A change for 2015...

Dear reader,
The cliché, but undeniable truth that change is the only process that never changes, has an engrossing essence, for sure. We love change in all aspects of life - food, clothing, lifestyle and what not! 

Today, replaced by a tomorrow; weekend leading to a fresh week, months that change 12 times and seasons that change four times a year; and finally, bidding farewell to a year and welcoming a New Year – all these engross us. 

In this New Year, let us ensure that good becomes better; better changes into the best. Whatever proved bad has to be eliminated. Change to be meaningful, should bring in productive transformations to individuals, institutions and the entire society. 

As New Year 2015 marks a fascinating start, at Micro Business College, we have a big change coming up - one that can be etched in the history of higher education. I take the pleasure of informing you that our plan of ensuring employment for each and every student, who passes out from our college, has duly been approved by the authorities. 

Our holding company, Ethio-Limat Consultancy PLC would be paving the way for hundreds of students to get a job that they love. This is a historic achievement that has never before practiced by any institution in the country. Dear reader, kindly be with us in making this first-ever employment scheme a grand success. 

Merry Ethiopian Christmas and Happy New Year 2015 for you and your family!

Abera Tilahun
Chief Editor

- Editorial, January 2015 issue of the monthly newsletter, Micro Voice

MBC to launch the biggest cooperative movement

Ambo: President of the Micro Business College (MBC), Abera Tilahun has declared that the college is planning to launch an extensive cooperative movement along select villages of West Shoa. The movement, perhaps the biggest ever seen in the country would be comprising of 61 diverse enterprise schemes involving local farmers and the college’s students. “This is our project to ensure employment for students of our campuses so as to create self-reliant citizens and villages”, Mr. Abera added. 

The proposed enterprises schemes would fall under five major titles of Agricultural Businesses, Agro-Industry Businesses, Forestry Businesses, Service Rendering Businesses and Whole/Retail Merchandising Enterprises. 

The college would be soon establishing a tie-up with its holding company, Ethio-Limat Consultants PLC so that students who pass out can easily fetch a job at the latter’s developmental sites spread through Tokie – Mida Kegn of Uru Gama, Gedo and Woliso. A letter of interest issued by the Ethio-Limat Consultants PLC (ELC) states that such association with the college would bear major objectives ranging from optimum use of natural resources for revenue generation to intensive need-based training, education, research and consultancy services to address cultural and socio-economic needs of the local people. 

Major objectives of linkage between ELC and MBC

• Revenue from prudent management of natural resources, agricultural development and commercialization
• Cooperatives for creating job opportunities and duly providing technology transfer and support to start business
• Employment  opportunity for 1000 citizens of most deserving groups each year. 
• Community support to urban/local peoples 
• Intensive need-based training, education, research and consultancy services for assessing cultural and socio-economic changes and requirements 

- From December 2014 issue of Micro Voice monthly Newsletter