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Practicing Ethiopia’s Green Strategy
Solid waste recycling ready for composting at a local factory in ZiwayBy Bezawit Eshetu, Green Growth Adviser, EPEthiopia has been addressing the agenda of climate change since the early 1990s. Beyond ratifying numerous global and regional environmental agreements and...
Can contract farming be a game changer for Ethiopian cotton?
By Tewodros Belachew, Senior Intervention Manager, EPI often imagine what it would be like for Ethiopia to increase cotton production to the level of its “largest untapped potential in the world.” With its 3 million hectares of land suitable for cotton cultivation, it...
The DCED Standard for Results Measurement: Four Lessons from an Audit of Enterprise Partners
Written by MRM Lead, Adam KesslerI love working as a Monitoring and Results Measurement (MRM) specialist. Firstly, because it’s intellectually stimulating and you really contribute to the effectiveness of the project. Secondly – and this is a secret among MRM managers...
Ethiopia Stands Poised to Lead an African Industrial Revolution
By Nebil KellowArticle Topics: economic-growthJust over 100 years ago, Henry Ford and other industrialists revolutionised manufacturing by introducing the assembly line. They built consumer goods at unprecedented scale and cost, creating millions of jobs and bringing...
Quarterly Sector Reviews: putting adaptive management into practice
Written by Adam Kessler and Nayeem KashemInsight into how Enterprise Partners learns from, and adapts, strategies and interventions.Adaptive management has increasingly become an area of interest for development practitioners. This has led to a strong demand for...
Transaction Pools for Digital Financial Services: How to build scale in Digital Financial Services?
Last week Thursday, 7th September, Enterprise Partners hosted a workshop for banks and others involved in Digital Financial Services (DFS). The findings of its Assessment of Transaction Pools for DFS.In this third blog: How to build scale in DFS in Ethiopia? According...
Transaction Pools for Digital Financial Services: Promote Digital Savings as an anchor product
Last week Thursday, 7th September, Enterprise Partners hosted a workshop for banks and others involved in Digital Financial Services (DFS). The findings of its Assessment of Transaction Pools for DFS.In this second blog: Which Digital Financial Products should be...
Transaction pools for digital financial services: are we at a historic moment?
On September 7th, 2017 - Enterprise Partners hosted an event for banks and other stakeholders in Digital Financial Services (DFS): Assessment of Transaction Pools for DFS.The Consultant, Anne Marie van Swinderen, started by taking the audience more than 1000 years...
Eco-industrial development training workshop
[vc_row][vc_column][md_text md_text_title1="pixflow_base64IA==" md_text_title_separator="no"] Training workshop on concepts and best practicesEnterprise Partners organised a training workshop held at the Momona Hotel in Addis Ababa, on June 12th, 2017. The...
How do we make digital financial services more engaging in Ethiopia?
As we develop our capabilities in advancing financial inclusion, digital financial services becomes a key feature of our work. Recently, we’ve begun participating in an online community of practice class offered by the Digital Frontiers Institute, and hosting weekly...