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Developing reverse engineering, ICT to ensure transformation

Reverse engineering is the process by which a man-made object is using ICT.
deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, or to extract knowledge Moreover, it has been making use reverse engineering to produce
from the object; similar to scientific research the only difference being imported goods locally . Such efforts for sure help Ethiopia to be in
that scientific research is about a natural phenomenon . the forefront of adopting latest technologies and disseminating ICT
At this particular time, reverse engineering and ICT have become knowledge in the Horn of Africa. Obviously , the village and the reverse
one of the basic necessities of a given developing country or society as engineering practices will also make Ethiopia to exploit the global e-
almost the whole human activities are being carried out with the support commerce in a sustainable and modern manner as well.
of these two technologies than ever before. Undoubtedly ,ICT and reverse engineering play irreplaceable roles in
Of course, both have made life easy and simple in most of the developed disseminating timely information and transforming knowledge to the
countries. This is mainly because they have managed to put in place general public as well as in advancing science and technology. Hence,
effective and efficient ICT infrastructure in private and state run organizations the ongoing concerted efforts of the government in realizing the nation's
apart from extracting knowledge using reverse engineering . Moreover, set goals in the advancement of science and technology need to be
due to their successful ICT and reverse engineering development , supported .
developed countries have well informed people and they are blessed with In today's world, it is so impossible to make great political, social
high-tech gadgets that the world has never witnessed in its history before. and economic leaps without owning reliable ICT networks, tel-com
It is true that the government of Ethiopia has been exerting relentless infrastructure and applicable reverse engineering throughout the country.
efforts in introducing and making use of new technologies since the In summing up, the reverse engineering and the ICT village and will
downfall of the Derg regime. Various ever-changing and sophisticated hopefully play a significant role in ensuring e-government,creating wider
computer networking systems that are supposed to ease and modernize international market for local products via e-commerce,transforming and
the information collection and dissemination process in the civil service adopting ICT knowledge in addition to having many more software
of the country have been successfully installed and have brought about developers and creating numerous job opportunities for fellow citizens.
a significant and tangible progress in the sector. Therefore, every fellow citizen and concerned bodies need to work
In fact, the country has already established ICT village aimed at and toil hard in a bid to ensure a well developed reverse engineering
speeding up the nation's ICT development and creating ample golden practices, ICT and tel-com infrastructure in this country. Such path-
opportunities for Ethiopian and foreign software developers as the village breaking activities on the part of the government will undoubtedly contribute
is designed and built with the intention of interconnecting Ethiopia's a lot in spearheading the renaissance task the country is set on. Ethiopia
ever growing local and international markets to the rest of the world will no longer be on the short end of the information gap.

SOE beating the odds

BY BEREKET GEBRU continental level but at the world stage to power. Despite the ideological change Another factor she raises has to do the questions: why have other public
comes as a complete drift from the that brought socialism along with the with organizational structure. The enterprises not been as successful as
Ethiopian Airlines announced that norm. International organizations like military Junta in power, the Ethiopian researcher argues that the Ethiopian Ethiopian Airlines? What is it about
it had acquired its 100th aircraft, a IMF and the World Bank nag Ethiopia Airlines maintained a unique sense of Airlines has developed its own Ethiopian Airlines that makes it stand
Boeing 787-900, early June. The news to have the Airliner privatized although independence as it was allowed to organizational structure which alters out from the rest of the African and
received wide media coverage as the grounds for privatization are totally purchase aircrafts from the American itself based on the change in the business World Airliners? What structures
everything about Ethiopian Airlines seems absent. Better administration is the company Boeing and other capitalist environment. Moreover, the researcher have been useful in nurturing that
to generate every now and then. It has reason behind the widespread countries. A Masters paper by Selamawit states Ethiopian Airlines is an enterprise uniqueness? How can the rest of the
been reported that it would be the first privatization of SOEs across the globe. G/Egziabher states that the services of which has a visionary leadership style public enterprises be geared towards
time for an African airline to operate a It would, however, be silly to accuse the Airlines crashed by the end of the that helps it to identify which way to the same path in the long future? It
100-aircraft fleet in the history ofthe Ethiopian Airlines of administrative 1970s and the Derg regime reacted by go in order to achieve the intended should then strive to answer these
continent. problems as it has managed to sustain designating Captain Mohammed Ahmed plans. Yet another argument by the questions as precisely as possible
However, such a landmark is not its incredible success for so long. as the Chief Operating Officer in 1980 researcher is that the Ethiopian Airlines and set out to raise the standard of
new for the airliner. It usually wins As much as the state owned flag who ran the Airlines on a strictly has a strategic plan that is strictly other public enterprises.
numerous trophies in a single year. carrier has maintained itself as the pride commercial basis. That is a clear followed and thus most accomplished One last point is that there has
Ethiopian Airlines was the first to avail of the country, the fact that other state indication of the fact that the Airliner above plan. The researcher also states been repeated interest from the greedy
jet service in the continent back in 1962, owned enterprises (SOEs) have not was treated as a source of national pride sound financial performance as another western companies and their cronies
and operated the first African B767 in proved to be as effective raises questions left alone to pursue its bigger ambitions. one ofthe reasons for the Airlines’ in international organizations to
1984; the first African B777-200LR in – what can the other state owned The same reality works when the success. privatize the Ethiopian Airlines. In
2010; the first African B787-800 organizations learn from Ethiopian current regime led by EPRDF assumed The researcher also raises some other words, they think that such a
Dreamliner and B777-200 freighter in Airlines? To answer that question, let’s state power. The Ethiopian Airlines still reasons as the training and sense of well crafted machine doesn’t have
2012; and the first African A350 in 2016; consider the unique features of the maintained its sense of independence ownership of employees, autonomous to be in the hands ofAfricans and
and the first African B787-9 aircraft in Airliner that have helped it achieve its and its recognized role as the pride of management, state of the art technology thus has to be sold to them. Although
2017. It now operates as one of the status as one of the best in the world. not just Ethiopia but Africa as well. it uses and the comparative advantage the government has been adamant
youngest and most modern 100 aircraft, Ethiopian Airlines was established The paper states that the success the geographical location of the country in rebuffing such advances, their
with an average age of less than five years. in 1946 as a joint venture with American of the Airline emanates from a provides as other set of reasons for the crafty approach to always push their
Ethiopian Airlines has always been Airline Trans World Airlines (TWA). management system led by a board and success of the organization. cause through international
very successful but the leaps it took this The website states that three quarters power is decentralized that business Even for other successful state organizations such as the IMF and
past few years in terms of the number of of the Airlines’ staff were Ethiopian by activities ofthe company would be owned companies such as the the World Bank could leave the
destinations it took, the number of 1953 with expatriates holding key posts. handled very well. The board members Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, ethio government between a rock and a
passengers it transported and the general The first Ethiopian General Manager, appoint a Chief Executive Officer for telecom and the likes, the stature of hard place. No matter how intense
recognition it wielded internationally are Colonel Simret Medhane, did not come the company whose term is not Ethiopian Airlines is incomparably huge the pressure is, the Ethiopian
unique by its own standards. Its into office until 1971. Some attribute determined. The researcher argues that and belittling. Despite the long history government needs to keep our flag
profitability and rise to prominence seem this long period ofmanagement by the indefinite tenure allows the CEOs of success that has rooted itself in the carrier under the ownership of
to go on non-stop. expatriates as the basis for the Airlines’ amass experience wielding them as good organizational culture of the Ethiopian Ethiopians.
Considering the Airliner is a State illustrious success. decision makers. Besides, the Airlines, other public enterprises seem
Owned Enterprise (SOE), the general However, the Americans’ legacy management structure reveals that to have failed to study the model and E d ito r ' s N o te : T h e vie ws e n te r ta in e d
assumption is that it would be liable to could have been ruined quite easily had existence of specialization, replicate the staggering achievements in this article do not necessarily reflect
below par administration. However, the the organization been tampered by the accountability and good decision making of the Airlines. the stance of The Ethiopian Herald
success it has registered not only at subsequent political regimes that came ability due to long time experience. The government still needs to ask

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