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PRESIDENTIAL TRUCK

| YEABSIRA TAYE ( FORTUNE STAFF WRITER )


PRESIDENTIAL TRUCK

Executive Chef Raed Abu Zeineh (left) of the Hyatt Regency Hotel joined Odondise Gowa Omotto (center) and celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson, former guest chef to US President Barack Obama at his first state dinner in 2009, at the launch of the Vibe BBQ food truck pop-up in the city at Hyatt Regency Addis Abeba.The food truck plans to serve fresh bites, including Chef Marcus’ personal favourite, Mexico Square, a fusion of tibs taco, gommen hummus and slaw that blends Mexican and Ethiopian flavours.

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ROLLING RELICS

What looks like a family's careful move from one home to another has instead turned into a rolling paradox on wheels: a modest pickup truck groaning under a mountain of life bundled in a blue tarp, tightly strapped as if the future itself might slip off mid-journey. Perched on top like a crown no one asked for is a full satellite dish, because nothing says “we're relocating” quite like insisting on uninterrupted signal while your furniture is literally holding on for dear life. Behind it, tr...


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GREEN ALLIANCE

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FIBRE COMMAND

Around Saris, a quiet workshop turns into a kind of “thread highway,” where a young man sits at the centre of what looks less like a loom and more like a carefully tamed explosion of strings. In front of him, hundreds of taut white threads stretch out in perfect formation, behaving with suspicious discipline, like they've been told not to misbehave today. He smiles from behind the frame as if fully aware he's presiding over a slow-motion miracle, one strand at a time. Around him, bundles of...