Archive for the ‘Job Creation’ Category

Afghanistan to receive grant to boost electricity production

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance announced this weekend that an agreement has been signed where the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will grant Afghanistan with $75.4 million. The money is going to be used to boost electricity production so that more than 50,000 residents of Gerishk district in Helmand province will have electricity. According to Afghan media [...]

January 22, 2012   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  One Comment

Reports: Mega poultry farm to be setup in Nangarhar and a new school building inaugurated in Faryab

The foundation stone for a mega poultry farm was laid yesterday in the Kama district of Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, according to a Pajhwok Afghan News report. Senior officials told the news agency that it will employ over 1000 Afghan men and women, and that the project is expected to take three and half [...]

January 16, 2012   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  One Comment

Salt Refinery Plant Inaugurated In Balkh Province

Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported today that a $4 million private salt refinery was inaugurated today in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh. The factory was setup by the Mullah Azad Group, the director of the factory, Mahfoozullah Fagur, told PAN. The factory currently employs 200 people and will soon be raised to 1000 once another [...]

September 25, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development, Women's Rights  Comments Closed

Reports: $100 million food processing plant and new hospital to be built in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Tolo news reported two days ago that the Dubai based ANHAM contracting firm “will invest $100 million in Afghanistan to build a food processing plant and a logistics hub covering 5,000 hectares of land.” The report cited the Afghan Investment Support Agency (AISA) as saying that the project will create thousands of jobs, and [...]

September 12, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Health News, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Cashmere processing plant and cement factory recently inaugurated

A cashmere processing plant was inaugurated in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat on Saturday, a report from USAID (United States Agency for International Development) said today. According to the report, the “Herati Cashmere and Skin Processing Plant will be able to process more than 400 kilograms of raw cashmere each day through its line of [...]

July 31, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Reports: New development projects to begin and others have been completed in Afghanistan

Across Afghanistan there are scores of new development projects that will either soon be launched or have been completed. Many of these projects will not only bring much needed infrastructure and money to the Afghan government, but also bring much needed services to the people of Afghanistan. On July 2, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported [...]

July 5, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

New schools to be built and a factory inaugurated

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education announced yesterday that the foundation stone for a new girl’s elementary school has been laid in the Paghman district of Kabul province. A ceremony was held to mark the occasion and local officials as well as teachers and students attended. The new building will be built in 6 months at a [...]

May 23, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Health News, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  One Comment

$60 million beverage bottling plant to be built in Afghanistan

PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies has recently signed an exclusive deal with the Dubai based Alokozay Group to manufacture and distribute popular PepsiCo beverages such as Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew and 7-UP in Afghanistan. A $60 million beverage bottling plant will be built in Kabul in order to make [...]

April 23, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  One Comment

New court building opened in Helmand; Construction projects on 2 factories begins and 2 new school buildings inaugurated in Herat

Afghanistan’s Bakhtar News Agency reported today that construction work on a new building for the Helmand provincial court has finally been completed, and that an inauguration ceremony was held to celebrate the event. Muhammad Gulab Mangal, the provincial governor of Helmand province, attended the inauguration of the new building. The construction work had begun 2 [...]

March 7, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Education, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  One Comment

Afghanistan wins GSMA Government Leadership Award

On Tuesday, in Barcelona, Spain, at the annual Government Mobile Forum, Afghanistan’s Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, Amirzai Sangin, was given the mobile industry’s prestigious Government Leadership Award. The award was given to the Afghan government because of the “immense achievements made by the Afghan government in its commitment to the widespread expansion of [...]

February 17, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Development projects in Ghazni, Laghman, Jawzjan, and Helmand

Today, Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) reported that “development projects worth million of dollars will be launched in the southern province of Ghazni this year”.В  The source of the report was the provincial governor of Ghazni, Musa Khan Akbarzada. “Saudi Arabia would construct a huge mosque in Ghazni City, the provincial capital, while the United Arab [...]

February 2, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  Comments Closed

Modern Rug Processing Factory Opened In Kabul

A modern rug processing factory was opened this week in Kabul, according to a report from Pajhwok Afghan News.В  The factory will be able to process about 7,000 square meters of rug in a month, and it will employ about 100 workers. The factory was setup with funding ($200,000) from the United States Agency for [...]

January 13, 2011   Posted in: Afghanistan's Economy, Job Creation, Reconstruction and Development  3 Comments