Bad News for the World’s Poorest

State Enterprises from Oracles to Apprentices

Dec 22 , 2024 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Charged with transforming colossal state-owned enterprises into modern and competitiv...

Rising Costs, Inflation Threaten Insurance Industry

Aug 18 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO

Although predictable Yonas Zerihun's job in the ride-hailing service is not immune to...

BREWING DISCONTENT

Jul 28 , 2024 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Unhabitual, perhaps too many, Samuel Gebreyohannes, 38, used to occasionally enjoy a couple of beers at breakfast. However, he recently swit...

Electric Vehicle Push Leaves Investors in the Lurch

Jul 13 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO

Investors who rely on tractors, trucks, and field vehicles for commuting, transporting commodities, and f...

In Going Digital, the State Designs for the Citizen It Wants to Have

Aug 8 , 2026

The World Bank asks readers to picture a mother in rural Ethiopia who has never held...

The Rains May Fail, Policy Dare Not

Jul 31 , 2026

Weldu Yiheysh has not read the Pacific temperature charts. He does not need to. In Shibta District of Enderta Wereda, in...

Cost Recovery by Public Institutions Becomes a Hidden Tax

Jul 25 , 2026

Ideally, citizens who have paid income tax all year should not have to reach for thei...

Millions Looking for Work. Companies Cannot Find Many to Hire. A Paradox?

Jul 18 , 2026

Pressed in Parliament on jobs and household incomes, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD)...

National Bank Forces Anbesa Bank Board Re-run, All Incumbents Out

Aug 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Anbesa Bank has elected an entirely new board of directors, nine months after the Boa...

The Hotel That Housed the OAU Meets the Wrecking Ball

Ethiopia Hotel, one of the country's oldest hospitality establishments and a landmark...

Tax on Alcohol, Tobacco Worked. Study Finds That May Be the Problem

Aug 9 , 2026 . By FITSUM TADESSE

The excise-tax reform on alcohol and tobacco has done much of what it was made to do...

Bus Firms Spend Hundreds of Millions, Hit Bank, Tariff, Charging Walls

Aug 9 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER and ABDUREUF JUHAR

Three inter-city transport companies have spent 450 million Br on new vehicles to mee...