flow of beer – the true Oktoberfest atmosphere at Hilton Addis Ababa.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
– Friday and Saturday ETB 800 per adult, doors open at 19:00
– Family Sunday ETB 400 per child, doors open at 16:00 – Kids’ face painting and a lot more fun activities for the young ones.
– Special package: room + tickets + breakfast for two= ETB3400
Funky Fundraising Planet Saving Event
Join us for an eventful and informative Saturday out in the sun – excitement for young and young-ish guaranteed!
HIGHLIGHTS:
*Find out about our ambitious project – and how to get involved!
*Discuss environmental protection with GASH ABERA MOLLA!
*Learn about interesting environmental initiatives in Addis Ababa!
*Rola bola, diablo, hat juggling, hula hoops with FEKAT CIRCUS!
*Yoga & Pilates – different styles for your own rhythm!
*Capoeira – for adults and children!
*DJ MITMITTA on the decks at night!
TICKETS
Combined ticket (day and night): ETB 500
Night ticket (excluding day events): ETB 300
Family discounts
Your combined ticket gets you:
*Access to all events during the day!
*Access to the program at night with DJ Mitmitta!
*Free pizza and snacks (first come, first serve)!
*First water during the day and first beer/wine at night (first come, first serve) free!
*Second beer: ETB 20/wine: ETB50
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At Mamma Mia, with your next Telalaki delivery or at Donato’s pilates and yoga classes!
Event sponsored by Ambo, Castel Winery, and St. George.
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See you October 8!
Cold season is upon us so u know wat that means CUFFIN SEASON baby, time to call ur ex n make up or find urself a new patna. Winter is coming.
Addis Ababa Social Badminton Tournament
AFRICAN FILM WEEK
The Goethe-Institut, together with the German Embassy and the African Union, present an African Film Week from 10th till 15th October 2016 at the Goethe-Institut. A selection of eight feature films from Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mauretania, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia reflects the diversity of African cinema. All films have gained national and/or international recognition through awards and festival invitations in the last years and represent excellent filmmaking from their respective countries.
Welcome to the African Film Week – welcome to the Goethe-Institut!
FREE ENTRANCE
more information: www.goethe.de/addis
SCREENING SCHEDULE
Date and time Film
Monday 10 Oct, 6.30pm Lamb (Ethiopia, 2015)
Tuesday 11 Oct, 6.30pm Run (Côte d’Ivoire, 2014)
Wednesday 12 Oct, 6.30pm Viva Riva! (DRC, 2010)
Thursday 13 Oct, 6.30pm Timbuktu (Mauretania, 2015)
Friday 14 Oct
– 5pm Under the Starry Sky (Senegal, 2013)
– 7pm As I Open My Eyes (Tunisia, 2015)
Saturday 15 Oct
– 4pm Tell Me Sweet Something (South Africa, 2015)
– 6.30pm Gidi Blues (Nigeria, 2016)
Côte d’Ivoire Run (2014), Tuesday, 11 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Phillipe Lacôte
Genre: Drama
100min I Nouchi, French with English Subtitles
The skillfully story of Run (nicknamed after his primary survival strategy) reflects three stages of his life.
After a documentary about the civil war, the director Philippe Lacôte chose fiction to further explore how violence has ripped Côte d’Ivoire apart.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Viva Riva! (2010), Wednesday, 12 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Djo Tunda Wa Munga
Genre: Action Drama
98min I Lingala, French, Portuguese with English Subtitles
Money – the reason for living and the principal cause of death – is the only thing
that matters in Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s version of Kinshasa.
Ethiopia – Lamb (2015), Monday, 10 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Yared Zeleke
Genre: Drama
94min I Amharic with English Subtitles
Yared Zeleke’s contemplative debut feature tells of Eprahim, a 9-year-old boy, who is sent by his impoverished father to live with relatives after the passing of his mother.
Mauretania – Timbuktu (2015), Thursday, 13 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Genre: Drama
97min I Arabic, French, Bambara, English, Songhay, Tamashek with English Subtitles
After cattle herder Kidane accidently kills a neighbor in a conflict, he is sentenced by the occupiers to compensate the neighbour’s family or be executed. A man of little means, he is unable to pay. Consequently, the family face the full might of the jihadist’s version of sharia law.
Nigeria – Gidi Blues (2013), Saturday, 15 Oct, 6.30pm
Director: Femi Odugbemi
Genre: Drama
103min I English, Igbo with English Subtitles
Akin is a playboy, who thinks nothing of living off his mother’s flourishing business, until he meets Nkem, a no-nonsense young woman with her heart set on making a difference.
Senegal – Under the Starry Sky (2013), Friday, 14 Oct, 5pm
Director: Dyana Gaye
Gaye’s first feature, which follows three protagonists in Senegal, Italy and the United States, is an empathetic take on the African Diaspora experience shared by so many.
South Africa – Tell Me Sweet Something (2015), Saturday, 15 Oct, 4pm
Director: Akin Omotoso
Genre: Romantic Comedy
90min I Zulu, English with English Subtitles
Now in her mid-twenties, former teenage writer sensation Moratiwa is running a close-to-bankruptcy bookstore in downtown Johannesburg. The brainy beauty has not followed up on her early success and has lost faith in love – but then she meets Nat, a model who does not read. Slowly things begin to change.
Tunisia – As I Open My Eyes (2015), Friday, 14 Oct, 7pm
Director: Leyla Bouzid
Genre: Drama
102min I Arabic, French with English Subtitles
Leyla Bouzid’s debut feature is a vibrant coming-to-age story about Farah, who has just graduated from high school with excellent grades. Her loving but controlling mother expects her to study medicine, but Farah has her eyes on a career in music with her rebellious band.
Harmony (2009) – Korean Film Festival 2016
“Harmony (하모니)” (2009)
=Synopsis=
Jeong-hye Hong (Yunjin Kim) is sentenced to ten years in Pr*son after murdering her abusive husband. She gives birth to a boy in Pr*son but has to give him up for adoption at his 18th months due to regulation.
With her fellow inmate Moon-ok Kim (Moon-hee Na) who have received the death penalty for homicide of her unfaithful husband and mistress, Jeong-hye starts a choir. The Pr*son chief promises her a special outing with her baby if she makes it happen.
Free Entrance.
Director: Dae-kyu Kang, 115 minutes, color, 2009
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Korean Film Festival 2016 will be held during October 11-13 at Oromia Cultural Center, as a part of “Selam! Korean Week 2016” hosted by Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Ethiopia.
Launch of the ATF Report
The Budapest Centre for Mass Atrocities Prevention and the
Hungarian Embassy to Ethiopia have the pleasure to invite you or your representative to the launch event of the African Task Force Report: African Regional Communities and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities
The International Community recognizes the growing significance of regional and sub-regional organizations in addressing issues and challenges of individual states. The inherent link between political stability and economic growth, and the great impact peace and stability have on economies and development is a fundamental tenet for regional development in Africa, particularly within countries with histories of conflict and political instability. Conducting a thorough review of the capacities and capabilities as well as the needs of African key regional and sub-regional organizations can contribute to shaping the agenda for their enhancement, encouraging new discussions on needs relating to security, development and human rights.
Guided by the abovementioned ideas and following the successful experience of the 2013 EU Task Force, the Budapest Centre for Mass Atrocities Prevention, with the support of Humanity United, established the African Task Force on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities (ATF) comprised of prominent African researchers and launched the Initiative in Addis Ababa in March 2015.
The main objectives of the Initiative:
Conduct a review of capacities, capabilities and needs of regional institutions in Africa (AU, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC and ICGLR) to prevent mass atrocities including war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansing;
Synthesize lessons from the continental and global ‘state of art’ to strengthen African technical and operational capacity in early warning and response (EWR);
Improve the regional institution’s capacity and willingness to address political instability and prevent mass atrocities more effectively;
Enhance national and local capacities in Africa and step up the interaction with international actors and donors to prevent mass atrocities;Promote dialogue as a tool for mass atrocities prevention among members of regional and sub- regional organizations and at national and community levels;
Raise awareness and translate general commitment of African States to atrocity prevention into practice by making prevention of mass atrocity crimes a priority of their policies.
The results of the ATF activities and the Initiative have been described in the Report “African Regional Communities and the Prevention of Mass Atrocities”.
The document provides a detailed overview of what has been accomplished in Africa at the regional level, and what challenges remain in advancing a robust mass atrocities prevention agenda.
A Hard Day (2014) – Korean Film Festival 2016
A Hard Day (끝까지 간다 “Take it to the End”) (2014)
“A Hard Day” is a crime action film selected to compete in the Director’s Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
=Synopsis=
Ko (Sun-kyun Lee) is a corrupt detective who just lost her mother. He leaves the funeral in haste when he is informed that he will be soon investigated for bribery. To make matters worse, he crashes into a homeless man and kills him. Ko hides the body in his trunk and returns to the funeral to seal the body into his mother’s coffin.
Now everything seems OK until he learns later that the man who he killed with his car and buried with his mother is a wanted murderer. Now Ko has to deal with police investigating not only a hit-and-run incident but also a M**der case.
This October, join us in celebrating 100 years of SOAS across cities around the world!
Addis Ababa: Join SOAS alumni ambassadors Sehin Teferra Ayele (PhD Gender Studies 2015) and Sam Rosmarin (MSc Violence, Conflict and Development 2011) for this alumni gathering in Ethiopia.
A venue will be confirmed shortly and we ask that alumni kindly pay their own for drinks. Many thanks to Sehin and Sam for organising this event!
Share this invitation with fellow alumni and let’s celebrate SOAS’ 100th birthday!
100 years – 100 cities
Whether you are part of a large alumni network in New York or two people in Lilongwe, we invite you to celebrate our centenary in true SOASian style! View our Eventbrite listings for other city events and sign up now if you are visiting in October 2016 (and if you can’t see your city listed, then do get in touch at alumni@soas.ac.uk and we can help you to organise an event together).
Bahir Dar, Gondar and Simien Mountains Trekking
Northern Ethiopia boasts a wealth of both natural and historical treasures. This tour starts with a trip to Bahir Dar, where you’ll visit the Blue Nile Falls and take a cruise on Lake Tana. From Bahir Dar, the tour continues Gondar, where you can explore the Royal Enclosure, and the ruined fairy-tale castles which have earned it the name ‘African Camelot’. Heading north-east, you’ll then visit the Simien Mountains National Park, famous for far-reaching views and rare wildlife species. The Simien Mountains National Park, designated as a UNESCO world heritage site, contains many summits over 4000m and is known for its stunning scenery. Erosion of basalt lavas has created the dramatic escarpments and freestanding pinnacles that are characteristic of the Simien Mountains range and which are comparable in terms of spectacle to the Grand Canyon. Five and a half days of trekking will take you through a scenic land of natural wonders and rare wildlife, including the Ethiopian wolf, the strikingly-maned Gelada baboon and the majestic lammergeier or bearded vulture. Trekking through several villages, notable for their carefully tended farmland and friendly people, the walk reaches its climax at the summit of Ras Deshen (4543m), where the views extend northwards to Eritrea.
2016 YALF ANNUAL SUMMIT (and Official Launching Of YALJOD)
The 2016 Pan-African Youth Summit organised by the Young African Leaders Forum in partnership with the African Union Commission Youth Division.
Youth leaders from all over the continent will converge to discuss the AU Agenda 2063 vision plan, and receive formal training from qualified medical personnel to campaign against, and reduce the vice stranglehold of Tuberculosis in Africa.
Contact the Project Manager, Belinda Dongo, via summit@yalf-africa.org