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Oct 12 , 2025

TOMATOES TASTE OF INFLATION

Tomato prices in Addis Abeba have surged to unprecedented levels, with retail stands charging between 85 Br and 140 Br a kilo, nearly triple last year's rates. Premium varieties such as Gelila fetch ...

Oct 12 , 2025

Tomato Squeeze Guts Kitchens

The sun rose unsteadily over Addis Abeba last week, its pale light muted by dust and exhaust, flickering off tomato crates stacked on narrow streets in the Haile Garment neighbourhood. For 32-year...

Oct 13 , 2025

Textbook Shortages Mount as School Year Advances

The school year in Addis Abeba began almost a month ago, yet across the capital, thousands of students still turn up to class without a single textbook. A four-year curriculum overhaul launched by the...

Sep 27 , 2025

Addis Abeba's Transport Gridlock Wears Commuters Thin

Crowds swell before dawn at some of Addis Abeba's busiest intersections, and the tension hangs in the cool air long before the sun has fully risen. Around Haile Garment Roundabout, Saris Abo, and A...

Sep 21 , 2025

After the Exam Shake-Up, a Generation Left Behind

Haimanot Yonas discovered her exam result at dawn last week, squinting at a flickering phone outside the chemistry lab of Bisrate Gebriel International School, off South Africa St., near the church be...

Sep 13 , 2025

Student Tax ID Push Triggers Logjam

The yellow flush of Aday Abeba flowers has returned to Addis Abeba, heralding the arrival of the Ethiopian New Year. In streets criss-crossed by horse-drawn carriages and honking minibuses, the famili...

Sep 7 , 2025

As Holidays Near, Addis Abeba's Markets Thrum with Hope, Hardship

As the holiday nears, the markets of Addis Abeba thrum with anticipation and anxiety. In the capital's crowded stalls, tradition collides with economic reality as families brace for another festive se...

Aug 30 , 2025

School Bells Ring as Wallets Snap Shut

The rainy season was losing its grip on Addis Abeba. Patches of pale sky opened between bruised clouds, and streets that had been rivers only days earlier now carried the damp smell of wet soil. Child...

Aug 23 , 2025

Torn Tarps, Fractured Hope

Around dusk during the first week of August this year, dark clouds blew over the craggy ridges of North Wollo, in Amhara Regional State, where more than 8,500 people squeezed into the makeshift Jara c...

Aug 17 , 2025

Slow Connectivity Undermines Freelance Boom, Outsourcing Ambitions

On a weekday afternoon in Addis Abeba, when remote workers were buried in trans-Atlantic calls and racing to meet deadlines, software developer Oliyad Takele sat in front of a frozen screen. For four...

Aug 10 , 2025

Floated Currency Promise Meets Hard Reality

The hum of Addis Abeba's import hubs was muted by frustration as Sultan Yusuf found out last week. He has spent more than five years importing cars and chemicals. He pulled back in his chair mid...

Aug 9 , 2025

FOREX MARKET SQUEEZES TEST REFORM NERVE

The hum of Addis Abeba's import hubs has faded to a fretful murmur as importers claim their banks demand to know how long their cash would idle before signing off on letters of credit. The message, th...

Aug 3 , 2025

Deluge Defies Drainage, Devours Addis Abeba

getachew Shiferaw felt the danger before he saw it. On July 24, 2025, the midday sky above Addis Abeba darkened, and rain began to hammer the capital in sheets. A manager of the OLA gas station café...

Jul 27 , 2025

Burned by a Backdoor Tax Shock

The haze that lingers over Addis Abeba at dawn did little to hide the worry on AlemDemeke's face when she left the Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) branch in the Haile Garment neighbourhood. The 4...

Jul 20 , 2025

New Tax Code Draws Cheers from Officials, Cries from the Streets

During a soft and steady rain that soaked the narrow lanes around Ghana Street, near St. Uriel Church on the edge of the Uriel School campus, pedestrians shuffled along under umbrellas, hoods, or bare...

Jul 13 , 2025

Brewing Trouble as Tella Bars Go Dry

The sweet-sour scent of "tella" still lingered in the cramped compound off Tunisia Street, close to Addisu Gebeya, even though the drink itself is gone. Days ago, 200Lts of the home-brewed beer were p...

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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

Agenda

TOMATOES TASTE OF INFLATION

Tomato Squeeze Guts Kitchens

Textbook Shortages Mount as School Year Advances

Addis Abeba's Transport Gridlock Wears Commuters Thin

After the Exam Shake-Up, a Generation Left Behind

Student Tax ID Push Triggers Logjam

As Holidays Near, Addis Abeba's Markets Thrum with Hope, Hardship

School Bells Ring as Wallets Snap Shut

Torn Tarps, Fractured Hope

Slow Connectivity Undermines Freelance Boom, Outsourcing Ambitions

Floated Currency Promise Meets Hard Reality

FOREX MARKET SQUEEZES TEST REFORM NERVE

Deluge Defies Drainage, Devours Addis Abeba

Burned by a Backdoor Tax Shock

New Tax Code Draws Cheers from Officials, Cries from the Streets

Brewing Trouble as Tella Bars Go Dry

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TOMATOES TASTE OF INFLATION

Tomato Squeeze Guts Kitchens

Textbook Shortages Mount as School Year Advances

Addis Abeba's Transport Gridlock Wears Commuters Thin

After the Exam Shake-Up, a Generation Left Behind

Student Tax ID Push Triggers Logjam

As Holidays Near, Addis Abeba's Markets Thrum with Hope, Hardship

School Bells Ring as Wallets Snap Shut

Torn Tarps, Fractured Hope

Slow Connectivity Undermines Freelance Boom, Outsourcing Ambitions

Floated Currency Promise Meets Hard Reality

FOREX MARKET SQUEEZES TEST REFORM NERVE

Deluge Defies Drainage, Devours Addis Abeba

Burned by a Backdoor Tax Shock

New Tax Code Draws Cheers from Officials, Cries from the Streets

Brewing Trouble as Tella Bars Go Dry

Red Gold Makes the Case for Smarter Agri Business Strategy

When Problem-Solving Fails Because the Shape Looks Different

Global Water Cycle Critical Shared Infrastructure

A Ball, A Father, A Life-time of Memory

When Bread Becomes Too Costly for Breakfast

Tax Push Tests How Much Pain Taxpayers Can Bear

Tax Push Tests How Much Pain Taxpayers Can Bear

Betrothal Ritual Falls Prey to the Event Economy

When Bread Becomes Too Costly for Breakfast

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

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