IU receives U.S. Embassy grant for Ethiopian partnershipBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) – Indiana University’s Office of International Development has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to implement a new program. IU says the grant will be used for new business incubation centers and entrepreneurship curricula at Bahir Dar and Debre Markos universities in Ethiopia. The funding will help establish the Partnership in Business Entrepreneurship and Leadership Transformation program, known as PiBELT. “PiBELT is a tool for poverty reduction, job creation and good governance,” said Yibeltal Tarekegn Minwagaw, project co-director at Debre Markos University.

Source: Ethiopian News October 29, 2020 15:50 UTC