Chinese company signs MoU with Ethiopia to light up off-grid areas

STORY: Chinese company signs MoU with Ethiopia to light up off-grid areas SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SHIFERAW TELILA, Chief executive officer of Ethiopian Electric Utility 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LIU JIFAN, CEO of Huawei Ethiopia 4. various of traffic 5. the signing ceremony STORYLINE: The Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) and Chinese telecom company Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Friday to bring electricity to people living in off-grid areas of Ethiopia. The MoU, signed at the Ethiopia Green Energy Summit 2024 in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is part of the national electrification project that aims to achieve universal access to electricity in the East African country by 2030, according to Shiferaw Telila, chief executive officer (CEO) of the EEU. Telila said the EEU would work with Huawei to use solar energy to li

Huawei strengthens partnership with Ethiopian university to enhance ICT development

STORY: Huawei strengthens partnership with Ethiopian university to enhance ICT development SHOOTING TIME: April 5, 2024 DATELINE: April 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:38 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BIKILA TEKLU, Chief executive director of Addis Ababa Institute of Technology 3. various of the signing ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZERIHUN ALEMAYEHU, Official from the Ethiopian Ministry of Labor and Skills 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LIU JIFAN, Chief executive officer of Huawei Ethiopia 6. various of the signing ceremony STORYLINE: Ethiopia's Addis Ababa University (AAU) and Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications company, on Friday signed a cooperation agreement that will boost Ethiopian students' access to industry experience on information and communication technologies (ICT). As part of the signed Memorandum of Understanding, Huawei Ethiopia and the AAU will increase collaboration in talent and skill cultivation in the ICT se

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(240305) -- BEIJING, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gao Jifan, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), is interviewed ahead of the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)