Unplanned Rehabilitation Project Comes Unglued

Prices of Secondhand Cars Race Ahead

Prices of Secondhand Cars Race Ahead

March 16 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Last Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 20-something Selam Tadesse was in Haya Hulet with a cousin and her younger brother to purchase a new car. For the last four years, she has been sharing a car with her father but now believes...

Production Hurdles Scuttle Flower Industry Potential

Production Hurdles Scuttle Flower Industry Potential

March 9 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

For Mesfin Reday, a flower shop owner in Rehobot, Bole district, business has been choppy. Having begun the business two years ago, he eagerly awaits Valentine's Day, graduations and wedding seasons when his flower bu...

State Reaches Out to the Private Sector

State Reaches Out to the Private Sector

March 2 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

The more than quarter century old Alkyd Resin was privatised a decade ago, and it is the only company in Ethiopia that manufactures alkyd and emulsion resins, used in the production of oil and watercolour paints. Empl...

Unplanned Demolitions Displace Legetafo Residents in Ruins

Unplanned Demolitions Displace Legetafo Residents in Ruins

February 23 , 2019 . By Kaleab Girma

Serkalem Baylegn, a 35-year-old single mother of three, lives in Legetafo Legedadi, Oromia Regional State, 11Km northeast of the capital. Born and raised in Addis Abeba, she bought the property whe...

Serkalem Baylegn, a 35-year-old single mother of three, lives in Leget...

Informal Decision Dashes Employment Hopes

Informal Decision Dashes Employment Hopes

February 16 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Samson Mekonnen, born and raised in the Ras Desta Hospital area of Arada District and a graduate of General Wingate TVET College in carpentry, is now in his 30s. For years he worked on various temp...

Samson Mekonnen, born and raised in the Ras Desta Hospital area of Ara...

Wheat Supply Shortage Disrupts Bakeries in Addis

Wheat Supply Shortage Disrupts Bakeries in Addis

February 9 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

When Sultan Redi was just 10 years old, his father established Abo Bakery Shop in Asko, Kolfe District, in 1969. A fourth child, he grew up helping in the shop, and by the time he was an adult he had...

When Sultan Redi was just 10 years old, his father established Abo Bak...

Breweries, Periphery Industries on Edge as Bill Progresses

Breweries, Periphery Industries on Edge as Bill Progresses

February 2 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Three years ago, Sewmehon Yismaw was approached by Habesha Breweries for the production of a television commercial. The brewery wanted an advertisement that was historical and cultural with an “E...

Three years ago, Sewmehon Yismaw was approached by Habesha Breweries f...

Leather Industry Stumbles in Value Addition

Leather Industry Stumbles in Value Addition

January 26 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

Abebe Hode, 64, joined the leather industry in the late 1970s, right after graduating from high school. He first worked for two years in raw leather processing, starting with the removal of hair fr...

Abebe Hode, 64, joined the leather industry in the late 1970s, right a...