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The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty

Mar 23 , 2024      |      By Rudo Kayombo      |      1894 Views

Poverty, climate change, and conflict are among the biggest challenges confronting Africa, and they all disproportionate...

Bitcoin Mining Benefits Insufficient to Justify Huge Costs

Mar 16 , 2024      |      By Amanuel Dessalegn      |      2479 Views

Ethiopia has become the latest country to open its doors to the crypto mining industry, with 21 companies granted licenses. Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) executives recently disclosed that more Bitcoin miners...

Making Climate Finance Affordable

Emerging-market and developing economies (EMDEs) will need an estimated 2.4 trillion dollars in climate investment annually to meet climate goals, according to the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance. One trillion dollars would have to come from external source...

Mar 16 , 2024      |      By Rebecca Ray and Ulrich Volz      |      1905 Views

Championing Women's Inclusion for a Greener, Fairer Future

It is hard to find a word more relevant to the world's greatest challenges and policy priorities than "inclusion," the theme of this year's International Women's Day. Inclusive, green economic growth that benefits all of society is essential to sustainable prosperity, social cohe...

Mar 9 , 2024      |      By Nadia Calviñ and Kristalina Georgieva      |      2180 Views

When Women Win, the World Wins

In May 1988, Alejandra Arevalo became the first female geologist to enter an underground mine in Chile. She defied a popular myth that a woman brings bad luck by venturing into a mine. She also broke the law. Chilean women were forbidden to work in underground mining or in any...

Mar 9 , 2024      |      By Indermit Gill and Tea Trumbic      |      2174 Views

Why Africa Should Redefine the Green Revolution for People, Planet?

I was prompted to write on why a Green Revolution remains crucial for developing countries like Ethiopia after reading an OP-ED by Jayati Ghosh, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which Addis Fortune published last week headlined, "The Toxic Lega...

Mar 1 , 2024      |      By Shimelis Araya      |      3128 Views

Making Climate Finance Affordable

Emerging-market and developing economies (EMDEs) will need an estimated 2.4 trillion dollars in climate investment annually to meet climate goals, according to the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance. One trillion dollars would have to come from external source...

Mar 16 , 2024      |      By Rebecca Ray and Ulrich Volz      |      1905 Views

Championing Women's Inclusion for a Greener, Fairer Future

It is hard to find a word more relevant to the world's greatest challenges and policy priorities than "inclusion," the theme of this year's International Women's Day. Inclusive, green economic growth that benefits all of society is essential to sustainable prosperity, social cohe...

Mar 9 , 2024      |      By Nadia Calviñ and Kristalina Georgieva      |      2180 Views

When Women Win, the World Wins

In May 1988, Alejandra Arevalo became the first female geologist to enter an underground mine in Chile. She defied a popular myth that a woman brings bad luck by venturing into a mine. She also broke the law. Chilean women were forbidden to work in underground mining or in any...

Mar 9 , 2024      |      By Indermit Gill and Tea Trumbic      |      2174 Views

Why Africa Should Redefine the Green Revolution for People, Planet?

I was prompted to write on why a Green Revolution remains crucial for developing countries like Ethiopia after reading an OP-ED by Jayati Ghosh, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which Addis Fortune published last week headlined, "The Toxic Lega...

Mar 1 , 2024      |      By Shimelis Araya      |      3128 Views

Global Cash-Transfer Fund Could End Extreme Poverty

For decades, the international community has grappled with ending extreme poverty, the leading Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for 2030. Despite some progress, we remain far off track, with an estimated 700 million people struggling to survive on less than 2.15 dollars daily....

Mar 1 , 2024      |      By Cina Lawson and Rory Stewart      |      2771 Views

WTO Accord to Spur Global Growth with Landmark Investment Facilitation Deal

Every country is eager to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) – and for good reason. FDI facilitates capital inflows, creates jobs, drives skills development, and facilitates technology transfers, accelerating economic growth and enabling recipient countries to access globa...

Feb 24 , 2024      |      By Karl P Sauvant      |      3033 Views

World Economy Shifts Leaving Japan, UK Face Growth Pains as Germany, India Rise

In recent economic developments that have redrawn the global financial landscape, Germany has overtaken Japan to claim the position of the world's third-largest economy, while India has surged past the United Kingdom (UK) to secure the fifth spot. This reshuffling of ranks, howev...

Feb 24 , 2024      |      By Austine Sequeira and Andrea Sequeira      |      2784 Views

A Marshall Plan for Africa

Africa could be the largest source of global economic growth over the next half-century. But during the same period, the continent could also trigger the next great European war. Goldman Sachs projects that Africa's GDP will grow from roughly three trillion dollars today to 4...

Feb 17 , 2024      |      By Colin Coleman      |      2634 Views

The Toxic Legacy of the Green Revolution

There are more than 390,000 identified plant species worldwide, but just three – rice, maise, and wheat – account for roughly 60pc of the plant-based calories in our diets. The dominance of these grains is largely the result of major technological breakthroughs, particularly...

Feb 17 , 2024      |      By Jayati Ghosh      |      2272 Views

Two Million Health Workers to Confront Africa's Care Crisis

The pledge made by Africa's leaders in 2017 to deploy two million community health workers (CHWs) marked a significant recognition of the essential role these workers play in advancing health across the continent. Seven years into this commitment, as leaders prepare to gather in...

Feb 10 , 2024      |      By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Jean Kaseya      |      3549 Views


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During Taxing Times, Tax Hunt Tests the Limits of an Unsteady Economy

Nov 23 , 2024

The fiscal puzzle deepens as the Council of Ministers approved a supplementary budget...

Bound by Debt, Government's Costly Love Affair with State Bloat

Nov 16 , 2024

In the realm of public finance, balance sheets speak louder than rhetoric. In such do...

Policy Bargain in Franco Valuta a Double-Edged Sword in the Forex Debacle

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Ethiopia's foreign exchange debacle resembles a tangled web of contradictions and con...

Addis Abeba Withering as Noise, Air Pollutions Choke the 'New Flower'

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Addis Abeba, fondly dubbed a 'New Flower,' is wilting under the weight of unchecked u...

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Beyond the Gates of Society's Neglect

Returning to social media after a three-year hiatus, I anticipated updates from frien...

Finding My Body Back, A Year Later

For many women, becoming a mother is a transformative experience that reshapes our priorities, self-perception, and connection to our bodies...

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I was returning from dropping my son off at school when I saw a young mother huddled on a rough stone by the roadside. Her infant was strapp...

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There are certain promises we make to ourselves—things we swear never to do again. I had made such a promise about taking the city bus. An...

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Mercato's Taxing Transformation Tests Tax Authorities

Nov 24 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO

Business owners in Mercato, the largest open market, were left stunned by a sudden gr...

Perfect Storm of Climate, Health, Supply Chain Issues Trigger Resurgent Malaria

Nov 16 , 2024 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Malaria is no stranger to Ethiopia. Every year, the disease poses a public health iss...

Blackouts Plague Residents as Aging Grid Fails to Deliver

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Dagmawit Yilma, a mother of three young boys, knows the struggle of Ethiopia's energy...

Schools Disrupted, Dams at Risk

Nov 3 , 2024 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

A calm Monday morning on October 7, 2024, took a turn for residents of southern Afar Regional State. An earthquake that rattled the campus c...

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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

Construction Sector's Ambitious Skylines, Fragile Foundations Could Lead to a Costly Legacy

The construction sector has been booming for nearly two decades, with new housing dev...

The World's Babies Need Antibiotics, Not Just Vaccines

Over the last half-century, the number of children who die before reaching the age of...

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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...

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TAXING TIMES AT MERCATO

Nov 24 , 2024

Business owners in Mercato were reeling from a crackdown on tax compliance that has disrupted the heart of the capital's commerce. Tax autho...

In Civil Service Overhaul, Pay Raises Spark Hope, Inflation Fuels Doubt

Nov 24 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO

The federal government is to establish a Merit & Wage Board, chaired by the Prime Minister, to overse...

Lingering EV Charging Station Regulations Stifle Investors

Nov 24 , 2024 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Months after the Institute of Ethiopian Standards introduced benchmarks for electric vehicle (EV) battery...

Arada District Land Auction Sees Dwindling Interest

Nov 24 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO

The third day of land auctions in Addis Abeba saw one of the lowest participation rates, with many sites...

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