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Apr 26 , 2025 . By Saliem Fakir and Shuchi Talati

Why African Leadership Matters in Geoengineering

As climate disasters proliferate and intensify, interest has grown in solar radiation modification (SRM), a group of large-scale interventions to lower global temperatures by increasing the amount of sunlight reflected away from Earth. To be clear, t...

Apr 26 , 2025 . By Leslie Maasdorp and Hans-Peter Lankes

Development Finance Needs an Entrepreneurial Mindset

The fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development, to be held in Seville, Spain, from June 30 to July 3, will consider a hotly debated topic: how development-finance institutions (DFIs) can mobilise more socially beneficial private investment in the countries where they operate. Many have pointed to the shortage of...


Sep 8 , 2024 . By Geoffrey Heal

The Right Not to Be Lied to by the Powerful

Hardly a week goes by without a new piece of misinformation circulating online, from the freshet of conspiracy theories unleashed by the attempt on former President Donald Trump's life to Elon Musk tweeting the far right's false claim that the United Kingdom (UK) has a two-tier policing policy. Truth is under attack, and people know it. According t...


Sep 8 , 2024 . By Yuen Yuen Ang

China's Economic Paradox

Western observers often view China as either a rising superpower on the cusp of global dominance or a fragile country on the brink of collapse. These contradictory takes amplify only one side of China's economic trajectory: a tech boom alongside a growth slump. This paradox can be attributed largely to the directives issued by President Xi Jinping...




Commentary

Policymakers Should Be Cautious While Banking on Franco Valuta Scheme

Sep 1 , 2024      |      By Tesfaye B Lelissa (PhD)      |      3840 Views

The federal government's recent introduction of the Franco Valuta (FV) scheme clearly acknowledges the country's acute foreign currency shortage. While this measure may provide some immediate relief, it risks e...

Kenya's Lesson on Curbing Debt-Fueled Unrest in Emerging Markets

Aug 25 , 2024      |      By Vera Songwe and Ishac Diwan      |      3798 Views

The effects of recent contractionary monetary policy in the United States (US) are still playing out. It has often been said that the world catches a cold when the US sneezes. More broadly, advanced economies c...

Powering the Forgotten, the Urgent Race to Electrify a Warming World

Although we are fast approaching five years until the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we are still far from achieving SDG7, which calls for universal access to clean, affordable energy. Worse, we are in the middle of yet another year that will shatter heat...

Aug 18 , 2024      |      By Woochung Um      |      3849 Views

Energy Management Systems to Counter Rising Costs, Tightening Regulations

In today's fiercely competitive business world, where environmental regulations are becoming increasingly stringent, implementing energy management systems has emerged as a tool for achieving rapid and sustained financial gains. Modern industries need to recognise that ene...

Aug 10 , 2024      |      By Yemanebrhan Kiros      |      4049 Views

A Neglected Solution to the Development-Finance Gap

Last week, the United Nations (UN) convened world leaders and development experts in Addis Abeba to try to focus minds on the need for more development finance. In the face of tight government budgets, a looming debt crisis, and the chronic challenge of attracting private investm...

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New Central Bank Strategy to Tame Inflation's Wild Ride

Two weeks ago, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) introduced a new monetary policy framework, marking a notable shift from a decades-old monetary targeting strategy to an "inflation targeting lite" policy strategy. Spearheaded by the newly appointed governor, it is underpinned b...

Jul 27 , 2024      |      By Matias Assefa      |      4452 Views

Powering the Forgotten, the Urgent Race to Electrify a Warming World

Although we are fast approaching five years until the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we are still far from achieving SDG7, which calls for universal access to clean, affordable energy. Worse, we are in the middle of yet another year that will shatter heat...

Aug 18 , 2024      |      By Woochung Um      |      3849 Views

Energy Management Systems to Counter Rising Costs, Tightening Regulations

In today's fiercely competitive business world, where environmental regulations are becoming increasingly stringent, implementing energy management systems has emerged as a tool for achieving rapid and sustained financial gains. Modern industries need to recognise that ene...

Aug 10 , 2024      |      By Yemanebrhan Kiros      |      4049 Views

A Neglected Solution to the Development-Finance Gap

Last week, the United Nations (UN) convened world leaders and development experts in Addis Abeba to try to focus minds on the need for more development finance. In the face of tight government budgets, a looming debt crisis, and the chronic challenge of attracting private investm...

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New Central Bank Strategy to Tame Inflation's Wild Ride

Two weeks ago, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) introduced a new monetary policy framework, marking a notable shift from a decades-old monetary targeting strategy to an "inflation targeting lite" policy strategy. Spearheaded by the newly appointed governor, it is underpinned b...

Jul 27 , 2024      |      By Matias Assefa      |      4452 Views

Can Currency Swap Change the Game in Regional Economic Dynamics?

The central banks of Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have recently established a groundbreaking currency swap agreement, promising to reshape the economic relationships between East Africa and the Middle East. The deal prescribes a nominal value cap of up to three bil...

Jul 27 , 2024      |      By Tesfaye B Lelissa (PhD)      |      4883 Views

Can NBE Turn the Tide in New Framework, Old Problems Trap?

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) announced a "new" monetary policy framework with much publicity. The central bank described it as "a historic step that will better align its policy tools with modern central bank practices and address some long-standing weaknesses in the macro...

Jul 20 , 2024      |      By Matias Assefa      |      4792 Views

A Heated Solution to Industrial Emissions, Energy Woes

Committed to international climate change initiatives, Ethiopia faces problems in reducing energy consumption and emissions. Its leaders' ambitious goals, articulated through the Clean & Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) initiative and nationally determined contributions (NDCs)...

Jul 13 , 2024      |      By Yemanebrhan Kiros      |      4649 Views

The False Distinction Between Industrial, Economic Policy

After decades of disparagement and disdain, industrial policy is back on the global economic agenda. Perhaps the strongest evidence of this rehabilitation is a recent international conference on rethinking structural transformation, cosponsored by the International Monetary Fund...

Jul 13 , 2024      |      By Celestin Monga      |      3809 Views

Post-Harvest Losses Remain Ethiopia's Billion-Dollar Food Dilemma

Ethiopia faces a pressing challenge in feeding a population projected to reach 205 million in the next 25 years. While increasing food production is necessary, the country can enormously boost its crop output and ensure food security by enhancing post-harvest management practices...

Jul 7 , 2024      |      By Sofia Ahmed and Teklemariam Awoke      |      6524 Views

How South Korea Broke the Development Mold

South Korea is one of the few countries to transform itself from a low- to high-income economy, and the only country to go from a recipient of aid from the OECD's Development Assitance Committee to a DAC donor. It achieved this not by blindly following a pre-designed development...

Jul 7 , 2024      |      By Keun Lee      |      3927 Views


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Commentaries | Apr 26,2025

Why African Leadership Matters in Geoengineering

Life Matters | Apr 26,2025

The House That Deceit Built

My Opinion | Apr 26,2025

The Activism Gets Funded But Not the Women Beneficiaries

Sunday with Eden | Apr 26,2025

When the Lens Crosses a Line

Agenda | Apr 27,2025

In the Shadows of Renewal, a Generation Struggles to Find Its Place

Editorial | Apr 26,2025

Policymakers Trudge Down a Path of Punitive Taxation


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Editorial

Policymakers Trudge Down a Path of Punitive Taxation

Apr 26 , 2025

Benjamin Franklin famously quipped that “nothing is certain but death and taxes....

Overseas Job Push Evokes Hopes at Home, Hardship Abroad

Apr 20 , 2025

Mufariat Kamil, the minister of Labour & Skills, recently told Parliament that he...

Officials Bank on Student Service to Patch a Fractured Country

Apr 13 , 2025

The federal government will soon require one year of national service from university...

Cheap Power Lures Bitcoin Miners. But Millions Wait for a Lightbulb Moment

Apr 6 , 2025

Last week, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group...

Sunday With Eden

When the Lens Crosses a Line

Over two years ago, on our first wedding anniversary, my husband and I wanted to do something meaningful. We decided to recreate our wedding...

The Rose-Tinted Trap of Nostalgia

In almost every conversation, I hear people mention “the good old days.” The phrase slips in like a sigh, usually when someone's facing...

Life Matters

The House That Deceit Built

A strange paradox continues to surface: what might happen if lying were to vanish entirely from human life? If all communication were filter...

The Weight of Things

That sudden, almost irrational urge to deep clean the house always seems to arrive unannounced. Everything is calm one moment; the next, the...

Agenda

In the Shadows of Renewal, a Generation Struggles to Find Its Place

Apr 27 , 2025 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Takeaways: Hana Melaku's story demonstrates the personal turmoil within the...

A Holiday of Uneasy Choices

Apr 19 , 2025 . By RUTH BERHANU

Takeaways: The Addis Abeba market faces logistical challenges with fewer livestock trucks arriving compared to previous years. Ris...

Trenches of Tax Turmoil

Apr 13 , 2025 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Key Takeaways: Merkato's bustling trade shows signs of a slowdown, manifesting deeper economic anxieties affecting merchants and shop...

FLUSHED WITH TROUBLE

Apr 6 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Key Takeaways Addis Abeba residents face sudden and severe fines for waste disposal violations, demonstrating the gap between rapid urb...

Gallery

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Oct 6 , 2021

Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

2020 in Posterity

Jan 5 , 2021

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

Sep 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

Dec 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

Apr 26 , 2019

Commentaries

Why African Leadership Matters in Geoengineering

As climate disasters proliferate and intensify, interest has grown in solar radiation...

Development Finance Needs an Entrepreneurial Mindset

The fourth United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development, to b...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two...

Fortune news

Bound by Duty, Lawyers Fight for Fair Pay in Free Legal Aid Battle

Apr 28 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE

Key Takeaways: The Ministry of Justice's directive plans to enforce pro bono wor...

CREDIT AND DEVICES FOR THE MASSES

Apr 26 , 2025

Neway Magersa (Left), president of Sinqee Bank, shared a lighter moment at the Skylight Hotel on Africa Avenue and chuckled with Oromia Regi...

Addis Abeba Officials Backtrack After Uproar Jolts Property Owners

Apr 27 , 2025 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

A controversial decision to clear a large tract of land in Addis Abeba's Wereda 1, around Flamingo and th...

BGI Ethiopia Wins Legal Battle as Ownership Claim Falls to Time

Apr 27 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Key Takeaways A federal court dismissed Zewdinesh Getahun's ownership claim as time-barred, requir...