Agenda

On Forex Front, New Rules Bring New Problems

April 10 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

For Fitsum Alemayehu (MD), general manager of Biotech Plc, an importer of pharmaceuticals, the waiting for approval to open letters of credit is unusually long. It has been on...

Ethiopia Lives Through the Worst of Times

April 3 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

A 59-year-old man, an actor by profession, fell severely ill about five months ago. His son, Binyam, and his family took him to St. Yared Hospital to get him a check-up, unsu...

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fate of Tigray’s Displaced

March 27 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Merhawit’s days in the town of Mai Kadra, Tigray Regional State, were mostly calm and quiet. She worked shifts at the local health centre and cooked her lunch at home, where...

Mobile Money Pioneers Brace for Ethio Telecom's Entrance into Sector

March 20 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a humid day out in Addis Abeba's streets where customers sat comfortably away from the heat in a breezy location at a coffee shop, Tomoca, in the old railway station near La Gare. The shop, fam...

It was a humid day out in Addis Abeba's streets where customers sat co...

The Road to Square One: Health Services in War-torn Tigray

March 13 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Discarded green camouflage military garb, distinct from the digital pattern of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, lies among the items strewn over the ground behind Frewoini Primary Hospital, two h...

Discarded green camouflage military garb, distinct from the digital pa...

Shifting Gears

March 6 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

A father of two with another child on the way saved up 17,000 Br for half a year at one of the microfinance institutions and was provided with a loan of 400,000 Br to be paid off in three years. A ta...

A father of two with another child on the way saved up 17,000 Br for...

Galloping Cost of Living Bites Harder

February 27 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

Anybody who is familiar with Shola Market would know that the area is the scene of a constant flurry of activity any day of the week. As one of the prominent marketplaces in the capital, shoppers from...

Anybody who is familiar with Shola Market would know that the area is...

Crippling Fuel Shortage Leaves City Scrambling

February 20 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

At the end of last week, Abdi Addis, owner of an old, worn-out pickup truck, found himself stuck in the streets of Lancia when his car broke down after running out of fuel. He was filling his gas tank...

At the end of last week, Abdi Addis, owner of an old, worn-out pickup...

February 13 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

Afri Flower lies in a secluded area five kilometres away fro...

February 6 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The six-decade-old journey of Wallia Leather & Leather P...

January 30 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Last month, a very unlikely Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pat...

January 23 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a quiet, bitterly cold morning atop Entoto, the talle...

Columns

Editorial

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

April 10 , 2021

It is not often the case for regional states' leaders to swallow their vanity and dec...

Bailout Needs to Contend with Original Sin of Political Corruption

April 3 , 2021

As an Auditor General, he was not the most conspicous of officials in the mainstream...

At Odds with Dev't Partners, Ethiopia Could Miss Out on Improving World Economy

March 27 , 2021

In an unprecedented turn of irony, just as Ethiopia began an attempt to open up to th...

With Limited Room for Maneuver, Gov't Should Tread Carefully with Oil Supply

March 20 , 2021

There is never a dull moment in the tense and combative relationship between regulato...

Sunday With Eden

Everyone Needs to Answer for Ethiopia Predicaments

A few days ago, a friend told me an unnerving story – highly illustrative of Ethio...

April 10 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

COVID Makes Comeback: This Time Without Kidding Around

Over the weekend, among the people who lost their lives due to the Novel Coronavirus...

April 3 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

Don't Judge People by Their Tattoo

Do not judge a book by its cover, we say. But we still judge all the same. It is much worse when it comes to a living, breathing person. We...

April 10 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Forgive Some Debt in Time of Hardship

It is often people somewhere near the middle of the socioeconomic ladder who lend money and give the borr...

April 3 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Agenda

On Forex Front, New Rules Bring New Problems

April 10 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

For Fitsum Alemayehu (MD), general manager of Biotech Plc, an importer of pharmaceuti...

Ethiopia Lives Through the Worst of Times

April 3 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

A 59-year-old man, an actor by profession, fell severely ill about five months ago....

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fate of Tigray’s Displaced

March 27 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Merhawit’s days in the town of Mai Kadra, Tigray Regional State, were mostly calm a...

Mobile Money Pioneers Brace for Ethio Telecom's Entrance into Sector

March 20 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a humid day out in Addis Abeba's streets where customers sat comfortably away...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...