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Mar 28 , 2020

Committee Mobilises 35m Br for Emergency Preparedness

The national committee that was formed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) to mobilise both financial and non-financial aid has secured 35 million Br in donations. Composed of ministers and senior g...

Mar 28 , 2020

Tigray State Bans Inter-Regional Travel

Tigray Regional State has restricted travel between cities and towns in the regional state as of March 28, 2020. In an effort to combat the spread of Coronavirus, the state announced a two-week state...

Mar 23 , 2020

ON THE FRONT LINE

Jostling through heavily congested roads worsened by ongoing construction, there is just off to the side an unassuming, depressing, cobblestone alleyway through a cemetery. Several ambulances haphazar...

Mar 21 , 2020

With Coronavirus, Overreact and Be Wrong

It was with a sense of despondency that the brand new minister of Health, Lia Tadesse (MD), gave a press briefing on the first confirmed case of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ethiop...

Mar 21 , 2020

ON THE FRONT LINE

Mar 21 , 2020

COVID-19 Hits Some Businesses Hard, Yet Blesses Others

In the mid-afternoon of Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Kenema Public Pharmacy, located around the stadium near Ghion Hotel was busy serving people from all walks of life, from teenagers to the elderly. Th...

Apr 1 , 2020

COVID-19 Outbreak Puts Flower Exports in Danger

Ethiopia's flower industry, the second-largest exporter to Europe, is at the brink of disaster with close to 11 million dollars in losses incurred over the past two weeks. A total of 150,000 employees...

Mar 21 , 2020

Ministry Waives Excise Tax on Denatured Alcohol

With the goal of making hand sanitizer available to the public, the Ministry of Finance lifted the 60pc excise tax imposed on denatured alcohol last week. The tax was waived after hand sanitizer pr...

Mar 21 , 2020

Taxi Hailing Services Gear Up For COVID-19

The two leading taxi-hailing companies Ride and ZayRide are manning the front lines of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by allocating funds to equip their drivers with face masks and gloves to curb...

Mar 21 , 2020

Survival of the Considerate

It may have taken some time, but the global pandemic of the Coronavirus disease has reached Ethiopia. Unsettling feelings of panic are just beginning to hit home. As stated in the weeks before the...

Mar 21 , 2020

Precisely the Time to Panic

I have seen it in movies, read about it in fiction and contemplated it with friends. Still, it never occurred to me that something that upends our social and professional lives, and soon our economies...

Mar 21 , 2020

When COVID-19 Comes to Africa

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) – which has now spread to more than 100 countries – has pushed the world into “uncharted territory,” according to Tedros Adhanom, director-general of the World Healt...

Mar 21 , 2020

Messages from the Past! The Plague of Athens

As we remain alert and calm in the COVID-19 era, we might as well take a break from 'now' and explore the recesses of history where we may find refuge! From the beginning of time, human beings have...

Mar 21 , 2020

Let's Rise Above COVID-19, with Love, Respect

Any kind of discussion these days tends to devolve into the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, especially after a number of people in Ethiopia tested positive. The case was no different when I...

Mar 21 , 2020

CBE Pledges Money to Contain COVID-19

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the state-owned giant, has pledged 10 million Br to the Ministry of Health, joining the national effort to fight Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Ministry will u...

Mar 19 , 2020

CBE Pledges 10m Br to Contain COVID-19

The state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has pledged 10 million Br, joining the national effort in fighting the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Donated to the Ministry of Health...

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Commentaries | Oct 04,2025

Central Bank Loosens Credit Reins But Stops Short of Bold Overhaul

Eyob Tekalegn (PhD) had been in the Governor's chair for only weeks when, on September 29...

Editorial | Oct 4 , 2025

TRADITION THRIVES AS COSTS CLIMB

As dawn broke over Addis Abeba last week, the city's arteries pulsed not with the usual we...

Featured | Oct 5 , 2025 . By REDIET YARED

Textbook Shortages Mount as School Year Advances

The school year in Addis Abeba began almost a month ago, yet across the capital, thousands...

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Mesfin Rebrands to Overcome Wartime Shadow

In Meqelle, a name long associated with industrial grit and regional pride is undergoing a...

Fortune News | Oct 5 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE