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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...

Jan 1 , 2022

Holiday Season Proves Tough Time for Event Organisers

Unlike the past few holidays dampened by the COVID-19 pandemic and the year-long war, Addis Abeba appears to have regained its mood for festivities. Nowhere is this more evident than at Mesqel Square...

Dec 30 , 2021

Foreign Loans Plunge Amid Debt Reshuffling Talks, War

The most expensive road ever built in Addis Abeba had begun four years ago, hopes high that it would be a passageway easing congestion on an otherwise jammed highway. The 10Km corridor from Qality to...

Dec 19 , 2021

Growing Demand, Failed Wheat Procurement Lead to Bets on Cluster Farming

On a side road across the African Union Headquarters, in Lideta District, lies a whole body painted makeshift bus-turned-stall serving as a distribution centre for bread. Registered under Werkenesh Me...

Dec 11 , 2021

Illicit Clothing Trade Hits Walls Ahead of Diaspora Sojourn

After finishing an undergraduate programme at the Addis Abeba University seven years ago, 28-year-old Zerihun (whose last name is withheld upon request) had little in the way of a promising career in...

Dec 4 , 2021

Tallying up the Cost of the Four-Month Loan Freeze

Alem Aschalew, a major shareholder and CEO of Yekassa General Contractor, had high hopes when his company was awarded the contract to erect a seven-storey building six years ago. Sitting on a 2,000sqm...

Sunday Markets Offer Consumers Respite from Soaring Prices

Consumers and traders have congregated in designated areas of Addis Abeba for a Sunday market that many have come to depend on for affordability. Last Sunday, hundreds of shoppers, around a dozen coop...

Nov 20 , 2021

It's Tax Season! Uncle Sam Struggles to Meet Target

October and November are hectic months for those employed by the civil service working in revenue bureaus throughout the country. It is tax season, with the deadline set on November 9th. For tax offic...

Nov 13 , 2021

Conflict, Uncertainty Aggravate Pandemic-Stricken Education System

Twisting his short hair with his left hand and sipping a cup of coffee with his right, Natnael Shumye was seated in a plastic chair on the veranda of Dodo Bar, a restaurant on King George VI Street in...

Nov 6 , 2021

Conflict Spreading, Ailing Farm Productivity Takes Toll on Economy

Qobo in North Wello of the Amhara Regional State is where Admassie Tikuye, a farmer, has lived his whole life. He harvests up to five quintals of barley, millet, and oats annually from a few hectares...

Oct 30 , 2021

Fear Mounts Financial Institutions Face Bank Run as War Rages in the North

The disturbing sound of shots – from a distance – has become familiar for people residing in Dessie town of Amhara Regional State, 400Km north of Addis Abeba. Some days, the sound of heavy artille...


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