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Mar 7 , 2020

Coronavirus Already Infecting Economy

For Abiy Berhanu, the owner of HPC Chemicals & Machineries, an import firm, business has been good until recently. Since the end of January his business has slowed down because of the outbreak...

Feb 29 , 2020

Excise Tax Pounds Beer Market Hard

In the late afternoon of Tuesday, February 25, 2020, Tewodros Kidane, 30, the owner of Adi Bar & Restaurant was sitting outside his business located in Gotera Condominiums. Accompanied by two regu...

Feb 22 , 2020

Anniversary of Armed Struggle Boosts Meqelle Economy

On Tuesday, February 18th, the eve of the 45th anniversary of the Tigrai struggle against the Dergue regime, Meqelle, the capital of Tigray Regional State, was hot. The city was decorated with nati...

Feb 18 , 2020

A Story of the Displaced

In the late afternoon of Tuesday, February 11, 2020, Chaltu Abedela, 40, was in front of her small shop that sells very few fast-moving consumer goods. Surrounded by three of her seven children, she w...

Feb 8 , 2020

ET Maintains China Flights, while Ethiopia Braces for Coronavirus

On the late afternoon of Tuesday, February 4, 2020, over a hundred people milled about inside Addis Abeba Bole International Airport waiting for family, friends or relatives returning from abroad. ...

Feb 1 , 2020

Bank Robbery Rampant as Police Fail to Arrest Perpetrators

Elias Fikadu is one young person who has benefited from the aggressive branch expansion of banks in recent years, which has seen the industry litter their storefronts across nearly every neighbourhood...

Jan 25 , 2020

Liquidity Crisis Hits Banking Industry Hard

On the afternoon of January 14, 2020, Khadija Mustafa sat on the waiting benches at a branch of one of the private banks located near National Stadium. She appeared quite restless as she constantly...

Jan 18 , 2020

Dam Deal: The Devil in the Details

When about 5,391 households, who had been residing in Guba, a village located 17Km from the Sudanese border, were told to resettle to new relocation centres a decade ago, the government had a plan to...

Jan 11 , 2020

Banks Use Prizes as Magnet for Forex Mobilisation

On the eve of Gena, aka Ethiopian Christmas, the capital was bustling with the holiday spirit as the Christian citizenry made preparations for the following day's festivities. Banks were among the...

Jan 5 , 2020

New Excise Tax Accelerates Car Prices

On the road from Agona to Qera, daily labourers are washing cars along the side of the road, while brokers negotiate with buyers and dealers so they can come to terms. The area is known for a conce...

Dec 28 , 2019

Poor Productivity, Large Money Stock Produce Galloping Inflation

Around the middle of the business day on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, Merkato, the largest open market in the capital city, was very busy with the usual hustle and bustle. Ehil Berenda, literally tr...

Dec 21 , 2019

Beef not for Dinner as Butchers Decry New Taxes

The current fasting season of Gena, the Ethiopian Christmas, did not force all butcheries in the capital to close their doors. But it does not mean that all of them are open either since most of them...

Dec 14 , 2019

Birr Depreciation Brings Mixed Feelings to Businesses

At the edge of Addis Abeba Abattoir Enterprise, alongside the sheep sale yard, different car dealerships are lined up one after the other on Alexander Pushkin Street. Elias Kedir, in his late 20s,...

Dec 7 , 2019

Public Campus Chaos Unlocks Business Opportunity for Private Colleges

On the afternoon of December 3, 2019, Sumeya Menegistu, a 22-year-old student, was sitting alone outside of a classroom in the large compound at St. Mary's University, which is located in Mexico, wait...

Road Safety Lapses, Poor Driving Skills Give Rise to Deadly Traffic Accidents

Getenet GebreMariam received a phone call on the afternoon of November 24, 2019, from his brother. It was not good news. He was informed that there was a car accident along the Ambo-Addis Abeba roa...

Nov 23 , 2019

Fluctuating World Prices Bewilder Players in Coffee Value Chain

Tibebu Roba, a farmer in his mid-50s, has spent much of his career trying to stay one step ahead of the ever complicated coffee production and export business. Born and raised in Dilla town of the...


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