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Apr 22 , 2022

Holiday Markets Daze, Confuse Consumers

Girum Kebede, 52, would have thought that a net monthly salary of 10,000 Br was sufficient to have a contented living in the not-too-distant past. His monthly earnings are the lifeline for his wife an...

Apr 16 , 2022

Holiday Exhibitions Short-Lived Hiatus No Match for Galloping Inflation

Despite the bluster and an enticing outside appearance, the Addis Abeba Exhibition Centre near Mesqel Square stood rather empty last Wednesday evening. It was an unusual scene for the season. The cent...

Apr 9 , 2022

STRETCHED TO LIMITS Leather Industry in Tatters

Thousands of people may get support to establish businesses under the government's small and medium enterprises scheme. Evolving to the next phase is a daunting task, as the founders of YZS Leather Ha...

Apr 2 , 2022

Plastic Manufacturers Bend Under Mounting Pressure

The factory's floor resembled a beehive, filled with workers rushing to get things done. Two years ago, 126 employees used to work in this plant near Atena Tera, Kolfe Qeraniyo District. Rounding in t...

Mar 26 , 2022

Patients Ail Over Hefty Drug Prices, Crippling Shortages

In the compound of Tikur Anbessa (Black Lion) Hospital lies a poorly lit children's cancer ward. A dim hallway leads from the gloomy waiting area to a unit where dozens of ailing children and infants...

Mar 19 , 2022

Skyrocketing Fertiliser Costs Petrify Farmers, Threaten Productivity

Last harvest season was abundant for Shiferaw Mamo, 47. A father of six, he and his family depend on a 2.5hct of land in Butajira, Gurage Zone, 140Km south of Addis Abeba. He rented an extra hectar...

Mar 12 , 2022

Edible Oil Oily Prices, No Respite for Consumers

The trope of attempts in the social media memes put a comedic spin presenting oil as a priceless household commodity and household dependence on it. It demonstrates a classic case of humour in the fac...

Mar 5 , 2022

Exporters Find New Forex Rules Bitter Pill to Swallow

Businesses in the floriculture industry thought they had seen the worst when the COVID-19 pandemic hit two years ago. In the months following the outbreak, they took a hit as lockdowns and travel rest...

The Tumultuous Saga of Low-cost Housing

At the end of a long workday last week, Yohannes Zenebe wanted to take a shower. He had spent hours lifting cargo at a customs warehouse in Addis Abeba Bole International Airport, employed by a local...

Feb 19 , 2022

Ballooning Input Prices Batter Construction Industry in Tatters

On a broad plot across from a Sheger Bread stall in the heart of Qality, in the outskirts of Addis Abeba, lies the foundation of an unfinished 11-storey building. A group of seven friends came togethe...

Feb 12 , 2022

What Explains Long Lines at Gas Stations?

The last thing Abel Habtemariam, 32, needs is a dip in income. He has been a taxi driver in Addis Abeba for over a decade. Judging by the two blue-and-white minibus taxis he owns, he has done reasonab...

Feb 5 , 2022

Transportation Problems Worsen as Light Rail System Faces Operational Hiccups

The early morning chill hardly bothers Yeshareg Mesfin anymore. The 28-year old wakes up at the crack of dawn each day and leaves her home in the Meri neighbourhood, near the CMC area, before many of...

Jan 29 , 2022

Drought Endangers Millions in Somali, Oromia Regions. Response Remains Lukewarm

The past two years have seen more than their fair share of tribulation. A global pandemic, desert locust invasions, economic stagnation, political instability, runaway inflation and a full-blown civil...

Jan 22 , 2022

Vehicle Owners Quiver Under Mounting Spare Part Costs

The hectic, narrow streets of Mercato seemed busier last week than the usual. A wave of last-minute shoppers looking to buy supplies for the Timket (Epiphany) holiday festivities may have caused the s...

Jan 15 , 2022

Liquidity Crunch Casts Menacing Shadow Over Banking Industry

When the central bank imposed a freeze on collateral-based loans last August, there was no shortage of outcries from businesses across industries and sectors. The freeze was lifted at the end of Novem...

Jan 7 , 2022

Galloping Christmas Markets Leave Little Room for Joy

Last week, Mebrat Melese travelled from her home in the Kolfe area to one of the main markets in Addis Abeba - Shola. A mother of four, Mebrat has been making the trip to Shola for years, looking to b...


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