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May 23 , 2021

Shadows of the Glittering Bonanza

This past Tuesday, the luxurious Sheraton Addis hotel was the venue for a rather unique event hosted by the Ministry of Mines & Petroleum (MoMP). The hotel was bustling with a motley crowd that se...

May 15 , 2021

The Medical Sector Breathes, Amidst Need for More Air

A sharp and deafening noise exhales from an oxygen production centre in the Saris neighbourhood, Nefas Silk District. Two sets of enormous machines operate at full capacity; they are so overpowering...

May 8 , 2021

Voters Caught Between Vapid Elections and a Precarious Place

A 50-year old mother, Aster Amsalu, and her son, 26, began their search for an electoral office early in the morning on May 3, 2020. They could not have registered during the earlier days when officia...

Apr 30 , 2021

Easter Market Feeling the Pressure

To anyone who had visited Shola Gebeya two months ago, it may have looked like one of Addis Abeba's popular open markets was under self-imposed lockdown. Idle traders hungry for customers, sleepy shop...

Apr 24 , 2021

Remittance, Losing its Battle Against the Parallel Market

Opened a few weeks ago, the Birmaji branch of the Cooperative Bank of Oromia (CBO), on Africa Avenue (Bole Road), was quiet and empty around lunchtime on Thursday. Two staff, an accountant and a custo...

Apr 17 , 2021

What's Interest Free for Banking, Takaful for Insurance on Market

It was an African invention, first developed in Sudan in the 1970s. An Arabic word roughly translated to "shared responsibility," Takaful is an insurance policy introduced to Ethiopia by a company in...

Apr 10 , 2021

On Forex Front, New Rules Bring New Problems

For Fitsum Alemayehu (MD), general manager of Biotech Plc, an importer of pharmaceuticals, the waiting for approval to open letters of credit is unusually long. It has been one year and three months s...

Apr 3 , 2021

Ethiopia Lives Through the Worst of Times

A 59-year-old man, an actor by profession, fell severely ill about five months ago. His son, Binyam, and his family took him to St. Yared Hospital to get him a check-up, unsure of what his illness mi...

Mar 27 , 2021

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fate of Tigray’s Displaced

Merhawit's days in the town of Mai Kadra, Tigray Regional State, were mostly calm and quiet. She worked shifts at the local health centre and cooked her lunch at home, where she lived alone. A regular...

Mar 20 , 2021

Mobile Money Pioneers Brace for Ethio Telecom's Entrance into Sector

It was a humid day out in Addis Abeba's streets where customers sat comfortably away from the heat in a breezy location at a coffee shop, Tomoca, in the old railway station near La Gare. The shop, fam...

Mar 13 , 2021

The Road to Square One: Health Services in War-torn Tigray

Discarded green camouflage military garb, distinct from the digital pattern of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, lies among the items strewn over the ground behind Frewoini Primary Hospital, two h...

Mar 6 , 2021

Shifting Gears

A father of two with another child on the way saved up 17,000 Br for half a year at one of the microfinance institutions and was provided with a loan of 400,000 Br to be paid off in three years. A ta...

Feb 27 , 2021

Galloping Cost of Living Bites Harder

Anybody who is familiar with Shola Market would know that the area is the scene of a constant flurry of activity any day of the week. As one of the prominent marketplaces in the capital, shoppers from...

Feb 20 , 2021

Crippling Fuel Shortage Leaves City Scrambling

At the end of last week, Abdi Addis, owner of an old, worn-out pickup truck, found himself stuck in the streets of Lancia when his car broke down after running out of fuel. He was filling his gas tank...

Feb 13 , 2021

A Rose in Winter: Revival of Flower Industry Takes Hold

Afri Flower lies in a secluded area five kilometres away from the main roads of Holeta, an area referred to as Wajetu Harbo Kebele by its inhabitants. There is barely any movement on the rough road le...

Feb 6 , 2021

The Banking Industry's Narrow Escape: A Look Back

The six-decade-old journey of Wallia Leather & Leather Products, one of the oldest leather establishments in the country, recently ended. Named after an endemic mountain goat, the company was know...


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