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KALAEB GIRMA

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Pension Fund Mismanagement Sends Billions of Birr Down the Drain

Oct 12 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Melaku Andualem spends his retirement days reading books, watching television and kee...

Trade Ministry Equips National Laboratory with $5m

Oct 12 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Laboratory equipment, which will be used to test agricultural, textile and leather pr...

Ministry Takes First Step to Privatise Telecom

Sep 28 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

The government took the first step of the partial privatization process of Ethio tele...

Local Electric Motor Assembler to Begin Production

Sep 28 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

A local electric vehicle assembler, Tom Renewable Electric Bike Assembly & Sales...

City's Move on Taxi Hailing Services Faces Strong Backlash

Sep 21 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Nego'o Gowumssa, who was born in Addis Abeba but grew up in Woliso, moved to his birt...

Star Business Group Co-founder Dies Suddenly

Sep 21 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA and TEMESGEN MULUGETA

A prominent businessperson, Menwyelet Atnafu, died yesterday morning, September 21, ...

Authority Commences Two Mega Road Projects

Sep 21 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

The Ethiopian Roads Authority kicked off the construction of two mega road projects i...

City Bans Commercial Vehicles from Taxi-hailing Services

Sep 14 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Vehicles with a commercial license plate can no longer engage with ride-hailing servi...

Belcash Launches E-commerce Platform

Sep 8 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

A Dutch company technology company developed an application that enables buyers to or...

Walia Presses Ahead to Rescue Walia Ibex

Sep 8 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Temera Tigabu was born and raised on the cliffs of the Simien Mountains, some 830Km n...

Secretary-General Leaves Post

Aug 31 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Endalkachew Sime, secretary-general of The Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Association, resigned from duty on August 25, 2019....

Int'l Price Cut, Illicit Trade Cripple Coffee Exports

Aug 17 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Mathewos Lankemu, a farmer in his early 40s, was born and raised in Nekiya Kebele, Sidama Zone, one of th...

Commentaries

The Geopolitical Battle Over Monetary Infrastructure

The development of payment infrastructure in emerging-market economies (EMEs), from i...

Making Roads Pathways of Progress, Not Corridors of Grief

For decades, Ethiopia's roads have been described through the language of fate. The d...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

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 me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two...

Editorial

Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice

May 9 , 2026

The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...

National Dialogue Has Everything But the Trust It Needs

May 2 , 2026

By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...

Addis Abeba's Roads Reveal a Country Where the Powerful Drive Through the Law

Apr 25 , 2026

In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...

Ethiopia's New Diplomacy Essence Could Be About Shielding Sovereignty

For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...

Gallery

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Oct 6 , 2021

Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

2020 in Posterity

Jan 5 , 2021

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

Sep 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

Dec 14 , 2019

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

Apr 26 , 2019

Sunday With Eden

The Silence That Leadership Can't Keep

A few days ago, I attended a virtual conference in Canada that stayed with me, not be...

Development That Redraws the Rent Line

Urban renewal is often sold as a promise: cleaner streets, safer neighbourhoods, bett...

Life Matters

Motivation Drops as the Day Begins in Sleepwear

We have all seen the aesthetic. The “work from home” dream usually comes packaged...

The Final Exam No One Prepared For

The first time I heard about the “Mesob” one-stop service initiative, relief came quickly. It sounded like a promise to citizens worn do...