{"id":2520,"date":"2026-02-14T09:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/?p=2520"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:40:25","slug":"prime-minister-abiy-ahmed-welcomed-african-and-international-leaders-to-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/2026\/02\/14\/prime-minister-abiy-ahmed-welcomed-african-and-international-leaders-to-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed welcomed African and international leaders to Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>underscoring Africa\u2019s historic legacy and its bold vision for the future. He stressed that the continent\u2019s greatest asset lies not only in its natural resources, but in its ability to build strong institutions, drive innovation, and govern for sustainable development. Highlighting progress in water management, energy, food security, and industrialisation, he cited the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, wheat self-sufficiency, and expanding industrial investments as examples of African-led solutions advancing shared prosperity. He noted Africa\u2019s strong growth trajectory, Ethiopia\u2019s projected 10.2% growth, and the importance of investing in youth, health, and education to harness the continent\u2019s demographic advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister also emphasised climate leadership through the Green Legacy Initiative, digital transformation under Digital Ethiopia 2030, advances in artificial intelligence, and expanded continental connectivity. He concluded with a call for a confident, united African Union capable of shaping global agendas and ensuring development delivers resilience, opportunity, and dignity for all Africans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AUSummit<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PMOEthiopia<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-70.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-70.png 960w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-70-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-70-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-71.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-71.png 960w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-71-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-71-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-72-682x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-72-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-72-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-72-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-72.png 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-73.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-73.png 960w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-73-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-73-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-74.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-74.png 960w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-74-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/image-74-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>underscoring Africa\u2019s historic legacy and its bold vision for the future. He stressed that the continent\u2019s greatest asset lies not only in its natural resources, but in its ability to build strong institutions, drive innovation, and govern for sustainable development. Highlighting progress in water management, energy, food security, and industrialisation, he cited the Grand Ethiopian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news_en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520\/revisions\/2526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}