Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa, with a population of over 115 million.
埃塞俄比亚是非洲人口第二多的国家，人口超过1.15亿。
The capital of
Ethiopia is Addis Ababa, which is also the headquarters of the African Union.
埃塞俄比亚的首都是亚的斯亚贝巴，也是非洲联盟的总部所在地。
Coffee originated in
Ethiopia and remains a significant export commodity.
咖啡起源于埃塞俄比亚，至今仍是该国重要的出口商品。
Ethiopia has a diverse range of cultures and languages, with Amharic serving as the official language.
埃塞俄比亚拥有多种多样的文化和语言，阿姆哈拉语是官方语言。
The
Ethiopian calendar is seven years behind the Gregorian calendar, due to differences in calculation.
埃塞俄比亚的日历比公历晚七年，这是由于计算方式的不同。
The ancient city of Aksum, with its towering obelisks, is a UNESCO World Heritage site in
Ethiopia.
拥有高大方尖碑的古城阿克苏姆是埃塞俄比亚的一处联合国教科文组织世界遗产。
Ethiopia is home to the Blue Nile River, which contributes significantly to the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.
埃塞俄比亚是青尼罗河的发源地，对埃及的阿斯旺高坝贡献巨大。
The
Ethiopian Orthodox Church, one of the oldest in the world, plays a central role in the country's religious life.
埃塞俄比亚正教是世界上最古老的教会之一，在该国的宗教生活中占有中心地位。
The
Ethiopian highlands are the largest continuous area of high altitude in Africa, providing a habitat for unique wildlife.
埃塞俄比亚高地是非洲最大的连续高原，为独特的野生动物提供了栖息地。
The annual Great
Ethiopian Run is Africa's biggest road race, attracting thousands of participants from around the world.
每年的大埃塞俄比亚跑步比赛是非洲规模最大的公路赛跑，吸引了全球数千名参赛者。
During the event, Sinochem Holdings sealed deals with over 30 clients from more than ten countries including Argentina, Ethiopia, France, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Japan.
活动期间，中化控股与来自阿根廷、埃塞俄比亚、法国、沙特阿拉伯、美国和日本等十多个国家的30多家客户达成了交易。
State Grid has been contracted to build key national power grids in Brazil, Pakistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Poland, Myanmar and Laos, promoting the "going global" mix of China's equipment, technologies, services, brands and standards, and contributing made-in-China solutions to global energy governance.
国家电网已签约在巴西、巴基斯坦、埃及、埃塞俄比亚、波兰、缅甸和老挝建设关键国家电网，推动中国设备、技术、服务、品牌和标准“走出去”，为全球能源治理贡献中国制造解决方案。
Echoing the sentiment, Solomon Telila, minister of the embassy of Ethiopia in Beijing, said China has notable advantages in the field of new energy and is well-positioned to assist African countries in establishing various renewable energy projects, including solar power plants, wind farms and hydropower units.
埃塞俄比亚驻北京大使馆部长Solomon Telila回应了这一观点，他表示，中国在新能源领域具有显著优势，有能力帮助非洲国家建立各种可再生能源项目，包括太阳能发电厂、风电场和水电站。
"Pu'er is located on the same latitude as Ethiopia and Colombia, the world's top coffee producers, and we firmly believe that high-quality coffee can be grown here," said Tong.
童说：“普洱与世界顶级咖啡生产国埃塞俄比亚和哥伦比亚位于同一纬度，我们坚信这里可以种植出高质量的咖啡。”。
The company has recently installed 768 intelligent screen display terminals in the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel in Ethiopia, empowering the five-star hotel with advanced technology to create 730 smart guest rooms.
该公司最近在埃塞俄比亚的埃塞俄比亚天光酒店安装了768个智能屏幕显示终端，使这家五星级酒店拥有先进的技术，可以创建730个智能客房。
ADDIS ABABA -- Chinese tech giant Huawei has won acclaim for its role in accelerating digital education in Ethiopia.
亚的斯亚贝巴——中国科技巨头华为因其在加快埃塞俄比亚数字教育方面的作用而赢得赞誉。
This came at an education-themed summit that was organized by Huawei Ethiopia on Friday in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, under the theme "Accelerate the Digital Education Journey for Ethiopia.
周五，华为埃塞俄比亚公司在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴组织了一场教育主题峰会，主题为“加快埃塞俄比亚的数字教育之旅”。
Liu Jifan, chief executive officer of Huawei Ethiopia, said Huawei is cooperating with customers in many industries, including the education industry in Ethiopia, so as to promote the digital sector in the country.
华为埃塞俄比亚首席执行官刘继凡表示，华为正在与许多行业的客户合作，包括埃塞俄比亚的教育行业，以促进该国的数字行业。
The Chinese tech giant has several annual projects to promote Ethiopia's education system, such as the ICT competition, seeds for the future, women in tech, and the recently announced project Digi Truck.
这家中国科技巨头有几个年度项目来促进埃塞俄比亚的教育系统，如信息通信技术竞赛、未来种子、科技界的女性，以及最近宣布的Digi Truck项目。
Two fatal crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and in Ethiopia in 2019, which killed 346 people in all, led to the grounding of the B737 MAX worldwide.
2018年在印度尼西亚和2019年在埃塞俄比亚发生的两起致命坠机事故共造成346人死亡，导致B737 MAX在全球停飞。
China Civil Engineering Construction Corp, or CCECC, a subsidiary of State-owned China Railway Construction Corp Ltd, announced on Wednesday that it has completed its headquarters building (phase I) of Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
国有的中国铁建集团有限公司的子公司中国土木工程建设集团公司（CCECC）周三宣布，位于埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴的非洲疾病预防控制中心总部大楼（一期）已经完工。
Noting the huge movement of imported commodities from ports in Djibouti to central Ethiopia and exported items from Ethiopia to the rest of the world via ports in Djibouti, Zenebe said the first shipment of vehicles from Djibouti to Ethiopia signifies the EDR's commitment to diversify its transportation services.
泽内贝注意到进口商品从吉布提港口大量运往埃塞俄比亚中部，出口商品从埃塞俄比亚通过吉布提港口运往世界其他地区，他说，从吉布提运往埃塞俄比亚的第一批车辆标志着EDR致力于使其运输服务多样化。
ADDIS ABABA -- Chinese construction giant China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation on Saturday signed an agreement with an Ethiopian company to build a business complex in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.
亚的斯亚贝巴——周六，中国建筑业巨头中国土木工程建设总公司与一家埃塞俄比亚公司签署了一项协议，将在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴建造一座商业综合体。
Dereje Habtamu, the chief executive officer of DMC Trading Private Limited Company, said the project to be completed within three and a half years will be one of Ethiopia's landmarks that will embrace the latest construction technologies.
DMC贸易私人有限公司首席执行官Dereje Habtamu表示，该项目将在三年半内完成，将成为埃塞俄比亚的里程碑之一，将采用最新的建筑技术。
"Our company selected CCECC due to its successful track record in effectively accomplishing various landmark development projects in Ethiopia, including the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway," he added.
他补充道：“我们公司之所以选择CCECC，是因为它成功地完成了埃塞俄比亚的各种里程碑式发展项目，包括亚的斯亚贝巴-吉布提标准轨距铁路。”。
Guo Chongfeng, the general manager of the CCECC Ethiopia branch, said that CCECC is honored to undertake the construction of this project.
中土埃塞分公司总经理郭崇峰表示，中土很荣幸能承担该项目的建设。
"CCECC, which entered Ethiopia's construction sector in 2012, has successfully accomplished a number of flagship development projects across the East African country.
“CCECC于2012年进入埃塞俄比亚建筑行业，在东非国家成功完成了一系列旗舰开发项目。
"After exhibiting our coffee beans imported from Ethiopia at the CIIE in 2021, we joined the 365-day trading platform.
“在2021年的CIIE上展示了我们从埃塞俄比亚进口的咖啡豆后，我们加入了365天的交易平台。
In their overseas operations in nearly 20 countries, including Angola, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Costa Rica, challenges abound, according to Song Heng, a CREC4 publicity official.
CREC4宣传官员宋恒表示，在安哥拉、埃塞俄比亚、蒙古、印度尼西亚、孟加拉国和哥斯达黎加等近20个国家的海外业务中，挑战重重。
CREC4 First Engineering's project in the area of the Chebera Churchura National Park in southwestern Ethiopia is to build a VIP lodge, a 115-km road and bridges.
CREC4第一工程公司在埃塞俄比亚西南部Chebera Churchura国家公园地区的项目是建造一个VIP小屋、一条115公里的道路和桥梁。
"We have to fight against damp heat, mosquitoes, malaria and other challenges during our construction work," said He Liming, CREC4 First Engineering's manager for Angola and Ethiopia operations.
CREC4第一工程公司安哥拉和埃塞俄比亚业务经理何黎明表示：“在施工过程中，我们必须与湿热、蚊子、疟疾和其他挑战作斗争。”。
It has done work in nearly 20 countries, including Angola, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Indonesia and Bangladesh, in addition to its mammoth domestic operations.
除了庞大的国内业务外，它还在安哥拉、埃塞俄比亚、蒙古、印度尼西亚和孟加拉国等近20个国家开展了工作。
From 2014 to 2016, he was in Africa, working in Sudan, Mauritania and Ethiopia.
2014年至2016年，他在非洲，在苏丹、毛里塔尼亚和埃塞俄比亚工作。
Chinese home appliance giant Hisense Group has signed a cooperation agreement with related authorities in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa to build an intelligent bus system.
中国家电巨头海信集团与埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴有关部门签署了一项合作协议，将建设一个智能公交系统。
This will help Ethiopia to improve operational efficiency of its public transportation, Hisense said.
海信表示，这将有助于埃塞俄比亚提高其公共交通的运营效率。
Hisense had announced in December that, in partnership with Shandong Hi-Speed Group, it won a bid in Ethiopia to provide intelligent solutions for public bus services in Addis Ababa.
海信在12月宣布，与山东高速集团合作，在埃塞俄比亚中标，为亚的斯亚贝巴的公共巴士服务提供智能解决方案。
The Ethiopia project will help Hisense to further expand its presence overseas, said Zhao Meimei, assistant president of market consultancy All View Cloud.
市场咨询公司All View Cloud的助理总裁赵-梅表示，埃塞俄比亚项目将有助于海信进一步扩大其海外业务。
They have also ventured into nearly 20 countries, including Angola, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Indonesia, Panama, Bangladesh and Costa Rica, said Han Xinliang, a publicity official with CTCE.
CTCE的宣传官员韩新亮说，他们还冒险进入了近20个国家，包括安哥拉、埃塞俄比亚、蒙古、印度尼西亚、巴拿马、孟加拉国和哥斯达黎加。
They have also ventured into nearly 20 countries, including Angola, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Indonesia, Panama, Bangladesh and Costa Rica, said Song Heng, a CTCE publicity official.
CTCE宣传官员宋恒表示，他们还冒险进入了近20个国家，包括安哥拉、埃塞俄比亚、蒙古、印度尼西亚、巴拿马、孟加拉国和哥斯达黎加。
They have also ventured into nearly 20 countries, including Angola, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Indonesia, Panama, Bangladesh and Costa Rica, he said.
他说，他们还进入了将近20个国家，包括安哥拉、埃塞俄比亚、蒙古、印度尼西亚、巴拿马、孟加拉和哥斯达黎加。
ADDIS ABABA - Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Thursday awarded winners of Huawei ICT Competition Ethiopia 2021, the third national information and communication technologies (ICT) competition of Huawei Ethiopia.
周四，中国电信巨头华为在埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴为2021年华为ICT竞赛埃塞俄比亚赛区的获奖者颁奖，这是华为埃塞俄比亚公司举办的第三届全国性信息与通信技术（ICT）竞赛。
The competition was officially launched in May as part of the 6th Global ICT Competition, and also in view of Huawei's strategy to develop Ethiopia's ICT talents and innovation ecosystem.
该竞赛作为第六届全球ICT竞赛的一部分，于5月正式启动，同时也符合华为开发埃塞俄比亚ICT人才和创新生态系统的战略。
Huawei Ethiopia CEO Chen Mingliang said that the competition showcased the company's commitment to cultivating the ICT talent ecosystem in Ethiopia.
华为埃塞俄比亚公司CEO陈明亮表示，此次竞赛展示了公司致力于在埃塞俄比亚培养ICT人才生态系统的承诺。
The winners will be provided the chance to take part in the Regional Final and Global Final 2022 as Ethiopia's national team.
获奖者将有机会作为埃塞俄比亚国家队参加2022年区域总决赛和全球总决赛。
Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) held an online open house event at the Aysha Wind Farm Project in Ethiopia on July 12, showcasing the progress of the project and the company's contribution to local development.
7月12日，东方电气集团在埃塞俄比亚阿伊莎风电项目现场举办云端开放日活动，展现项目建设进展和企业为当地发展做出的贡献。
In addition, with the direct shipment by SF International, it takes 61 hours to pick roses from gardens in Ethiopia and export them so as to reach consumers in China.
此外，通过SF国际直航，从埃塞俄比亚的花园采摘的玫瑰花只需61小时就能运抵中国消费者手中。
Addis Ababa in Ethiopia has been known for growing top-quality roses, and the city is about 10,000 kilometers away from China.
埃塞俄比亚的亚的斯亚贝巴以种植顶级玫瑰而闻名，该城市距离中国大约有10,000公里。
CRSBG also executed bridge projects in Ethiopia, Chad and Tanzania.
CRSBG还在埃塞俄比亚、乍得和坦桑尼亚执行了桥梁项目。
At McCafes, a brand-new recipe for coffee made solely from arabica green coffee beans meticulously sourced by McDonald's from Brazil, Columbia, Ethiopia and Rwanda will be served.
在McCafes，将推出一款全新的咖啡配方，只使用麦当劳精心挑选自巴西、哥伦比亚、埃塞俄比亚和卢旺达的阿拉比卡绿咖啡豆精心制作。
For instance, the Gibe-III hydropower project in southern Ethiopia has been contracted out to two foreign companies－Salini Impregilo Group, an Italian construction company, and Dongfang Electric Corp, a Chengdu-based central SOE specializing in power generating equipment manufacturing.
With a total installed power of 1,870 megawatt and an energy output of 6,500 gigawatt-hour per year, the project has boosted the national energy output of Ethiopia by 85 percent, meeting the rising demand for power grid construction and upgrading in the African country.
The COVID-19 medical supplies donation ceremony was also attended by Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia Tan Jian, who affirmed his country's commitment to help Ethiopia in its anti-COVID-19 fight.
Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous nation with about 107 million people, confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on March 13.
Facing the increasingly severe pandemic in Ethiopia, CSCEC decided to refurbish part of the wards in a local hospital to help contain the outbreak there.
"Chinese centrally administered SOEs like CSCEC have shown their strength, speed and high sense of responsibility in helping with global pandemic prevention and control," said Liu Yu, economic and commercial counselor at the Chinese embassy in Ethiopia.
With a daily production capacity of 500,000 test kits, the company has distributed its products to more than 40 countries and regions to help curb the contagion, including donations to countries such as Ethiopia, Kenya, Sweden and Sierra Leone.
ADDIS ABABA — Massive medical supplies donated by China's Jack Ma Foundation to 54 African countries arrived on Sunday morning in Addis Ababa, capital of the East African nation of Ethiopia, through an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight.
The hand-brew master drip coffee, in turn, has two kinds-dark roast and medium roast, mixing coffee beans grown in Yunnan province with those from Colombia, Brazil and Ethiopia.
The two crashes killed a total of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
However, it grounded 10 Boeing 737 MAXs starting March 2019 following the plane crash in Ethiopia.
Since it was first proposed by Alibaba founder Jack Ma in 2016, the eWTP has been recognized by the G20, and adopted by cities in China, Malaysia, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Belgium.
In the latest attempt, Ethiopia joined the eWTP last month to develop a multifunction digital trade hub to serve as a gateway for Ethiopian products to China, a center for cross-border e-commerce and trade within Africa, and a training center.
The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people within five months, costing the plane manufacturer more than $9 billion so far.
The 737 MAX, Boeing's top-selling plane, has been grounded since March after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed all 346 passengers and crew on board.
自今年3月以来，波音公司的最畅销机型737 MAX因分别在印度尼西亚和埃塞俄比亚发生坠机事故，导致机上所有346名乘客和机组人员全部遇难，而被全球停飞。
The 737 MAX, Boeing's top-selling airplane, has been grounded since March after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed all 346 passengers and crew on board.
"The 737 MAX, Boeing's top-selling airplane, has been grounded since March after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 passengers and crew on board.
In a related matter, The New York Times reported that Boeing is seeking to move pending civil cases out of US courts to be heard by judges in Indonesia and Ethiopia where the crashes occurred because it would be move convenient for surviving family members to attend court in their home countries rather than travel to the US.
Meanwhile, its archrival Boeing Co's B737 MAX jets remain grounded worldwide following two fatal crashes, which killed a total of 346 people on Oct 29 last year in Indonesia and March 10 in Ethiopia.
American, United and Southwest airlines will make the flights as part of a public relations campaign to rebuild confidence in the MAX after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed a total of 346 passengers and crew.
The crashes on Oct 29, 2018, in Indonesia and March 30 in Ethiopia killed 346 people.
The crashes Oct 29, 2018, in Indonesia and March 30 in Ethiopia killed 346 passengers and crew.
When the company was formally established in 2011, a bunch of projects started construction, including the Bui Hydropower Station in Ghana, the Soubre Hydropower Station in Ivory Coast, and the Adama Wind Farm in Ethiopia.
The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after fatal crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
Boeing and the FAA have been criticized since MAX crashes in Indonesia in October 2018 and Ethiopia on March 10 killed a total of 346 passengers and crew.
Boeing MAX jets were grounded worldwide following crashes March 10 in Ethiopia and Oct 29, 2018, in Indonesia that killed a total of 346 passengers and crew.
Boeing said its quarterly revenue nosedived by 35 percent to reach $15.8 billion, compared to $24 billion in the same period of last year, as its best-selling 737 MAX jets remained grounded globally since mid-March this year over the two deadly crashes that killed 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Boeing said last week that it would take $4.9 billion in after-tax charge to cover possible compensation to airlines that have canceled thousands of flights of the 737 MAX jets, two of which crashed in Indonesia last October and in Ethiopia in March this year.
Boeing announced in April that the monthly production of 737 MAX was reduced from the rate of 52 to 42 airplanes after the second air crash in Ethiopia.
The research compared Chinese and non-Chinese manufacturing and construction companies in Angola and Ethiopia.
该研究比较了在安哥拉和埃塞俄比亚的中资和非中资制造业及建筑公司。
According to the report, about 90 percent of workers in Chinese companies in Ethiopia are Ethiopians.
根据报告，中国公司在埃塞俄比亚的员工中，约90%为埃塞俄比亚籍员工。
The report's findings in Ethiopia were reflected in Angola.
According to Liu, the company is currently looking for investment projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania and other African countries.
Among CAMCE's ongoing projects, the Welkait sugar plant project in Ethiopia stands out.
Located in Tigray province in northern Ethiopia, the project has a contract value of $647 million.
Sponsored by China Daily and Yantai municipal government, the event invited expats from the United States, the UK, Peru, Italy, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Georgia to get a closer look at Yantai's wine culture.
The "dragon's blood", a natural tree resin, and "bird's nest", a restorative and remedial food in TCM, are imported from Southeast Asia, while other materials, such as frankincense and myrrh are imported from Ethiopia, Kenya and other East African countries.
So far, the company has sold around 4,000 machines to various African countries, including Algeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola and Cameroon.
Li said the organization is making progress together with efforts from partners like China, such as supporting the construction of four pilot industrial parks in countries like Ethiopia.
The new deal is viewed as a boost to Boeing's efforts to win back customers' confidence in 737 Max jets after two 737 Max 8 planes crashed in two separate deadly incidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia in October and March, respectively.
Shanghai-based China Eastern became the first domestic airline to file a claim against Boeing on Tuesday because of the huge losses caused by the grounding of 737 MAX aircraft since March 11, following two fatal crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were grounded worldwide after two fatal crashes in Ethiopia on March 10 and in Indonesia on Oct 20, 2018.
The village of Damo in Ethiopia's Sidama Zone is yet to be connected to a power grid.
"We plan to expand our offerings to clean cooking stoves, among other solar solutions in the future," Li said, identifying Ethiopia, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo as the company's biggest markets.
Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were grounded worldwide after two fatal crashes in Ethiopia on March 10 this year and in Indonesia on Oct 20, 2018.
It has also exported its advanced technologies to Ethiopia and Myanmar to support local industrial upgrades, and built production plants in India, Thailand and Belarus.
Boeing has halted delivery of all new MAX jets to its customers after the crash in Ethiopia.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is temporarily suspending all Boeing 737 MAX flights in its airspace on Tuesday days after a plane crash in Ethiopia.
According to the contract agreement involving $40.1 million, CGGC will take part in pre-power generation activities of Ethiopia's grand hydro-electric dam, which will be regarded as Africa's largest hydro dam upon completion with a total volume of 74,000 million cubic meters, the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) revealed on Tuesday.
Ethiopian Electric Power head, Abrham Belay, said during the signing ceremony in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa that the agreement with CGGC is expected to speed up construction of the dam.
The energy sector is one of Ethiopia's priorities as the country envisaged to become a light manufacturing hub in Africa together with a middle-income economy by 2025.
Another Chinese company, Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited (Poly-GCL), last week also signed an agreement with the Ethiopia Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) to construct the 767-km Ethiopia-Djibouti natural gas pipeline.
The company is expected to install a pipeline to transport gas from the fields in landlocked Ethiopia up to ports in neighboring Djibouti in two years.
Around 700 kilometers of the natural gas pipeline will be located in Ethiopia, while the rest of the natural gas pipeline will be located in Djibouti.
In addition to developed markets, the Beijing-headquartered CRHIC has exported its self-developed bridging and rail paving machines, heavy flatbed trucks and handling machines to Zimbabwe, Gabon, Kenya, Ethiopia and other African countries, to help in their projects related to railway, light rail, water conservancy, housing construction, and other infrastructure projects.
Prominent among these are the new national stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the Peshawar-Karachi Motorway Project in Pakistan.
Ethiopia is one of the 51 countries in Africa where the CSCEC has built numerous commercial, medical, municipal, recreation and sports complexes to boost urbanization and public services.
(from the company) on how to make more meaningful contributions to society", said Ferehiwot Mamo, a 24-year old contract engineer from Ethiopia at CSCEC.
The new one, located in the capital Addis Ababa, can seat 60,000 people and will have modern facilities such as mobile ticketing counters, enhancing Ethiopia's international image and its ability to attract big ticket global events.
State Grid is already pushing forward several transmission and distribution projects in Ethiopia, Egypt, Mozambique and Kenya and seeking more cooperation in the future, he said.
According to Zhang, Poly Group has provided 28,735 solar power systems for Ethiopia, which are currently being installed across eight states in the country, as part of the lighting Africa/Ethiopia program financed by the World Bank.