Thursday, May 23, 2013

Ayat Real Estate CEO Ayalew sentenced to 12 years, Ayat S.C to pay 90 mln birr

The Eighth Criminal Bench of the Federal High Court, Lideta Division, on May 22, passed a 12-year sentence against Ayalew Tessema founder and CEO of Ayat S.C. and a 90-million birr fine against the company.

Apart from that, construction machinery worth some 86 million birr was ordered to be confiscated.

It can be recalled that prosecutors of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) requested court to hand down a 3-billion-birr fine against Ayat S.C. and a 79-year jail term and a 2.7-million-birr fine Ayalew, who were found guilty of multiple counts of crime by the court on March 11.

According to the federal court's decision, the share company has been fined 90,091,270 birr while Ayalew will pay 3,235,543.50 birr in fine.


In a submission on sentencing dated April 17, the prosecutors asked the court that the share company pay over 3 billion birr in fine for violating a raft of banking and monetary legislations, the Value Added Tax, Income Tax and Customs proclamations as well as the Criminal Code.

Ayat was found guilty on 8 counts.



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Friday, May 17, 2013

40 - 60 | 10 - 90 Addis Ababa Condo Registration Dates $ Prices

UPDATE [APRIL 28, 2015] - New Information about total number of people who have registered, total number of people who paid the full amount has been released. Check out the link below.
40/60 Condominium Statistics 

UPDATE : 20/80 and 10/90 CONDOMINIUM UNITS HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO HOME OWNERS ON MARCH 22, 2015.

List of names for 10/90 condominium apartment winners Addis Ababa Ethiopia.

List of names for 20/80 condominium apartment winners Addis Ababa Ethiopia.


To get the latest updates on condominium construction in Ethiopia, check the below links.
- 40/60 Condominium
- 20/80 Condominium
- 10/90 Condominium

Moved by a larger demand for the 40/60 housing scheme, the Ministry of Urban Development, Housing & Construction (MUDHC) has prepared three new designs of up to 24 storeys.

Apart from the 12 storey buildings under construction at different sites across the city, the rest of the buildings to be constructed under the new scheme will be 16, 18 and 20 storey with two basements, and 24 storey buildings with three basements, according to Desta Shewamola, head of Houses & Building Design Preparation & Implementation Department.

The Ministry has commissioned the preparation of the designs to ETG Designers & Consultants Plc, for the design of the 16, 20 and 24 storey buildings while the Addis Abeba Savings & Houses Development Enterprise (AASHDE) has prepared the design for the 18 storey buildings. ETG is a category 1 consulting and designing firm established in 1995.

The decision to increase the height of the buildings to be constructed under the scheme is made in order to accommodate the larger demand of houses through an efficient use of the lands apportioned for the purpose, according to Desta.

In addition to the increased number of houses to be included in the newly designed buildings, the proportion of the types of houses to be included in each of these buildings will also vary from those currently under construction.

The Ministry has availed three types of houses under the 40/60 scheme based on the number of bedrooms they accommodate. Accordingly, the 12 storey buildings under construction encompasses one bedroom, two bedroom and three bedroom houses, the number of which are equally proportional in each of the buildings.

Nonetheless, the design of the 12 storey buildings, which was made before registration of the house was made, that has incorporated all the three types of the houses in proportional number is found to be incompatible with the demand manifested for each of the three types of houses during the registration under the scheme.

Out of the total number of 160,000 residents registered under the scheme, only four percent is registered for one bed room houses and 46pc for the two bed room while half have registered for the three bed room houses.

Currently, there are 12,279 houses  that are being constructed at nine sites across the city under the scheme. Out of this the construction progress of those at Lideta District, Senga Tera area has reached 61pc while those that started in the last fiscal year, at other sites have reached 12pc completion, according to the final draft of the annual performance of the Ministry.

City residents who are registered under this scheme must save 40pc of the value of the houses within five years and the government arranges a loan for the remaining 60pc from the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) by mortgaging the house to be transferred to the user upon completion.

One, two and three bedroom houses under the 40/60 scheme cost  162,000 Br, 250,000 Br and 386,000 Br, respectively. The respective monthly savings are 1,033 Br, 1,575 Br and 2,453 Br for five years.

The construction cost of the buildings for the house seekers under the scheme is, however, adjustable based on the market price of the construction materials. Besides, the cost of the newly designed buildings may differ from the current amount, according to Desta.

“The price of the houses may increase,” says Desta. “The government, however, may subsidise it.”

Every building to be built based on the new designs will have an electric power generator that will serve the houses in case of a power shortage, according to Desta.

In addition to those in progress under the 40/60 scheme, the government is also constructing 124, 220 houses under the 20/80 low cost housing scheme. Out of this, the construction of 71, 127, which were begun in 2010/11 and 2011/12, has reached 91.2pc while that of 13, 014 houses has reached 13.28pc; those whose construction started in 2013/14 fiscal year are at basement stage. The total number of house seekers that are registered under this scheme is 780,000 residents of the city, according to data from the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE).

The third category of the low cost housing types underway by the government is the 10/90 scheme, for which around 20,000 house seekers are registered, according to data from the CBE.  The construction progress of the 24,288 houses for the registrants under this scheme have reached 62.17pc, according to data from the MoUDHC.

The government has now used 6.3 billion Br which has been raised through the sale of bonds for the construction of these houses, the Ministry says that so far 1.25 billion Br has been spent on the 40/60 houses currently under construction.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Affordable Website Designers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Nowadays, when people want a certain service, they don’t flip through yellow pages and classifieds, instead they use Google and search for whatever they need on the internet.
That’s why websites are so important. Available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, your website is the representative of your company to a global audience.


Companies providing website design services in Addis Ababa are more than enough for most ethiopian companies to go by. While some companies specialize in providing website and graphic design services as a single package, others focus on providing website design services along with search engine optimization (seo) services. Either way, if you're looking to own a brand new website for your company, you can choose from a list of website design companies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Price
The price of a website development service in ethiopia depends on mainly the scale of the website. Scale of the website can be the number of pages to be developed, hosting type and the type of the website. So if you want to find out how much money you need to start a website design service in Ethiopia, it's recommended that you call and ask a website design company in addis ababa. You will need to provide information about the type of company you own and what you intend to show on your website. If you don't know any website design company in addis ababa, you can contact Epion Computer Solutions PLC. You can contact them using the following addresses.

Mob : 0911 72 80 70
Email : epioncss@gmail.com
Website : www.epioncss.com

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Sim Card & Mobile Phone Rental Prices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


Nowadays, Sim cards are becoming very cheap and you can buy them in normal shops and stores. In the old days, you only found Sim cards in the Ethiopian Telecommunication offices, which is currently called Ethio Telecom. Sim cards are more available than they used to be and they are cheaper than ever.
So, why not buy a Sim card? Why do you need to rent a sim card or evdo in addis ababa, ethiopia?

Will my iPhone work in Ethiopia? Which iPhone carriers are available in Ethiopia?


If you’ve got that precious iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S and you’re coming to Addis Ababa or any other part of Ethiopia for work, tour or just to have fun, I’m sure you’re probably wondering if your iPhone is going work in Ethiopia. Which carrier will you find in Ethiopia? And its not just for iPhone, but if you've got a Galaxy S2, HTC sensation, LG, Motorola, or others types of phones, will all these phones work in Ethiopia? 
Its the same deal for all kinds of phones in Ethiopia since there is only one telecommunication company. So lets only talk about the iPhone for now.  So the answer is simple!

Write Amharic on Windows 7 without a software application.

Whether it’s an application letter for a government agency or if it’s just to write Amharic on facebook, google or other websites, all of us have had the need to write Amharic more than once in our lives. Few years back every one had to learn Power Geez to write Amharic. The ability to write Amharic on a computer was something you only found in internet centers and with some people who know a lot about computers. But know, one can write Amharic in so many different ways.
My personal favorite way of writing Amharic would be using the