ALL ABOARD!


ALL ABOARD!

A sleek, eco‑smart bus glides into Mexico Square, its digital displays and silent engine a playful jab at the worn vehicles it replaces—battle‑scarred from years of ferrying passengers and weathering carelessness. In a world racing toward intelligent, green technology, getting people to sync up still feels like boarding an old bus: everyone’s on their own schedule. Yet here’s a promise of change—one smooth ride at a time. Change is like that friend who shows up unannounced, redecorates the living room, and then asks if you like “the new vibe.” It’s awkward at first, your flip‑flops don’t match the new floor but soon you’re wondering how you ever lived without it.

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UNCOVERED WILDERNESS

The long-shuttered plot at Mexico Square finally breathes again as fences come down, revealing a vast open space once hidden from public view earmarked for Abyssinia Bank's future headquarters. The site now stretches bare and sunlit, drawing curious passersby, midday loungers, and a lone umbrella-shaded onlooker. In a city of concrete and congestion, even temporary emptiness feels like a quiet revolution. It now showcases a wilderness in the middle of the busy streets of Mexico...


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GO SEEK

Minalesh Tera, one of Addis Abeba's busiest and most chaotic markets, draws hundreds if not thousands daily in search of cheaper essentials. Shoulder-to-shoulder crowds navigate narrow, dusty paths between makeshift stalls, where vendors hawk everything from onions and engine parts to plasticware and traditional remedies. It's a sensory overload and a lifeline rolled into one, an open-air maze where the practical meets the unexpected, and affordability drives the city's daily grind...


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TERMINAL TREASURES

From left: Jantirar Abay, Deputy Mayor and Head of the Industry Bureau; Ayderus H.M. Farag, CEO of Alfarag Trading PLC; and Getaneh Adera, Acting CEO of Ethiopian Airports, chat during the opening of Alfarag's refurbished duty-free shops at Bole International Airport on June 18, 2025. The two stores, located in Terminal 2's Departure Hall, span 1,000sqm. Alfarag, established in Dire Dawa in 1923, became Ethiopia's first private duty-free retailer in 2003...