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Cash Strapped

Bank clerks count 900,000 Br worth of bills stashed on top of one another on a busy day at the main branch of one of the private banks. In the main hall of the bank, the scene was not as calm, as tellers try...


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Fortune News

Bill Allows Foreign Firms to Use Own Forex

January 25 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL


Featured

Featured

Transport Authority Says 'Buckle Up'

January 25 , 2020 . By MESAY BERHANU

Along Africa Avenue that leads to Bole International Airport, Deputy Inspector Abiyot Abebe and his colleagues were busy controlling the traffic flow on the road. They randomly...



Editorial

With Great Power, Comes Greater Responsibilities for MPs

The last assembly of legislators under the Dergue, the Shengoas it was known then, was nothing less than an admirable show of courage by representatives in standing up against a totalitarian power that had grown too comfortable in offering up excuses...

Editorials

Transparency Bakes the Cake Even Better

January 18 , 2020

Addressing questions from members of parliament a few months after ascending to the Office of the Prime Minister - confident and impassioned as he was - Abiy Ahmed (PhD) declared that the ...

Sunday with Eden

What We want to See in Politicians

January 25 , 2020 . By Eden Sahle

We are living through a never-ending array of political and social crises. There is everything from polarisation to grievances, re...

Children Need Freedom to Escape Generational Poverty

January 18 , 2020 . By Eden Sahle

Ethiopia has been grappling with the deeply rooted problem of...

Work Hard, Envy Less

January 11 , 2020 . By Eden Sahle

It can be frustrating to lead our lives in constant comparison of ourselves with people who are more...

Mob Justice Perpetuates Injustice

January 4 , 2020 . By Eden Sahle

Ignored Ethiopan Culture: Damaging Trend

December 28 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

Abiding by Rule of Law to Save Lives

December 21 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

Ethiopia: Valuing Life for Peaceful Coexistence

November 9 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

This week's print version

Viewpoints

The New Norms that Blight the Nation

January 25 , 2020 . By Sileshi Yilma Reta

To say that Ethiopia is going through trying times is an understatement. We are in uncharted territory. We can speculate, but we are at a loss to explain just what the future holds. The political transition that start...

Ethiopia's Politics in the Rabbit Hole

January 25 , 2020 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

Unsurprisingly, everyone has opinions about Ethiopia's politics....

Postponement of Election at Our Peril

January 18 , 2020 . By Habtamu Girma

With the sixth national election in Ethiopia sched...

Opaque Gov't Fails at Democracy

January 18 , 2020 . By Sileshi Yilma Reta

‘Academic Racketeering’: Thorn in Quality Education’s Side

January 11 , 2020 . By Hunduma Gari

Beyond Wax and Gold

January 11 , 2020 . By Ayalew Teshome

Inflationary Expectations: Ethiopian Authorities Not Learning From the Past

January 4 , 2020 . By Shewangezaw Seyoum

In-Picture

City's Contrast

January 25 , 2020

LIFTING THE CUP

December 14 , 2019

A Rare Moment

November 28 , 2019

Flowery Hearts

January 25 , 2020

Timqet Eve

January 25 , 2020


Editors' Pick

With Great Power, Comes Greater Responsibilities for MPs

The last assembly of legislators under the Dergue, the Shengoas it was known then, was nothing less than an admirable show of courage by representatives in standing up against a totalitarian power that had grown too comfortable in offering up excuses...

Editors Picks

Years From Hilton

January 18 , 2020

Mulatu Teshome (PhD), former president of Ethiopia, waited outside the main hall of Hilton Addis to greet his successor, Sahle-Work Zewde, last Thursday. Together, joined by Claus Steiner, general manager of Hilton Addis, they made their way to the hall of the Hilton where the international franchise hotel was celebrating its ...


Agenda


Liquidity Crisis Hits Banking Industry Hard



On the afternoon of January 14, 2020, Khadija Mustafa sat on the waiting benches at a branch of one of the private banks located near National Stadium. She appeared quite restless as she constantly moved in her seat, checking her mobile now and th...

Agenda

Dam Deal: The Devil in the Details

January 18 , 2020 . By FASIKA TADESSE

When about 5,391 households, who had been residing in Guba, a village located 17Km from the Sudanese border, were told to resettle to new relocation centres a decade ago, the government had a plan to launch a mega project that would generate thousands of megaw...

Commentaries

Corrupt Society Corrupts the State

Jan 25,2020 . By Asseged G. Medhin

The theory is relatively simple. If we are following a healthy and honest path in our personal lives, then we would also collectively make up a healthy nation. If we are as disapproving of corruption...

Closing the SDG Gap

January 25 , 2020 . By Kevin Watkins

As global business and political leaders gather in Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, they should as...

The Romance in Good ol' Professionalism

January 18 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

In this age of disruption, we can no longer expect things to be the way they are supposed to be. The norms and values of...

My Opinion

Overconfident ‘Rips’

January 25 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

Holiday family gatherings, more often than not, offer a glimpse into the Ethiopian psyche, which may not be homogeneous but it has certain glaring consistencies. Just take our poor work culture, our a...

A Nation of Smokers

January 11 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that, when they are really ambitious, they are often not within our grasp....

Dilemma of the Downtrodden

January 4 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

It is with daily experiences on the streets that we are able to more accurately gauge the Ethiopian psyche. All the soci...

Fortune video

Films Review

BAD BOYS NO MORE

January 25 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

KNIVES OUT: RIAN JOHNSON'S EXQUISITE WHODUNIT

January 18 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

THE FAREWELL: SPIRIT OF OZU

January 11 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

ADAM SANDLER: A GEM

January 4 , 2020 . By Christian Tesfaye

Radar

Takele Uma Forms New Cabinet

January 25 , 2020

Takele Uma, deputy mayor of the capital, formed a new cabinet that was approved by the Addis Abeba City Administration Council on the openin...

Red Cross Gets 268m Br in Six Months

January 25 , 2020

Ministry Collects 127.5b Br in Tax Revenue

January 25 , 2020

Pump, Engine Testing Centre Breaks Ground

January 25 , 2020

State Bank Mobilises 31.8b Br in Deposits

January 25 , 2020


Exclusive Interviews


PERSONAL REGRETS, FEARS & WISHES: INSURERS OPEN UP

When insurers are not at their day jobs, controlling risk and ensuring stability, they are engaging in a rich social and personal life. Unlike their colleagues in the banking sector, presidents of Ethiopia’s insurance firms are more social media savvy, diverse and younger. Two of the CEOs are wome...



When insurers are not at their day jobs, controlling risk and ensuring stability, they are engaging in a rich social and personal life. Unlike their colleagues in the banking sector, presidents of Ethiopia’s insurance firms are more social media savvy, diverse and younger. Two of the CEOs are wome...

Exclusive interview

INSURERS OPEN UP: Shimeles Gedlegeorgis, CEO of Ethio Life & General Insurance

January 5 , 2020

Shimeles Gedlegeorgis, 53, married and a father of two, is an economics graduate of Addis Abeba University (AAU). He obtained his master’s degree in business management and marketing from a university in India. Before joining Ethio Life & General Insuran...


The fineline

The rank and file of the incumbent Prosperity Party (PP) have...

January 25 , 2020

The rank and file of the incumbent Prosperity Party (PP) have convened in the town of Adama, Nazareth, over the weekend. Its leaders are plotting their way to ensure a landslide victory in the upcomin...


The relationship Lady Birtukan has with the Prime Minister...

January 11 , 2020

A few months from what will be the most anticipated national elections, one of the weakest links in t...

The post-EPRDF politics began last week...

January 4 , 2020

The post-EPRDF politics began last week, with the highest political body of the Prosperity Party (PP), the inheritor of the EPRDF, convening its founding meetin...

A Pronouncement of Political Dissent by Lemma Megersa...

November 30 , 2019

The last executive committee meeting of the EPRDF...

January 15 , 2020

Leaders of the parties in the ruling coalition are playing chicken...

November 2 , 2019

The turn now appears between the TPLF and the ODP

January 15 , 2020

News Analysis




View from arada

Predatory Religious Leaders Hurt the Disadvantaged Most

A close friend recently shared with me the scariest moment in his life. “My sister had breast cancer,” he said as his voice shook at the end of the sentence, as i...

Look Within, Unite - In No Particular Order

January 18 , 2020 . By Hanna Haile

A scene at my local district office recently became a symbolic expression of the anger and exasperation many feel at the level of poverty in Ethiopia. A young man waiting to be given service at the office, after much haggling, raised his hand against one of the civi...

Delicate number

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total commitment, in dollars, by the World Bank to Ethiopia in the past fiscal year, according to the international financial institution...

Life matters

For the Love of Sleep

January 25 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Last week, I had to wake up late at night, because my son was crying. My love for him did not change the fact that I was deeply irritated that I had to wake up before finishing my sleep. If it was physically possible and had I been capable of functio...

Forbidden Distraction

January 18 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

An old friend of mine once told me how fascinated he has always been by the concept of adultery. I did not understand him at the time, although I was certain in my mind t...

It's Not Just the Atmit

January 11 , 2020 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

My husband and I often admire and rejoice at the fact that in Ethiopia the community is strong. We often debate weather communal values still hold that sacred place in Et...

Verbatim

Gallery

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

December 14 , 2019

President Sahle-Work Zewde hosted a state dinner reception to congratulate and welcome the Prime Minister on his return home from Oslo, Norway, where he accepted the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize two days earlier...

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

THE FINISH LINE

March 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

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