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The Ministry of Agriculture was established on 23 August 1995 with the adoption of Proclamation 4-1995 which also established the other 14 original Ministries of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. [4] On 13 January 2004, Proclamation No. 300/2004 merged this Ministry with the Ministry of Rural Development.
In 1993, the Transitional Government announced a National Science and Technology Policy intended to build national activities in science and technology, and to coordinate related activities and to enhance their contribution to national economic development. [1] Ethiopia was ranked 130th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024. [2]
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Amharic: የሳይንስ እና ከፍተኛ ትምህርት ሚኒስቴር) was the Ethiopian government department established in 2018 [1] which has a responsibility to lead the development of science, higher education, and the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the country. [2]
The University of Gondar, until 2003 known as the Gondar College of Medical Sciences, is the oldest medical school in Ethiopia. Established as the Public Health College in 1954, it is located in Gondar, in Amhara Region of Ethiopia. In 2010, the university offered 42 undergraduate and 17 postgraduate programs.
15 March – The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) encounters a systematic glitch on its service involving the withdrawal of more than 40 million dollars. CBE officials suspect that the glitch was caused by economic and political reasons [ 5 ] and the money was easily transferred to students in Dilla and Jimma University .
Coffee harvest in Ethiopia. Coffee, which originated in Ethiopia, is the largest foreign exchange earner. Agriculture accounted for 50% of GDP, 83.9% of exports, and 80% of the labor force in 2006 and 2007, compared to 44.9%, 76.9% and 80% in 2002–2003, and agriculture remains the Ethiopian economy's most important sector. [7]
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ዩኒቨርስቲ), or AASTU, is a higher education institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The main campus is located in the Akaky Kaliti subcity, Kilinto area around Tulu dimtu.
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) was a governmental institution that was established for the first time in December 1975 by proclamation No.62/1975 as a commission. Following the change in government in 1991 and with the issuance of the new economic policy, the commission was re-established in March 1994 by Proclamation No.91/94.