WSWS: Made in Ethiopia—or anywhere else in the world – Xinyan Yu (National Fellow at New America*), Max Duncan (Reuters in China), Eastern Industry Park
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Industrial park showcasing Chinese extensive investment participation in Ethiopia
In addition to the 12 industrial parks built by the government and managed by the Industrial Parks Development Corporation and regional governments and the Diredawa Free Trade Zone, there are also industrial parks built and managed by private investors in various areas of Ethiopia. One of these private industrial parks is Eastern Industry Park. The industrial park is located in Dukem area, and 153 companies are engaged in production activities in the park. 95% of the companies are owned by Chinese investors, while the rest are owned by companies from India, England, and other countries. These producers are contributing significantly in terms of job creation, foreign exchange earnings, technology, and knowledge transfer.
*New America Donors and Partners: Ford Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (funded Healthy People 2020 via the “nonprofit” CDC Foundation), Walton Family (Walmart), Hewlett Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Google, JPMorgan Chase, W. K. Kellogg Foundation (Kellogg’s), Carnegie Corporation of New York, Schmidt Futures (Eric Schmidt, “arms dealer” for Ukraine—and future war with China—who has worked for the U.S. government), Packard Foundation, Tides Foundation, Microsoft, Omidyar Network, Amazon, Stand Together (Koch Network), Smith Richardson Foundation, HUD, National Archives and Records Administration, Ashton Kutcher, Northrop Grumman, Rockefeller Family Fund, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Meta Platforms (Facebook), National Endowment for the Humanities, Lockheed Martin, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Embassy of Japan, Bradley Media (formerly Atlantic Media owned by David G. Bradley), US Department of Energy
Made in Ethiopia: IDA Enterprise Documentary Fund Grantee
International Documentary Association (IDA) Supporters: Ford Foundation, Golden Globe Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, The Just Trust, MacArthur Foundation, New York Community Trust, Perspective Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Wyncote Foundation, ABC News VideoSource, Delta Air Lines, Donaldson Callif Perez law firm, Firelight Media, IndieWire (Penske Media Corporation), ITVS (PBS, American Public Television), KCRW (NPR), Mount St. Mary’s University, National Geographic, Netflix, PBS, Variety magazine (Penske)
The Just Trust is a left-of-center grantmaking organization established and funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). The group was spun off from the CZI to manage its criminal justice policy efforts. After receiving $350 million in starter funds, The Just Trust has been fiscally managed by the New Venture Fund.
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The Just Trust is run by numerous former CZI executives, including CEO Ana Zamora. The Just Trust’s founding board includes many prominent figures in philanthropy, including CZI co-founder Priscilla Chan, former CZI executive and advisor to President Barack Obama David Plouffe, as well as right-leaning figures like Stand Together CEO Brian Hooks and Kevin Madden, former advisor to U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT).
Brian Hooks (nonprofit leader):
Brian Hooks is an American non-profit leader who currently is CEO and Chairman of Stand Together. He also is President of the Charles Koch Foundation, President of the Charles Koch Institute.
Jonathan Logan – UC Berkley (Jonathan Logan Family Foundation):
Jonathan Logan is a member of the advisory board of the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley. He is the Founder and CEO of the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, which supports investigative journalism, documentary film, arts & culture and democracy. The Foundation’s impactful investigative journalism grantees include the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, ProPublica, FRONTLINE, the Marshall Project and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. The Foundation proudly supports and has helped catalyze the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting at Temple University, the Black Press Archives digitization project at Howard University and the Logan Nonfiction Program, which empowers multimedia creators of long-form nonfiction. The Foundation has also launched innovative media centers at both the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago. A long-time resident of Berkeley, California, Jon is also on the boards of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
The Wyncote Foundation was created at the direction John C. Haas, Otto Haas’s son.
Sister organization of the William Penn Foundation (originally the Phoebe Waterman Foundation).
Penske Media Corporation (IndieWire):
It publishes more than 20 digital and print brands, including Variety, Rolling Stone, Women’s Wear Daily, Deadline Hollywood, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Boy Genius Report, Robb Report, Artforum, ARTNews, and others. PMC’s Chairman and CEO since founding is Jay Penske.
In addition to media publications, Penske Media Corporation owns the Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival and is a 50 percent stakeholder in South by Southwest. It is also the owner of Dick Clark Productions which includes the award shows Golden Globe Awards [Golden Globe Foundation, Dick Clark Productions], American Music Awards, Streamy Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, and the Billboard Music Awards.
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