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RUNNING OUT OF GAS

Fuel lines around gas stations, longer queues for public transport commuters and fewer vehicles on the roads characterised Addis Abeba last week. The culprit was another bout of fuel shortages that faced a city...


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Fortune News

Fortune News

DEVELOPING STORY: Regional State Probe Leads to Bereket, Tadesse Arrest

January 23 , 2019


Featured

Featured

BALE UNDER PRESSURE

January 12 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Jemal Abdella, a traditional subsistence farmer and cattle h...



Editorial

Ethiopia’s Humanitarian Crisis: the Elephant in the Room

Like many instabilities around the world, the worrying state of a country rarely gets enough attention before it begins to affect the political and economic hub of a nation, usually the capital. A good illustration is the fuel shortage that hit Ad...

Editorials

It`s About Time to Start Debate on Constitutional Amendments

January 12 , 2019

An expected consequence of the growing rift between the constituent parties of the ruling coalition, EPRDF, is the lack of diversity of ideas and agendas in the legislative house. With MPs ge...

Sunday with Eden

Technology, the World Pass by Ethiopia

January 18 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

From off-grid solar power to mobile money solutions for the unbanked, technology is allowing countries in Africa to solve critical...

Faith-based Institutions: Way to Ethiopians Heart to Uphold Moral Compass

January 12 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

I spent a great deal of time in church w...

Overconfidence, Not Always Bad

January 5 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

It may not seem like it on the surface, but society in Ethiopia incentives individuals to have low s...

The Diaspora Delusion

December 29 , 2018 . By Eden Sahle

A Lesson in Work Ethics from the UK

December 25 , 2018 . By Eden Sahle

Progressive Leaders Come Rarely, Africa Needs Them

December 19 , 2018 . By Eden Sahle

Equality Starts at Home

December 10 , 2018 . By Eden Sahle

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Viewpoints

The Vulnerability of Partners in PLCs

January 18 , 2019 . By Lea Mehari

The preferred form of business organisation in Ethiopia is a Private Limited Company (PLC), which is formed between two to 50 persons. Many people opt to form a PLC for their businesses because of the advantages they...

Fake News: From Malignant Tumour of Democracy to Benign Annoyance

January 18 , 2019 . By Belay Abera

Information has always been important, and the lack of it can be...

Proper Administration of Aid Prevents from Asking for More

January 12 , 2019 . By Belay Abera

Nothing comes free in this world, not even aid. Th...

Ethio-Eritrea Rapprochement’s Sketchy Beginnings, Commendable Outcomes

January 12 , 2019 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

Political Undercurrent for Eritrea’s Disenfranchisement

January 5 , 2019 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

The Healthy Part of Ethiopia’s Tax Regime

January 5 , 2019 . By Lea Mehari

Medical Mistakes, Avoidable with Employment of Technology

January 5 , 2019 . By Belay Abera

In-Picture

Ketera

January 20 , 2019

Iconic moment, Eritrean sanction lift

November 21 , 2018

QUALITY AWARD

January 12 , 2019

DRAGONS AND EXPORTS

January 11 , 2019


Editors' Pick

DEVELOPING STORY: Regional State Probe Leads to Bereket, Tadesse Arrest

The arrests of Bereket Simon and Tadesse Kassa was an operation led by the Amhara Regional State Police Commission with the cooperation of the Federal Police, people involved in the case disclosed to Fortune. They were arrested at their respective...

Editors Picks

Ethiopia’s Humanitarian Crisis: the Elephant in the Room

January 18 , 2019

Like many instabilities around the world, the worrying state of a country rarely gets enough attention before it begins to affect the political and economic hub of a nation, usually the capital. A good illustration is the fuel shortage that hit Add...


Agenda


Days of Fuel Shortages Wrench Capital



Menna Gizaw, 33, was one of the thousands of drivers that queued at a fuel filling station for hours to fill up her car after fuel shortages hit Addis Abeba last week. She has been sitting in her Toyota Corolla, her two-year-old son in tow, waitin...

Agenda

Electric Tariff Increase Sends Shockwave Through Consumers

January 12 , 2019 . By MADEBO GIRMA

The past two weeks did not bode well for the relationship between landlord Getaneh GebreHana and his eight tenants. After Ethiopian Electric Utility adjusted prices upward he was forced to be strict with his tenants about their electricity consumption. S...

Commentaries

Stock Markets, Not as Pertinent as They Sound

Jan 18,2019 . By Ahadu Yeshitela

Debates around the establishment of a stock market have recently become common after the government showed its intention to establish a stock market in Ethiopia by 2020. And with the debates and discu...

The Seal of Transparency, Efficiency on Sino-African Relations

January 18 , 2019 . By Magaye Gaye

China, the world's second-largest economy, is now the largest foreign economic power in Africa. The...

Ethiopia Can Stem the Tobacco Scourge

January 12 , 2019 . By Dereje Shimeles

Powerful tobacco companies are thriving in Africa due to the weak anti-tobacco and tax laws in many of the continent’s...

My Opinion

From the Horse’s Mouth

January 18 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Confusion best describes the state of contemporary Ethiopia. Even a brief reading of the ongoing tensions and violence within the country make that evident. A year ago, one could legitimately claim wh...

Best to Ease the Transition

January 12 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

The procedure followed to increase rents for commercial units managed by the Federal Housing Corporation was crude, to s...

Brave, Scary New World

January 5 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

The 21st Century offers as many reasons for concern as it does for hope. There is nothing better to demonstrate this tha...

Fortune video

Films Review

Eastwood: The Stallion that became the Mule

January 19 , 2019

Ralph Doesn’t Quite Break the Internet

January 12 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Bumblebee: the Transformer Movie that Got It

January 5 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

Aquaman: Not Deep Enough

December 29 , 2018 . By Christian Tesfaye

Radar

Ketera

January 19 , 2019

Women are playing the traditional musical instrument, Masinqo, and singing in Amist Kilo on Ketera, the day before the Ethiopian celebration...

UNLOADING

January 19 , 2019

Amateur Road Paint

January 19 , 2019

Ethiopia Avails Solar Projects for PPP

January 19 , 2019

Innovation Ministry Set to form ‘Government Network’

January 19 , 2019


Exclusive Interviews


Betty G- Engages Positively

Bruktawit Getahun, Betty G for her fans, would have loved to be around for the Battle of Adwa and thinks of robots as square and scary. Third daughter to her parents, anchored but not confined, there is not a challenge in her life she would rather not have faced. She waxes philosophically to describ...



Bruktawit Getahun, Betty G for her fans, would have loved to be around for the Battle of Adwa and thinks of robots as square and scary. Third daughter to her parents, anchored but not confined, there is not a challenge in her life she would rather not have faced. She waxes philosophically to describ...

Exclusive interview

Despite Hurdles, the Future Spells Promise for Africa

November 21 , 2018

Fortune: You have said that you are not here [the Africa Investment Forum] for the sound bites. You have been talking about deal-making and transactions, and have signed a memorandum of understanding with Power Africa. But what else are you here for? Admass...

The fineline

The tale of two dispositions could be what best describes Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed...

January 19 , 2019

The tale of two dispositions could be what best describes Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s public performances early last week, gossip observed. He has had a series of meetings with the nation’s top di...


Finally, the Chinese government sent its senior diplomat to

January 5 , 2019

Finally, the Chinese government sent its senior diplomat to Addis Abeba with a large entourage of aid...

The lovey-dovey relationship that has evolved...

December 25 , 2018

The lovey-dovey relationship that has evolved between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) and President Issayas Afeworqi is a source of concern for many. In particu...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has been busy...

September 24 , 2018

On Saturday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) inaugurated ...

December 10 , 2018

The Office of the Prime Minister has...

November 27 , 2018

Yet again, last week saw another season where federal authorities...

November 21 , 2018

News Analysis



View from arada

Modernisation, Not Westernisation

Timqet, the Epiphany festival that is just around the corner from Gena, the Ethiopian Christmas, is more traditionally observed, while Genais proving to be quite a different matter in this c...

Juggling Promises, Wagering The Future

January 12 , 2019

A lawyer, in one of the many law offices tucked inside metal containers around the High Court in Lideta, is busy changing into a clean suit and shirt. He empties miscellaneous articles from the pockets of one jacket and lays them out neatly on his desk. He then surveys...

Delicate number

9,450,000

number of people in need of non-food support by the second half of last year, according to the Ethiopian Humanitarian & Disaster Resilience Plan. There are currently 2.4 million internally displaced people in the country...

Life matters

Nation of ‘Hoarders’

January 18 , 2019 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

We like to preserve our culture and identities in every means possible. Not just our cultures though but anything that we think has sentimental value, from the first plate our child ate from to our first jebena, a container used to brew coffee tradit...

Actions Speak Louder

January 12 , 2019 . By Hanna Haile

There is hope in Ethiopia. But where we are is nowhere in the realm of where we ought to be. The amount of resources that are available have been wasted for such a lon...

Inhospitable Hotels

January 5 , 2019 . By Hanna Haile

Many hotels in Addis Abeba show a disregard to their female customers. Walking into many of the major ones, women are scrutinised based on appearance. Hotel management sa...

Verbatim

Gallery

IN PICTURE: Betty G.

January 10 , 2019

Bruktawit Getahun, Betty G for her fans, would have loved to be around for the Battle of Adwa and thinks of robots as square and scary. Third daughter to her parents, anchored but not confined, there is not a challenge in her life she would rather no...

Passport Tease: New Requirements For Passports Create Outrage

December 10 , 2018

The week in picture

December 10 , 2018

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