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Opportunities Abound in the AfCFTA for Africa’s Women. Let's Seize Them

March 5 , 2022      |      By Abebe Haile-Gabriel      |      866 Views

March 8 is marked around the world as International Women’s Day. For many women in Africa, including those in the agriculture sector, it will be just another day where invisible barriers hold them back from t...

Surveillance Capitalism: A Threat to Privacy but Golden Egg for Tech Industry

March 5 , 2022      |      By Yehualashet Tamiru Tegegn      |      725 Views

The right to privacy is long-established. It is the right to be left alone as a negative aspect and self-development as a positive aspect. This right recognises that every person has autonomy and self-determina...

Revitalise Liberal Internationalism to End COVID-19, Chaos

Since 2020, COVID-19 has brought devastating socio-economic and political impacts. There are more than 410 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, while nearly six million have lost their lives, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Millions have become jobless and the g...

February 26 , 2022      |      By Leulseged Tadese Abebe      |      1035 Views

Africa's Unfinished Trade Agenda

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which entered into force on January 1 last year, promises to accelerate the diversification of the region’s economies and reduce the impact of commodity-price cycles on growth. Whereas Africa’s external trade is dominated by p...

February 26 , 2022      |      By  Hippolyte Fofack      |      598 Views

No Gift's Too Much: Unemployment in the Era of Capitalism

Within the history of human beings, capitalism is a very recent phenomenon. The view that it has always been around in some form is misleading. The tendency to portray capitalism as a natural occurrence is based on the unexamined but seemingly true presupposition that the princip...

February 19 , 2022      |      By Yehualashet Tamiru Tegegn      |      1104 Views

To Protect the Planet, Bold African Leadership Needed

Our continent is the most vulnerable to climate change, warming faster than the global average temperature, and the least able to afford the cost of implementing policies and practices that collectively makeup what is called “adaptation” to climate change. Without immediately...

February 19 , 2022      |      By Sharon Ikeazor      |      1172 Views

Revitalise Liberal Internationalism to End COVID-19, Chaos

Since 2020, COVID-19 has brought devastating socio-economic and political impacts. There are more than 410 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, while nearly six million have lost their lives, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Millions have become jobless and the g...

February 26 , 2022      |      By Leulseged Tadese Abebe      |      1035 Views

Africa's Unfinished Trade Agenda

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which entered into force on January 1 last year, promises to accelerate the diversification of the region’s economies and reduce the impact of commodity-price cycles on growth. Whereas Africa’s external trade is dominated by p...

February 26 , 2022      |      By  Hippolyte Fofack      |      598 Views

No Gift's Too Much: Unemployment in the Era of Capitalism

Within the history of human beings, capitalism is a very recent phenomenon. The view that it has always been around in some form is misleading. The tendency to portray capitalism as a natural occurrence is based on the unexamined but seemingly true presupposition that the princip...

February 19 , 2022      |      By Yehualashet Tamiru Tegegn      |      1104 Views

To Protect the Planet, Bold African Leadership Needed

Our continent is the most vulnerable to climate change, warming faster than the global average temperature, and the least able to afford the cost of implementing policies and practices that collectively makeup what is called “adaptation” to climate change. Without immediately...

February 19 , 2022      |      By Sharon Ikeazor      |      1172 Views

New Banking Mergers Era, Acquisitions Coming: Grab the Opportunity

There is a proverb that is very helpful to keep in mind: “You cannot put new wine into old wineskins.” It is a virtue and a rare definition of change. The only constant thing is change. But it is not just that; it is also a vital and critical mission of modern societies...

February 12 , 2022      |      By Yigermal Meshesha      |      1896 Views

Ethiopia Needs Capital Markets for Its Digital Revolution, Yesterday

Companies increasingly deal with the question of how to adapt their products and processes to the digital age, recruit qualified talent and approach succession planning. From world-famous brands, hidden champions and up-and-coming start-ups to the first movers, all have something...

February 12 , 2022      |      By Asseged G Medhin      |      1183 Views

AU’s Flagship Summit in Ethiopia’s Difficult Time: the Essence of Pan-Africanism

It has been two decades since the African Union (AU) was launched as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the prime institutional manifestation of the ideals of pan-Africanism. Since then, the AU has held several regular and extraordinary summits, including thr...

February 5 , 2022      |      By Tilahun Adamu Zewudie      |      1669 Views

The Naked King: the 'Social Contract' between Gov't, Capitalists

In his immortal contribution to the theory of social contract, John Locke posited that the government exists because of the consent of the people who are willing to give up some part of their rights in return for the government to protect their basic rights and promote the common...

February 5 , 2022      |      By Yehualashet Tamiru Tegegn      |      1488 Views

New Players, Old Challenges, Exciting Innovations

The entry of a new competitor into a market has repeatedly been identified as a critical determinant of a market's structure and profitability. Entrants may affect existing businesses by taking market share away from them, thus shrinking their share of the profit pie and reducing...

January 29 , 2022      |      By Yigermal Meshesha      |      1414 Views

Is COVID Exposing the Flaws of Capitalism?

In his 1776 groundbreaking book, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith argued that the free market benefits the whole society because an invisible hand guides decision-making. “He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public...

January 29 , 2022      |      By Yehualashet Tamiru Tegegn      |      1335 Views


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Editorial

Capital Market Does Little to Help Crowded Out Private Sector

May 21 , 2022

There was a great deal of handshaking and patting each other on the back at the Hyatt...

Macroeconomic Council's Glaring Omissions

May 14 , 2022

Diana Yohannes is one of those actively engaging in social media platforms with her T...

Stagflation Here: Damn If You Do, Damn If You Don't

May 7 , 2022

The Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) recently proposed the formation of a macroec...

War Cost Emaciates Agricultural Productivity. Stop the War!

April 30 , 2022

There is no ambiguity in the UNDP's assessment of Ethiopia’s economic performance a...

Sunday With Eden

From the Pressure of Tragedy, Coal Can become Diamond

Since my father’s passing, my health has been deteriorating. I was grieving deeply...

The 'Crime and Punishment' of Ethiopian Travellers

Last week, as I was travelling to Frankfurt, Germany, my country sent me to a foreign...

Life Matters

Got Watery Milk? Or Useless Roach Killers?

Adulteration is getting out of hand. Consumers in Ethiopia are being left to their ow...

It's Okay Not to Be Okay with Life

It is impossible to talk about life without bringing up death. Death seems distant, something we often try to avoid discussing. We only real...

Agenda

Education and Safety: Parents' Dilemma, Students' Anxiety

May 21 , 2022 . By RUTH TAYE

Hundreds of thousands of high school students prepare for matriculation exams, as Nah...

Dismal Prospects, Rising Insecurity Make for a Sombre Homecoming

May 14 , 2022 . By RUTH TAYE

Hawi Teferi, 29, first left Ethiopia 10 years ago. The life-changing decision to s...

Grow to Perish: Fleeting Success in Horticulture

May 7 , 2022 . By RUTH TAYE

Wosenachew Tassew was a teacher in an Addis Abeba private school not too long ago. Th...

Lamb to the Slaughter: Livestock Markets in Disarray

April 30 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL

A visit to one of the butcheries dotting the streets of Addis Abeba is a rare treat...

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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...

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Commentaries

Realising Africa’s Sustainable Energy Future

Growing economies and growing populations mean growing energy needs. The internationa...

Has Humanity Reached the Limits to Growth?

Fifty years ago this spring, one of the most influential books of the twentieth centu...

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 tw...

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Capital Market Launch Unlikely Before Two Years

May 21 , 2022 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Efforts to form the country's first-ever capital market took a meaningful step last...

Exporters Face Ship or Lose Ultimatum, Again

May 21 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL

Trade regulators have warned exporters to immediately ship oilseeds and cash crops...

Federal Warehouse Receipt Credit Scheme Ramps Up

May 21 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL

Federal officials are moving forward with a belated initiative to form a regulatory...

Agrochemical Importers Plead for Credit Extensions, Blame Logistics Disruptions

May 21 , 2022 . By TSION HAILEMICHAEL

A consortium of agrochemical importers has pleaded with central bank authorities for...