In what has become common in the past four years, a new round of nominations was put before Parliament last week. These nominations by the Prime Minister did not receive unanimous votes as most political pundits expected. Members of Parliament, inclu...
Jan 28 , 2023
Aklilu Wubet of Wegagen Bank and his executives had a lot to celebrate when they met rather anxious shareholders last December as they made a turnaround in the Bank's adversities and came out of the p...
Jan 28 , 2023
The Oromia Public Enterprise is edging closer to bagging Ayka Addis Textile Factory for 1.82 billion Br. The factory, 20Km west of Addis Abeba, in Alemgena, Oromia Regional State, has been idle under...
Last week saw an uncharacteristically polemical moment after parliamentarians questioned three nominees of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's (PhD) for ministerial positions, tabled for their confirmations o...
Jan 28 , 2023
Trade between China and Africa reached an all-time high of 282 billion dollars this year, as the mod...
Jan 28 , 2023
Fewer couples tied the knot in 2022 than the year before; the post-pandemic environment could be att...
Jan 21 , 2023
Last week saw thousands of young individuals queueing at three branches of the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) in the capital to register for the fourth round of a five-day "business training". Many were lured by the hope of gaining sizeable loans...
Jan 28 , 2023
It is not common to see an appointment for a senior federal government office stir debates and controversies. Parliamentarians may grumble about the background and experiences of ministers during confirmation sessions, as they did last week. Ten o...
Jan 28 , 2023
Project Syndicate (PS): You have often pointed out that inflation has been exacerbated by trade protectionism, which weakens the market competition that induces firms to keep prices low, and by immigration restrictions, which lock in labour shortages. At a time when a return to unfettered globalizat...
Jan 24 , 2023
budget deficit financing from net domestic borrowings and external funds (including grants), in Birr, during the fourth quarter of 2021/22, according to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE).
Jan 28 , 2023
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
Brehanu Nega (Prof.), minister of Education, was quoted by the BBC, calling the exam results of school leavers, where only 3.3pc of the nearly 900,000 students have scored acceptable grades to join universities.
The victory of the Ethiopian national football team against Libya in a qualifier game for the 1969 world cup had stirred pitches from fans that veterans from the former should not be fielded...
Jan 28 , 2023
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