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The Global South Should Claim the Climate Mantle at COP30

Aug 23 , 2025      |      By Maiara Folly and Jayati Ghosh      |      2101 Views

Of all the seismic geopolitical shifts in recent years, perhaps the most striking is the West's rapid decline as a force in global climate governance. Under President Donald Trump's second Administration, the U...

The World Needs a New Economics of Water

Aug 16 , 2025      |      By      |      2546 Views

As African leaders gather in Cape Town for the African Water Investment Summit, there can be no equivocation that the wo...

Climate Resilience Is a Strategic Investment

For emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), investing in resilience is not a luxury. It is an imperative. Climate disasters and ecological degradation are impeding their economic prospects and straining their finances. Perhaps more importantly, these shocks are exacerb...

Aug 16 , 2025      |      By Pepukaye Bardouille and Mahmoud Mohieldin      |      1703 Views

A Bold Tax Reform for A Better System

The federal government has recently implemented a key reform to keep the economic reform program alive at a time when the world's supply of foreign capital is drying up, while demand for resources to finance the increasing economic and social development is higher. In the thre...

Aug 9 , 2025      |      By Mulay W Asegahegn      |      811 Views

From Roses to Cutting Flower Exporters Find Fresh Market in Fragrant Foliage

The eucalyptus foliage has brought the floriculture industry, long anchored in roses and a handful of summer varieties, grafting a fresh branch onto its export portfolio. Growers in the country's mid- and high-altitude horticultural cluster are moving beyond blooms to cultivate s...

Aug 9 , 2025      |      By      |      2054 Views

Sandford School's Tax Battle Signals a Reckoning for Nonprofit Sector

When Sandford International School (SIS) opened its doors in Addis Abeba more than seven decades ago, few would have predicted that its largest challenge would come not from the rigours of education but from the tax office. In recent weeks, the Ministry of Revenues demanded ov...

Aug 3 , 2025      |      By Belete A Yemata      |      5461 Views

Climate Resilience Is a Strategic Investment

For emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), investing in resilience is not a luxury. It is an imperative. Climate disasters and ecological degradation are impeding their economic prospects and straining their finances. Perhaps more importantly, these shocks are exacerb...

Aug 16 , 2025      |      By Pepukaye Bardouille and Mahmoud Mohieldin      |      1703 Views

A Bold Tax Reform for A Better System

The federal government has recently implemented a key reform to keep the economic reform program alive at a time when the world's supply of foreign capital is drying up, while demand for resources to finance the increasing economic and social development is higher. In the thre...

Aug 9 , 2025      |      By Mulay W Asegahegn      |      811 Views

From Roses to Cutting Flower Exporters Find Fresh Market in Fragrant Foliage

The eucalyptus foliage has brought the floriculture industry, long anchored in roses and a handful of summer varieties, grafting a fresh branch onto its export portfolio. Growers in the country's mid- and high-altitude horticultural cluster are moving beyond blooms to cultivate s...

Aug 9 , 2025      |      By      |      2054 Views

Sandford School's Tax Battle Signals a Reckoning for Nonprofit Sector

When Sandford International School (SIS) opened its doors in Addis Abeba more than seven decades ago, few would have predicted that its largest challenge would come not from the rigours of education but from the tax office. In recent weeks, the Ministry of Revenues demanded ov...

Aug 3 , 2025      |      By Belete A Yemata      |      5461 Views

Lines Blur with Parent Lenders, Investment Banking Debut Will Face Credibility Test

The financial sector underwent a decisive shift this year following the National Bank of Ethiopia's (NBE) issuance of a new licensing and supervision framework for investment banks. Within weeks, CBE Capital staked its claim as the country's first licensed investment bank, with W...

Aug 2 , 2025      |      By Aminu Nuru      |      3100 Views

Climate-Driven Hunger Fuels the Next Migration Crisis

In the first half of this year, nearly 20,000 people crossed the English Channel to the United Kingdom (UK) in small boats, a 48pc increase from the same period last year. In Greece, arrivals from Libya have surged by 173pc since the beginning of 2024. Seeking to curb migratio...

Jul 26 , 2025      |      By Hermione Dace      |      3261 Views

The Scramble for Critical Minerals

The world's superpowers have developed a seemingly insatiable appetite for the critical minerals that are essential to the ongoing energy and digital transitions, including rare-earth metals (for semiconductors), cobalt (for batteries), and uranium (for nuclear reactors). The Int...

Jul 26 , 2025      |      By and Rick van der Ploeg      |      929 Views

What Happens Next to Globalization?

Despite the handwringing about US President Donald Trump's tariff war, which many claim sounds the death knell for the world's trading system, and worries about heightened geopolitical tensions, globalisation is not ending. But it is being fundamentally restructured by geopolitic...

Jul 19 , 2025      |      By Zia Qureshi      |      2934 Views

Tightening the Noose on Private Schools. At What Cost?

A heated debate is unfolding about the role and impact of private schools, especially in Addis Abeba, ignited by recent comments from the Minister of Education, Birhanu Nega (Prof.), during a prime time TV program. The Minister raised concerns that private schools prioritise prof...

Jul 19 , 2025      |      By Antensay Tafesse      |      4403 Views

The Cost of Capital Is a Public-Health Emergency for Africa

The annual meeting of the World Health Organisation's member states, May's 78th World Health Assembly (WHA), ended on a self-congratulatory note. From an agreement on pandemic preparedness to increases in assessed contributions to the WHO, there were plenty of achievements to tou...

Jul 12 , 2025      |      By Serah Makka and Rosemary Mburu      |      2737 Views


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Ethiopia Needs a Peace Premium the IMF Cannot Supply

Jul 11 , 2026

At a market stall, reform arrives without a communique. It comes as a higher transpor...

The New Gold Standard Comes with a Warning Label

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In the goldfields of the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia's balance-of-paym...

The Rent Law Protects No One Well. Time to Rewrite It.

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The federal legislative house rushed through one of the country's most contentious ho...

The Budget Bill Asks the Most from Citizens with the Least Slack

When Parliament takes up the appropriation bill, federal legislators will receive a d...

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A Body Trapped in Tomorrow

A medical doctor friend recently shared an area of research that had captured her attention. "Our bodies can't always tell the difference...

The Quiet Breakdown of Tax Fairness in Addis Abeba

Tax is the lifeblood of any modern state. It funds roads, schools, hospitals, security and the services p...

Life Matters

Borrowing From Tomorrow to Survive Today

The other day, I was having coffee with a friend, let's call her Maya: when she confessed something that...

Children Always Know More Than Parents Think

There is a familiar and exhausting mathematics to raising more than one child. It is the daily calculatio...

Agenda

Production Soars While the Feed Sellers Go Under

Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

At his stall around Ferensay Legasion, Mastewal Tekuye has decided to leave a busines...

A City Between the Market and the Rules

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July has arrived with the heaviest rains of the winter, dark clouds and mist blanketi...

Soaring Fares Strand Families on Highways

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At the sprawling Lamberet Long-Distance Bus Station near Asmara Road, the usual din o...

For Consumers in Addis Abeba, Even Thrift Becomes Expensive

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For Senayit Bekele, the day's rhythm begins at a vegetable stall. The lunchtime crowd...

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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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Preparing for Trade-Based Financial Risks Beyond CBE's Record Numbers

Few financial institutions on the African continent have expanded their market presen...

For Small Firms, the World Has Already Arrived

A small business does not need to cross a border to face international competition. I...

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...

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Decades In, CCD Keeps the Keys, Sends the Invoices

Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

When a WhatsApp notice told about 60 households at a gated community on the outskirts...

City Levy Lands on Hotels Before the Registers Get Ready

Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

The Addis Abeba City Administration has begun charging a municipal tax on every hotel...

Bahir Dar Stadium to Be Ready by September, a Tournament in Mind

Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Bahir Dar International Stadium is nearing completion, and the people building it say...

Authority Pins Hope on a Coffee Fund as Trees Grow Old

Jul 12 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Federal regulators of the coffee sector are preparing a fund to shield growers and ex...