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Jun 7 , 2022

Dairy Industry in Troubled Waters

On the road to Debre Berhan lies the small town of Chacha. Bordering the Oromia Regional State with the Amhara Regional States, Chacha is home to a couple of relatively large factories. One of them...

May 28 , 2022

Anything But Numb

Scenes inside the emergency room of Addis Abeba's Menelik II Referral Hospital were nothing short of chaotic last week. Frantic staff members were rushing about, struggling to care for a crowd of pati...

May 21 , 2022

Education and Safety: Parents' Dilemma, Students' Anxiety

Hundreds of thousands of high school students prepare for matriculation exams, as Nahom Taye, 19, did. A native of Shashemene town, 260Km south of Addis Abeba, he has gone through the stress and...

May 14 , 2022

Dismal Prospects, Rising Insecurity Make for a Sombre Homecoming

Hawi Teferi, 29, first left Ethiopia 10 years ago. The life-changing decision to set out to a faraway place was driven mainly by factors out of her hands. She needed to support her family and escap...

May 7 , 2022

Grow to Perish: Fleeting Success in Horticulture

Wosenachew Tassew was a teacher in an Addis Abeba private school not too long ago. The 30-year-old eked out a decent living as an educator, enough to provide for his family of four. Still, he was in s...

Apr 30 , 2022

Lamb to the Slaughter: Livestock Markets in Disarray

A visit to one of the butcheries dotting the streets of Addis Abeba is a rare treat for Sisay Negesse. The 51-year-old is a driver for a private company, earning a gross salary of 5,000 Br a month. I...

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...


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