Federal authorities approved submissions by the Addis Abeba University (AAU) administrators to reclaim financial and operational autonomy three years after they tabled their demands. Under President Tassew Woldehanna (Prof.), the country’s oldes...
August 14 , 2022
The federal government is imposing a new tax, hoping to generate an additional 22 billion Br this year. Dubbed “social welfare levy”, the tax will apply to importers, who will pay three percent...
August 13 , 2022
Agricultural authorities have backpedalled on a decision to raise the minimum price threshold for horticultural products exported to Djibouti nearly fivefold. It is the second trade policy reversal...
August 15 , 2022
Transport authorities have introduced unique license plates to vehicles owned by individuals with disabilities following allegations of misuse of duty-free import privileges. Dagmawit Moges, minist...
August 13 , 2022
The chief of Public Service Transport Enterprise seems upbeat about expanding operations outside of...
August 13 , 2022
Ethiopia’s largest commercial tea estate raised prices for out-growers a quarter following a visit...
August 13 , 2022
The roads leading to Megenagna were crowded and hectic as ever. Street vendors selling a flurry of consumer goods such as clothes and shoes were an inconvenience for the innumerable pedestrians attempting to circumvent the busy streets to reach where...
August 14 , 2022
The call for lofty ideals such as national dialogue and consensus has been as old as Ethiopia’s ingrate revolution. It may mean different things for various groups as successive regimes danced around the multiple elements of the concept. But they t...
August 14 , 2022
Fortune: - The remittance inflow to Ethiopia is around three, four billion dollars? This is against a population of a 100 million, and an annual GDP of 100 billion dollars. How do you see this in comparison with other countries at a similar level of economic development? Amil: Remittances are a c...
April 22 , 2022
excise tax revenues, in Birr, the government plans to collect from automobile imports this financial year, according to the Ministry of Finance.
August 13 , 2022
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...
October 3 , 2020
Fred Okengo Matiang'I, a Kenyan cabinet secretary, challenged Kenyans to report from the Ethiopian capital to contrast it to press freedom in Nairobi.
It was as though two people inside me were arguing with each other as I was heading to attend the monthly debates on the arts at the historic Hager Fikir Theatre. It was...
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