These young people acquire experiences, valuable knowledge and new ideas and return to Ethiopia and build new industries, added Mr. Jordan Buchler.

“If we steer this course, Ethiopia will position itself internationally as reliant, proficient and high quality human resource for the international maritime industry.” Mr. Jordan Buchler. 

The President of Bahir Dar University, Dr Baylie Damtie, said on the event that Ethiopia is blessed with rich a natural resource among which human resources is the one. 

Maritime is an exemplary academy in job creation to young people in the country; we will strengthen the academy and keep moving forward to seize new opportunities, Dr Baylie.

US ambassador to Ethiopia, Mrs. Patricia Haslach, said that Ethiopia and USA have a century old diplomatic relationship that has grown to the present strong diplomatic partnership between the two countries.

Ethiopia as one of the fastest growing economies in the world and in the words of President Obama ‘one of the bright spots of Africa’, is strong trade, peacekeeping and conflict resolution partner of the USA, Mrs. Patricia stressed. 

Today the three pillars of the bilateral relationship between the two countries includes: economic growth and development, democracy, governance, human rights and regional peace and security. The two countries are in good partnership in relation to trade, people-to-people ties are flourishing, Mrs. Patricia.

The Academy which is run by the support of US Company, YCF group, is a mark of the sound relationship between the two countries, Mrs. Patricia.

American embassy staff and distinguished guests, Academy staff and cadets and BDU management and staff have attended the function.