Real-estate developers have formed a new lobbying group, the Ethiopian Real Estate Developers' Association, after years of working piecemeal while rules tightened and public scepticism grew. The new lobby group's leaders say they will offer a single...
May 31 , 2025
A draft proclamation, endorsed by the Council of Ministers two weeks ago, will permit private entities to deliver agricultural extension services that were previously the sole responsibility of govern...
May 31 , 2025
The foreign exchange market spent the final week of May in a wary holding pattern, wrestling with liquidity strain yet stopping short of outright turbulence. A handful of commercial banks broke ranks...
May 31 , 2025
Siinqee Bank has burst confidently from microfinance trenches into the competitive commercial banking industry, posting an impressive profit surge that outshone many peers. Its net profit jumped by 8...
May 11 , 2025
Regulators at the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) have issued a notice to commercial banks, instruct...
May 31 , 2025
The Ministry of Water & Energy has announced plans to enlist institutions located near affected...
May 31 , 2025
Addis Abeba is racing to build a public charging network for electric cars estimated to reach 100,0...
May 31 , 2025
Parents at Flipper International School received a jolt on May 26, 2025, when a letter confirmed that next year's “Category 1” tuition will increase to 178,558 Br, a 76,525 Br leap equivalent to roughly 75pc. One father, who asked for anonymit...
May 31 , 2025
It is seldom flattering to be bracketed with North Korea and Myanmar. Ironically, Ethiopia has long shared their company on one narrow but emotive list. They are countries that forbid foreign nationals from owning bricks and mortar. That could soon c...
May 31 , 2025
Jens Hanefeld, Germany's envoy in Addis Abeba, touched down last September with a resume that mixes three decades of diplomacy, a decade running Volkswagen's global lobbying shop and the trained eye of a historian. Serving as ambassador to Ethiopia and Berlin's permanent representative to the Africa...
May 17 , 2025
The total number of individuals who have registered with Fayda, a national digital identification card with biometric authentication.
May 31 , 2025
Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the media, showcasing what polling stations will look like during the upcoming national elections; and they took the...
Oct 3 , 2020
Brutawit Dawit, CEO of Wegagen Capital Investment, addresses financial illiteracy in rural areas of the country during an interview on the Meri podcast.
A recent BBC documentary spotlighted a familiar face in war-torn Port Sudan—a city now bearing the scars of a protracted civil war. It was Husam Abdulsalam, a violinist I had come to know...
May 31 , 2025
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