AhmedT. Abdulkadir (ahmedteyib.abdulkadir@addisfortune.net) is the Editor-in-Chief at Addis Fortune. With a critical eye on class dynamics, public policy, and the cultural undercurrents shaping Ethiopian society.
Sep 13 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
The liberal world order, once marketed as self-correcting and permanent, is fraying i...
Sep 6 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
Addis Abeba dazzles on a wedding weekend. A parade of SUVs and Mercedes-Benzes noses...
Aug 30 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
When cholera swept through London in 1854, a physician named John Snow sketched a map that linked the deaths to a single water pump. The dis...
Aug 23 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
Before dawn breaks over Addis Abeba, a slow ritual unfolds where queues of shadowy figures form at taxi s...
Aug 16 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
Addis Abeba's streets blaze with colour. Under grey concrete and mirrored glass, crowds stream by in hood...
Aug 3 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
The rideshare driver asked as he threaded through Addis Abeba's evening traffic. The question, tossed off lightly, carried a heavy implicati...
Jul 26 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
When I stepped onto campus life in the early 2010s, the place felt hushed, as if everyone shared a secret...
Jul 19 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
On a chilly Addis Abeba morning, Ginfile, the dense quarter otherwise known as "5Kilo," wakes to the hiss...
Jul 13 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
Every morning in the Jemo neighbourhood, in the western outskirts of Addis Abeba, starts with music, not...
Jul 5 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
When my father retired from the civil service years ago, he opened a narrow bakery, with four walls, an i...
Jun 28 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
A couple of evenings ago, TikTok served up a scene that felt equal parts circus and science fiction. An A...
Jun 21 , 2025 . By Ahmed T. Abdulkadir
It is stating the obvious to claim Addis Abeba is placed foremost in the economy, playing the protagonist...
May 9 , 2026
The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...
May 2 , 2026
By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...
Apr 25 , 2026
In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...
For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...
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