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Draft Commercial Code Offers a Future of Prospect for Professional Class

December 11 , 2020 . By Kefale Aschalew

In Ethiopia, the provision of professional services as a business has remained stagnated to sole individual practice with limited corporate development. For long, professionals such as lawyers, accountants and engineers constrained themselves to individual practice rather than operating in a corpora...

With Momentous Dev’ts, Ethiopia’s Federation on Verge of Major Changes

December 4 , 2020 . By Belachew Mekuria Fikre (PhD)

I have had the privilege of watching closely the early periods of the transition that took place in the first quarter of 2018. Every single day took the country on a course that was overpowering and unbeknownst to over 20 years of politicking in its history. The steps toward moving the country a...

Draft Commercial Code Lives Up to the Times

December 4 , 2020 . By Kefale Aschalew and Israel Tekle

In the Scramble for Vaccines, the Have-nots Lose Out

November 29 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

The Political Economy of Nile, GERD

November 29 , 2020 . By Abu Girma Moges

Time to Jump on the Circular Economy Bandwagon

November 21 , 2020 . By Tewolde Mulu

The Global South’s Pandemic Path to Self-Reliance

November 21 , 2020 . By Syed Munir Khasru

Plan Methodically, Effect in Concert with Employees

November 14 , 2020 . By Asseged G. Medhin

The Age of Public Development Banks Arrives

November 14 , 2020 . By Stephany Griffith-Jones and Régis Marodon

Major global threats –- including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and rising inequality –- call for large-scale concerted action. The challenge facing policymakers today is to support big structural transformations that can make economies simultaneously more productive, more inclusive, an...

Corporate Governance: For the People By the People

November 7 , 2020 . By Asseged G. Medhin

Governance mainly has to do with justice and security. Any form of organisation, or even governments that cannot ensure these two essential features, lose their rights to govern and or command whatever resources under their custody. Irrespective of the philosophy and the system adapted for govern...

Leaders for Hire! The Stakes, Interests that Shape Elections

November 7 , 2020 . By Tsegaab Teklu

Better to be Resilient than Overreact to Cyber Threats

October 31 , 2020 . By Bashir Semakula

Female Entrepreneurship: As Much Matter of Access to Energy as Finance

October 31 , 2020 . By Atsede Woldie and Brychan Thomas

The Research-Practice Chasm Stares Down Industries, Policymakers

October 24 , 2020 . By Desalegn Tegabu

Dev't Plan Ought to Rise to Occasion of Epoch-making Change

October 24 , 2020 . By Ayele Tirfie Woldemichael

Somalia: The Story of Africa, Hope of the Horn

October 16 , 2020 . By Esayas B. Gebre-Meskel

Ethiopia Ought to Hail the New Frontier of AI

October 16 , 2020 . By Bereket Kefyalew

At a time when the United States election is sucking the air out of the global media, one...

Hello, Can the Real Professional Associations Please Stand Up?

October 10 , 2020 . By Desalegn Tegabu

At a time when the United States election is sucking the air out of the global media, one...

What ‘The Professor’ Reminds Us about Academic Freedom

October 10 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

At a time when the United States election is sucking the air out of the global media, one...

SMEs Pave Road to Industrialisation

October 3 , 2020 . By Ayele Tirfie Woldemichael

At a time when the United States election is sucking the air out of the global media, one...

Columns

Editorial

Ethio Telecom Could Be Cash Cow, But Needs to Compete Fairly

February 27 , 2021

That Ethio telecom would remain in the hands of the state was never a sure deal. A ra...

Economic Policy Orientation Reckons with Dire Political Circumstances

February 20 , 2021

The late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was in parliament in 2010, taking questions on h...

As in Politics, Ethiopia Faces Precarious Economic Future

February 13 , 2021

What most spooked buyers owning a billion dollars of Ethiopia’s Eurobonds was not a...

The AU Fails Africa and Its People Miserably

February 6 , 2021

The feeling of helplessness; the confusion to understand what is unfolding; and the d...

Sunday With Eden

Elections: Thin Red Line between Democracy, Violence

The way people are talking about the upcoming general election, which will be held on...

February 27 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

On Gender-based Violence, Society Possesses More Power than Courts

There are many renowned people that I often get nuggets of wisdom from. One of these...

February 20 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

When Friends Fight, Duck

Sometimes two close friends get into a heated argument in front of us, and we are asked to step in and play the role of referee. This presen...

February 27 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Break the Taboo over Pay Scale

Many people get a job for the sole purpose of making ends meet and would be happy if they never had to work. There are also those, however f...

February 20 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Agenda

Galloping Cost of Living Bites Harder

February 27 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

Anybody who is familiar with Shola Market would know that the area is the scene of a...

Crippling Fuel Shortage Leaves City Scrambling

February 20 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

At the end of last week, Abdi Addis, owner of an old, worn-out pickup truck, found hi...

A Rose in Winter: Revival of Flower Industry Takes Hold

February 13 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

Afri Flower lies in a secluded area five kilometres away from the main roads of Holet...

The Banking Industry's Narrow Escape: A Look Back

February 6 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The six-decade-old journey of Wallia Leather & Leather Products, one of the oldes...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...