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Jan 13 , 2024

Hide & Seek: Tanning the Future of Ethiopia's Leather Industry

Strolling amidst the chaos of Qera, the persistent scent of freshly slaughtered livestock hung in the air. It was a scene where the commonplace hid the extraordinary—a product valued at over 400 bil...

Jan 7 , 2024

Bargaining for Joy: Festive Fervor through Economic Storms

Alem Tadesse, 28, bounced from one vendor to another, cradling her one-year-old son on her back. With one hand occupied by an umbrella to shield her family from the relentless sun, and the other gentl...

Dec 30 , 2023

Educational Upheaval Tests Reform Limits, Parents' Patience

Eden Tsegaye's morning routine has become a ritual symbolic of her dual roles as a businesswoman and a mother living in Addis Abeba. Each day begins with her sending her six-year-old daughter to kinde...

Dec 23 , 2023

Overcoming Hurdles Amidst Digital Transformation

It was Nursema Mohammed's third visit to the Wereda 1 Bureau of Arada district within the week. He keeps getting the tedious justification of system shutdown for not getting service. He wanted to make...

Dec 16 , 2023

Behind The Scenes: Unbinding Import Substitution Initiatives

Local manufacturer Tihtina Legesse wrestles against a panoply of structural challenges to keep her company afloat. She is the general manager of the furniture powerhouse Waryt. For the past few yea...

Dec 9 , 2023

Stagflation Quagmire: The Inflation to Unemployment Dynamics

Dusty wind blew on the alleyway of Shola Gebeya while the usually lively market seemed rather dreary, on a scorching afternoon last week. Vendors grapple with dwindling sales and skyrocketing costs, a...

Dec 2 , 2023

Bearing the Brunt of Fiscal Squeeze

The third largest exporter of pulses last year, Edao Abdi, has grown anxious over the past three months. His 500 million Br loan request from a couple of the top private commercial banks, remains up i...

Nov 25 , 2023

Scratched Off

Please stop!" screams the 63-year-old Nunu Bedane, as a spirited group from the Addis Abeba Code Enforcement Authority tears down an advertisement board that has been there for the past 12 years...

Nov 18 , 2023

A PLATE OF PENURY

Halfway through the long queue withstanding the scorching sun, Zeinab Alazim, a mid-30s mother waits for food handouts from the Hope Enterprises Feeding Center at the Piazza Churchill Road. "I'm he...

Nov 11 , 2023

The Housing Quandary

Trapped in a cycle of relentless torment, Meseret Abera 's life has been turned upside down since the ominous notice of eviction arrived four years ago. Despite her graduate degree and two decades...

Nov 4 , 2023

Addis Abeba:Precarious Urban Habitat

The 42-year-old Martha Getachew moved to the Tafo condominium site in Yeka District four months ago. She bought the house built by the Addis Abeba Housing Corporation for 1.5 million Br from the pr...

Oct 28 , 2023

Mental Health Crisis Shrouded in Shadows

In the tangled corridors of Amanuel Mental Specialised Hospital, 29-year-old Wondwessen Belete's footsteps echo stories of trauma and resilience. The Hospital, in the busy vicinity of Congo Street, is...

Oct 21 , 2023

Unguarded Entrapment

The 18-year-old Besufikad Yeta made his way to the National Educational Assessment & Examination Service on King George St. mid-day last week to see if he could correct the misspelt name on his sc...

Oct 14 , 2023

Property Tax Stirs a Fiscal Tempest

Impassioned speeches against the proposed property tax proclamation echoed through the deserted meeting hall at the Ministry of Finance on King George VI St. last week. The Ministry's call for publ...

Oct 7 , 2023

Maze of Doing Business

After his fourth appeal for a reevaluation of his tax audit was met with indifference, the 38-year-old Abiy Aman angrily stormed out of the Kirkos District Small Taxpayers Branch Office around the Qer...

Sep 30 , 2023

PEELING BACK LAYERS

On a chilly morning outside Ke'Geberew Market, Yeshi Chane, a 35-year-old mother cradling her seven-month-old baby, stands amidst the throng, her anxiety palpable. Only a day earlier, she had heard...

Columns

Commentaries | Nov 01,2025

Central Bank Misses the Mark on Forex Market Speculation

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued a statement two weeks ago that appeared to be a...

Editorial | Nov 1 , 2025

They Melt Batteries to Make a Living, Inhale Poison Without Knowing

On a sun-dappled stretch of Swaziland St., near St. Paul Hospital, north of Addis Abeba, w...

Featured | Nov 2 , 2025 . By REDIET YARED

Central Bank Lifts Lending Limits on Sharia-compliant Banks

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has reversed a policy that had weighed on the four ful...

Agenda | Nov 2 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE

SHARIA-COMPLIANT BANKS WIN REPRIEVE, AWAIT REFORM

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has scrapped the credit-growth ceiling that had stifle...

Fortune News | Nov 2 , 2025