Gashaw wins for third time and Ketema surprises favourites at 2022 Sofi Malt Great Ethiopian Run International 10km
Twenty-four-year old Abe Gashaw became the first athlete to win three titles by taking victory in the 22nd edition of Addis Ababa’s international 10km, adding to his wins in November 2016 and January 2021. He won in a time of 28 minutes and 32 seconds, edging out Hailemariam Amare (28:34) and last year’s winner Gemechu […]
“Running for a Cause” hits fundraising targets as donations top 1 million birr
Great Ethiopian Run’s annual fundraising campaign known as “Running for a Cause” has passed its 1 million fundraising target with five days remaining to race day this coming Sunday. Announcing the news, GER Fundraising Coordinator Rediate Wujra expressed her delight at how the funds raised will help the three beneficiary organisations nominated by the Minsitry […]
Peres Jepchirchir to be VIP guest at 2022 Sofi Malt Great Ethiopian Run International 10km
Peres Jepchirchir, the Olympic Marathon Champion from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, will be the VIP guest at the 2022 Sofi Malt Great Ethiopian Run International 10km taking place in Addis Ababa on Sunday 20th November 2022. She will come to Addis with her husband and daughter, arriving in time for the pre-race press conference on […]
2022 PlayMatters Children Races and Running for a Cause campaign, as part of, 2022 Sofi Malt Great Ethiopia Run International 10km officially launches.
11 October 2022 The 2022 PlayMatters Children race and running for a cause fundraising launch press conference held today. The children’s race, which will be held day before, the 22nd edition of the Great Ethiopian Run International 10km with 40,000 participants’ will be held this year in collaboration with the PlayMatters project. The main message […]
6 Week Strava Challenge
From Monday 10 October 2022 until Sunday 20 November 2022 we are staging a Challenge Competition as part of our #GoGreen campaign. How many times can you walk 3km to and from work? Walking involves zero carbon emissions. Walking in rush hour periods saves time and money. Please join our daily 3km walk challenge competition […]
The return of the Entoto Park Predator Run
Entoto Park Predator Run returns as the 2nd year first edition of the race kicked off today 8 October 2022. More than 300 participants took the line for the October edition of the Entoto Park Predator Run earlier today. The 7KM competition was the latest edition to the race as Habtamu Abera and Hikma Sabit […]
Running for a Cause
Aim As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, Great Ethiopian Run raises funding under the umbrella campaign named “Running for A Cause” using the popularity of its annual 10km staged in November. This annual campaign is aimed at helping different local charitable organizations selected by the concerned government authority. Great Ethiopian Run works mainly with […]
Great Ethiopian Run and Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation sign a media partnership agreement
“In the past twenty years, Great Ethiopian Run has been able to gather hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians” Once a year, Great Ethiopian Run has made everyone give their hearts for peace, love, and togetherness: citizens who could not be together during religious holidays run together in the great race; People who could not be […]
Registration is now halfway in 4 days for the biggest road race in Africa.
Preparation is underway for the 22nd edition of the 2022 Sofi Malt Great Ethiopian Run International 10KM. This year’s race message is “Every child Learning”. This year, 40,000 participants will participate, and this number will increase the number of participants, which was reduced due to the pandemic in the last 2 years. 20,000 spots were […]
IFH Engineering to celebrate 20-year anniversary with relay race from Sarbet to Gotera
IFH Engineering (formerly operating under the name ‘CRBC Addis Engineering’) celebrates 20 years of work in Ethiopia by sponsoring the 2022 IFH Relay Races to be staged on 17th July 2022. The races will take place on a new stretch of road completed by IFH from Pushkin Square in Sarbet to the Gotera flyover on […]