“Ethiopia today is among the fastest growing economies in the world, consistently averaging growth of over 9%.
Poverty has been halved and education enrolment has markedly increased,” says The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed.
“Our challenges however, remain formidable.”
The challenge, he explains, is to sustain that level of growth, especially to find jobs for a rapidly expanding young population.
Abiy Ahmed set out 3 priorities in order to achieve that:
• A vibrant democracy
• Economic Vitality
• Regional Integration and openness to the world
Freedom of the press, releasing political prisoners, the empowerment of women and the next generation of private-public partnerships are all ways of meeting those goals.
“Ethiopians are born runners, marathon runners. Take that as a signal of our intentions and our level of stamina,” he said, in reference to the task ahead.
