Ministry of Innovation and Technology (Ethiopia)
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MinT) (formerly known as the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology) is an Ethiopian government department responsible for science and technological development in Ethiopia as well as a governing body of communications. It was established as a commission in December 1975 by directive No.62/1975. The current minister is Belete Molla since 2021.
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | December 1975 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Ethiopia |
| Headquarters | near Colson St, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 9°01′26″N 38°45′18″E / 9.023822°N 38.755073°E |
| Annual budget | 300 billion birr (as of 2021)[1] |
| Agency executive | |
List of ministers edit
- October 2018 – February 2020: Dr.-Ing. Getahun Mekuria[2][3]
- February 2020 – 6 October 2021: Abraham Belay[3]
- 6 October 2021 – present: Belete Molla[4]
History edit
The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) was a governmental institution that was established for the first time in December 1975 by proclamation No.62/1975 as a commission. Following the change in government in 1991 and with the issuance of the new economic policy, the commission was re-established in March 1994 by Proclamation No.91/94. The commission went into its third phase of re-institution on 24 August 1995 by Proclamation No.7/1995, as an agency following the establishment of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia .[5] The ministry changed its title to Ministry of Innovation and Technology in October 2018.
Vision edit
To see Ethiopia entrench the capacities which enable rapid learning, adaptation and utilization of effective foreign technologies by the year 2022/23.
It has a mission of coordinating, encouraging and supporting science and technology activities that realize the country's social and economic developments
Affiliate organizations edit
- Ethiopian Technology and Innovation Institute
- Ethiopian Radiation and Protection Authority
- Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute
- Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute
- Geospatial Information Institute
References edit
- ^ behabtu1. "Gov't to Digitalize Services This Ethiopian Budget Year | Ethiopian News Agency". Retrieved 2022-09-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ethiopian PM announce new, half women cabinet ministers". Tesfa News. 2018-10-16. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ a b "News: Despite objections PM Abiy removes one of the remaining two TPLF members from his cabinet". Addis Standard. 2020-01-22. Archived from the original on 2021-01-01. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
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- ^ "Ministry of Science and Technology". MoST.