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Sep 24 , 2022

Less than Sweet: Sugar Troubles Far from Over

On a hot, sunny morning last week, three saleswomen inside a narrow container in Addis Abeba's Aqaqi-Qality District were in a rush to serve a long queue formed outside. The stuffy metal container...

Sep 18 , 2022

Back to School. At What Cost?

The vast, green lawn inside the premises of Ghion Hotel was crammed with parents and children last week. A bazaar targeted these families with little time to run around Addis Abeba looking for school...

Sep 10 , 2022

Consumers Hang on Despite Turbulent Holiday Market

The narrow streets of Shola, one of the largest trading hubs in Addis Abeba, were crowded with shoppers. Packed with hundreds, if not thousands, of traders selling food and non-food items, the market...

Sep 10 , 2022

Inflation Overshadows Holiday Fair Comebacks

It has been a year since Mesqel Square reclaimed its place as the capital's favourite site for public gatherings and popular functions. It reopened after a lengthy facelift cost taxpayers a whopping ...

Aug 27 , 2022

Banking Industry Battles Festering Fraud as Clients Swindled Savings

A three-storey building on Mozambique Street, around Mexico Square, was packed with appeared aggrieved. A taller man was navigating through the congested hallway on the first floor, appearing nervous...

Aug 20 , 2022

Digitalization Disappoints in Drawn-out Trade License Procedures

It was thought to be less of the usual hustle and bustle as Gebremeskel Chala, minister of Trade & Regional Integration (MoTRI), pledged transformed services when the online trade registration and...

Aug 14 , 2022

Agenda: Domestic Smartphone Assemblers Dial it In

The roads leading to Megenagna were crowded and hectic as ever. Street vendors selling a flurry of consumer goods such as clothes and shoes were an inconvenience for the innumerable pedestrians attemp...

Aug 6 , 2022

Deluge & Disaster

It is one of the seven rivers that flow across Addis Ababa, snaking its way down from the hills of Yeka to a new neighbourhood on the outskirts of the capital - Goro. The narrow streets along the rive...

Jul 30 , 2022

Electric Cars Turn Heads as Fuel Costs Climb

The seats and ambience inside are expectedly comfortable, with typically clean minimalist touches. The cabin feels eerily silent, free from the roaring sounds of an engine and the whistling of a turbo...

Jul 23 , 2022

The Eternal Public Housing Saga

The Bole Bulbula area depicted a typical rural scene not so long ago. It was flush with open swathes of farmland dotted with a few modest homes sparsely inhabited. The rustic setting has changed drama...

Jul 17 , 2022

The Great Scramble for Skilled Labour

It barely resembles a conventional bank that clients in Ethiopia are accustomed to. The place is as plush as a hotel lobby, framed by large windows and adorned with luminous lights casting white and y...

Jul 9 , 2022

Authorities in Disarray, Desperate Operators Exacerbate Public Transport Ordeal

Addis Abeba's taxi terminals are up and going long before most of the city's residents awake from their slumber. At 6:00am on a drizzly, cold morning last week, a terminal near the Adey Abeba area...

Jul 2 , 2022

Is the Coffee Bonanza Here to Stay?

On a rainy afternoon last week, a coffee processing facility in the capital's Akaki-Qality District was abuzz with activities. The three-storey processing plant lies in an expansive compound not fa...

Jun 25 , 2022

Sunday Markets Fleeting Success Battling Inflation

It was a cloudy Sunday two weeks ago, not ideal for outdoor events. The grey sky quickly engrossed Addis Abeba as the rainy days set in. Yet, the dreary weather did little to deter thousands of people...

Jun 18 , 2022

Metal Industries Plighted Despite Prospects in Domestic Reserve, Demand

Half a dozen workers were lounging on a bench outside a factory shed on the outskirts of Addis Abeba during working hours last week. The company's expansive compound on 10hct of land does little to re...

Jun 11 , 2022

Crime on the Rise in Addis Abeba

The Addis Abeba Police Commission headquarters on Dejazmach Belay Zeleke St., appear rather serene from the outside. Located near Siemen Hotel, the facility comprises two marble white, interconnected...

Columns

Commentaries | May 23,2026

Tax Push Tests How Much Pain Taxpayers Can Bear

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has spent weeks in Addis Abeba conducting the fi...

Editorial | May 23 , 2026

Betrothal Ritual Falls Prey to the Event Economy

When Abigiya Tewodros sat for her traditional bethrothal intercession, locally known as "S...

Featured | May 17 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

When Bread Becomes Too Costly for Breakfast

For Helen Mekonnen, 45, bread has become the measure of how far a household income can str...

Agenda | May 23 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

Africa’s Financial “Spaghetti Bowl” Meets Its Would-Be Untanglers

Brazzaville - Congo Few institutional metaphors are less flattering than the “spaghet...

Fortune News | May 28 , 2026 . By TAMRAT G. GIORGIS