January 25, 2011

IESC’s Ethiopia AGOA + Program is pleased to have supported the Ethiopian Investment Agency (EIA) to launch a new updated website, which will offer valuable information for potential investors. The website, launched Tuesday, will play a great role in promoting Ethiopia’s diversified investment opportunities for the international community. As IESC President and CEO Thomas Miller told the press, the site will help provide all the necessary…

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January 25, 2011

Business and financial ties between Bahrain and Bermuda were strengthened at a major conference on global financial and insurance services. IESC’s Senior Trade Adviser Rudy Vogel, who works closely with the Industry and Commerce Ministry, said that the double tax agreement between the two countries, which was signed in Washington in April, was yet another spin-off from Bahrain’s free trade agreement with the US which would further help to…

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January 25, 2011

Ethiopia: Farmer-to-Farmer Niche Project

More than 600,000 Ethiopian small holder farmers produce 287,000 tons of sesame per year, and depend on it for their livelihoods. Yet these farmers face many obstacles, such as seed shortages, poor product quality and lack of finance. This limits productivity and income. IESC’s Farmer-to-Farmer Niche Project in Ethiopia, funded by USAID and awarded by Weidemann Associates, is designed to strengthen…

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January 25, 2011

IESC Launches Capacity Building and Change Management Program in Afghanistan

IESC has been awarded $36 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement a Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) program in support of the revitalization of Afghanistan’s agricultural sector.  As the lead implementer for the four-year Capacity Building and Change Management Program with the Afghan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and…

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