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SAMSON BERHANE

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BASF Finds in Ethiopia Opportunity to Diversify its Chemical Empire

Nov 6 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

Fortune: How is your project in Ethiopia and what has been the biggest challenge? ...

The Gig Economy: Small Jobs, Large Outlook

Oct 23 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

When Abraham Fanathun enrolled on a diploma programme at Rift Valley University four...

Central Bank Exempts Microfinance from Loan Freeze

Sep 26 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

The freeze placed on asset-based loans could not apply to microfinance institutions ...

Businesses See Abrupt Central Bank Decision Counterproductive

Aug 14 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE and HAWI DADHI

The sky was gloomy; it was a cloudy afternoon last week. The typical August weather o...

How Much Monthly Income Provides Decent Living?

Aug 7 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

The weather was chilly, but this did little to dampen the vibrant Sunday evening at r...

Investors Show Little Appetite for Treasury Bills

Jul 24 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

Bidders showed a lack of appetite for the latest auction floated by the National Bank...

Insurers Set Threshold Rate, Avoiding Price War

Jun 19 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

The Association of Ethiopian Insurers filed a request to the National Bank of Ethiopi...

Cement Factories to Undergo Maintenance Despite Recurring Supply Shortage

Jun 12 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

Several cement plants will undergo maintenance beginning next month, aggravating fear...

Petrified Labour Cries  over Burdensome Living Costs

May 29 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

The day Rabia Ali found a job was unforgettable for her family. She had to walk for t...

Ethiopian Electric Worth 382 billion Br

May 29 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

The state-owned power monopoly, the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), is worth 382 bill...

Insurance Firms Warned of Bites from Political Violence

May 29 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re.), the premier continental reinsurance fir...

Five Billion Birr Edible Oil Plant Goes Operational

May 29 , 2021 . By SAMSON BERHANE

A domestically-owned edible oil processing plant worth five billion Br, equivalent to...

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...