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Policymakers Rethink Energy, Aiming for Sustainability Amid Surging Demand

Apr 6 , 2024      |      By Yemanebrhan Kiros      |      3787 Views

Policymakers Rethink Energy, Aiming for Sustainability Amid Surging Demand Ethiopia is on the verge of a major shift in its approach to energy management, signalling a much-needed adaptation to the evolving...

Economic Imperatives Clash with Equity in Pandemic Treaty Debates

Mar 30 , 2024      |      By Mariana Mazzucato      |      3247 Views

Recent drafts of a global pandemic treaty have been widely criticised as "shameful and unjust." When the latest round of negotiations opened on March 18, it was clear that a key lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic...

WTO's Abu Dhabi Standoff Unpacks Global Trade's Future

Taking place in challenging and uncertain times, the World Trade Organization's 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi produced mixed results: a few successes, but also some disappointments. By contrast, the previous ministerial conference, held in June 2022, concluded with the...

Mar 30 , 2024      |      By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala      |      3490 Views

A Global Assault on TB Through AI, Partnership Within Reach

Groundbreaking new technologies seem to be emerging with increasing frequency. Since its launch in November 2022, OpenAI's generative artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, has become a global sensation, attracting over 100 million users and inspiring numerous imitators. The t...

Mar 23 , 2024      |      By Mohammed Yassin      |      3998 Views

The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty

Poverty, climate change, and conflict are among the biggest challenges confronting Africa, and they all disproportionately affect women living in poverty or on the margins of society. Both research and experience have demonstrated that these women have enormous potential to impro...

Mar 23 , 2024      |      By Rudo Kayombo      |      2807 Views

Bitcoin Mining Benefits Insufficient to Justify Huge Costs

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 are waiting for permits. Attracted by low electricity costs—a crucia...

Mar 16 , 2024      |      By Amanuel Dessalegn      |      2991 Views

WTO's Abu Dhabi Standoff Unpacks Global Trade's Future

Taking place in challenging and uncertain times, the World Trade Organization's 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi produced mixed results: a few successes, but also some disappointments. By contrast, the previous ministerial conference, held in June 2022, concluded with the...

Mar 30 , 2024      |      By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala      |      3490 Views

A Global Assault on TB Through AI, Partnership Within Reach

Groundbreaking new technologies seem to be emerging with increasing frequency. Since its launch in November 2022, OpenAI's generative artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, has become a global sensation, attracting over 100 million users and inspiring numerous imitators. The t...

Mar 23 , 2024      |      By Mohammed Yassin      |      3998 Views

The Big Push African Women Need to Escape Poverty

Poverty, climate change, and conflict are among the biggest challenges confronting Africa, and they all disproportionately affect women living in poverty or on the margins of society. Both research and experience have demonstrated that these women have enormous potential to impro...

Mar 23 , 2024      |      By Rudo Kayombo      |      2807 Views

Bitcoin Mining Benefits Insufficient to Justify Huge Costs

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 are waiting for permits. Attracted by low electricity costs—a crucia...

Mar 16 , 2024      |      By Amanuel Dessalegn      |      2991 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      |      2797 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      |      2835 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      |      3000 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      |      4081 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      |      3935 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      |      4037 Views


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Ethiopia's Aid Reckoning Demands a Homegrown Rescue Plan

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Pensioners have learned, rather painfully, the gulf between a figure on a passbook an...

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

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

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Raising Builders, Not Spenders Over lunch recently, my husband and I sat with a young friend from one of Ethiopia's wealthiest families....

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In an age obsessed with convenience and instant gratification, parenting stands at a crossroads. Many of...

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Debt Deadlines Test the Promise of Addis Abeba's Makeover

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Key Takeaways: Many residents in Addis Abeba face financial pressure due to...

They Worked for Decades, Now They Struggle to Survive

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Key Takeaways: Many Ethiopian retirees live on pensions that barely cover the...

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

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

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Apr 19 , 2025 . By RUTH BERHANU

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

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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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Sharia-Compliant Banks Lose Ground as Interest-Free Windows Sweep the Market

Global Islamic finance, rooted in the prohibition of interest (riba), risk-profit sha...

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President Donald Trump thinks America is only for Americans. The US Dollar, by contrast, is for everyone. Should the BRICS grouping of emerg...

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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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In northern Addis Abeba, a neighbourhood known for its vibrant community has become a symbol of relocation, as city authorities push forward...

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KEY TAKEAWAYS Ministry of Revenue collected 653.2 billion Br, surpassing its target but falling shor...

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Key Takeaways A draft automotive policy prioritises electric and alternative fuel vehicles to prom...

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