Addis Abeba's most contested planning document is entering its final year, carrying the legacy of political rupture and the imprint of rapid redevelopment. The 10th structural master plan, approved in July 2017, which led to one of the most conseq...
May 23 , 2026
The Ethiopian Airlines Group (EAG) is weighing a deeper role in Southern Africa's fragmented aviation market after Namibia formally asked the carrier to help re-establish a national airline, a move th...
May 23 , 2026
Dashen Bank entered the foreign-exchange reform year with a defensive proposition. It grew large enough to protect its market position, preserve liquidity, and push more customers out of costly branch...
May 17 , 2026
Last week, the Birr - Brewed Buck - crossed a line the foreign-exchange market had long treated as a warning, not a price. Commercial banks' cash rates reorganised around a reference point of 160 Br t...
May 23 , 2026
A revised tax administration law could bar taxpayers from submitting new evidence during complaints...
May 17 , 2026
The federal government's plan to build a capital market begins where the financial system is most re...
May 17 , 2026
For Helen Mekonnen, 45, bread has become the measure of how far a household income can stretch in Addis Abeba. In the neighbourhood near Bulgaria St. Michael, on Tanzania St., a loaf that once was a routine purchase now requires a daily calculation b...
May 23 , 2026
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has spent weeks in Addis Abeba conducting the fifth review of the macroeconomic reform programme it backs in Ethiopia. Its checklist would be familiar and hard. Its experts demand to see a fuller floating...
May 23 , 2026
Fortune: Given the United Kingdom's long history with Ethiopia, is there a change of view about its role in East Africa's economic and climate future? McLoughlin: We are recalibrating our approach in recognition of Ethiopia's increased importance, particularly on climate and economic transformati...
May 3 , 2026
The number of polling stations to manage the turnout for the seventh general election, in which more than 50.5 million Ethiopians are expected to cast ballots in federal and regional elections, except the Tigray Regional State, on June 1, 2026.
May 23 , 2026
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...
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Aliko Dangote, the Nigerian investor, pledged last week to complete a fertiliser plant in 30 months that will produce three million tons of urea for a four-billion-dollar investment. If successful, this will position his Group as the world's largest producer of the particular fertiliser brand. He also disclosed the launch of additional plants for packaging and MPK (cement) production.
There is a particular intimacy in seeing the face of someone whose words have already lived in us. A voice first heard through pages, a grief or joke carried by language, suddenly has eyes,...
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