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Jul 18 , 2021

Voters Want Stability, Order. Prosperity Can Find It through Negotiated Settlement

The function held by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) to announce the results last week of the recently held national elections has a streak of chic to it. The crowd ranged from diploma...

Jul 10 , 2021

Absent Competent Bureaucracy, Economic Policies Get Stuck

There is no shortage of drafts beings drawn, and bills authored these days. The more novel one is the National Startup Act. Formally known as the "Start-up Business Proclamation," it was drafted by th...

Jul 3 , 2021

War's Fruitless, Horrific; Better Late than Never to Give Peace a Chance

For the curious interested in political studies, the twists and turns unfolding in Ethiopia provide a rarely paralleled case study in history, nationalism, elite consensus (or, mostly in Ethiopia, lac...

Jun 26 , 2021

National Elections Show Voters May Not Be as Polarized as Elites Have

Empty streets could characterise polling day on June 21, where apprehension to what the day might have brought was feared. Where there were polling stations, long lines of people waiting to cast their...

Jun 19 , 2021

Tomorrow’s Elections Invoke Trepidation More Than Anticipation

The wait for Ethiopia's sixth national elections, since it became a federal republic in the mid-1990s, has been long and daunting. Lately, it has also been painted blue by the expansive campaigning of...

Jun 12 , 2021

Economic Woes Due to Crisis in Ideas, Intellectual Authority

Milton Freedman, the renowned monetary economist, had a mantra. He believed, "inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon." His liberal disciples from Chile, known as the "Chicago Boys...

Jun 5 , 2021

Electoral Best of Bad Situation. Time Is the Essence

In retrospect, it is nothing less than astounding that the 2015 national elections went pretty much under the radar. There was not much drama, and it seemed more like one more election the country...

May 29 , 2021

Sun Shines Brightly on Telco Market. Beware Misgoverning It

Those entrusted with public office may love throwing events; but, no one is doing it as enthusiastically and glamorously as the Ethio telecom. Its first-ever female Chief Executive Officer (CEO), F...

May 23 , 2021

Sovereignty Claims Bear the Responsibility to Protect. Where's the UN?

It was something of a milestone for the United Nations last week. Rhetorically, so to say; and, for lack of words to describe the 76-year old international organisation whose deeds were dwarfed by its...

May 15 , 2021

In the Absence of Inclusive, Conclusive National Elections

Gradually, the biggest and most visible billboards in Addis Abeba have become political campaign ads. The most visible, like its former incarnation in past elections is the Prosperity Party (PP), with...

May 8 , 2021

Compromise Necessary to Avoid Regional Implosion

Diplomacy is not the forte of Ethiopia's officials. They are often too absorbed in internal crisis or are mainly responding, instead of actively engaging, to threats, perceived or otherwise. Unfortuna...

Apr 30 , 2021

Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose. Or Do They?

Nothing can better describe Ethiopia's state of affairs today than the French idiom: "Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose". Indeed, the more things appear to change, the more they stay the same...

Apr 24 , 2021

With Evolving Financial Sector, Central Bank Needs to Step Up its Game

There were no surprises when the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) decided two weeks ago to raise commercial banks' minimum paid-up capital requirement. For a few years now, the central bank has been si...

Apr 17 , 2021

Spiritual Leaders Can Be Exception. If They Will It

There is not a facet of life in Ethiopia today that is not convulsed by the moral crisis brought on by a bleak political situation. Rare are conversations that are not overwhelmed by discussion of con...

Apr 10 , 2021

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

It is not often the case for regional states' leaders to swallow their vanity and declare near-bankruptcy way before the fiscal year comes to an end. Quite a few of them have in the past. The latest e...

Apr 3 , 2021

Bailout Needs to Contend with Original Sin of Political Corruption

As an Auditor General, he was not the most conspicous of officials in the mainstream. But the end of the tenure of one of the most vocal public servants over the past decade – Gemechu Dubiso – sho...

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Commentaries | Nov 01,2025

Central Bank Misses the Mark on Forex Market Speculation

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued a statement two weeks ago that appeared to be a...

Editorial | Nov 1 , 2025

They Melt Batteries to Make a Living, Inhale Poison Without Knowing

On a sun-dappled stretch of Swaziland St., near St. Paul Hospital, north of Addis Abeba, w...

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Central Bank Lifts Lending Limits on Sharia-compliant Banks

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has reversed a policy that had weighed on the four ful...

Agenda | Nov 2 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE

SHARIA-COMPLIANT BANKS WIN REPRIEVE, AWAIT REFORM

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has scrapped the credit-growth ceiling that had stifle...

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Editorials

Voters Want Stability, Order. Prosperity Can Find It through Negotiated Settlement

Absent Competent Bureaucracy, Economic Policies Get Stuck

War's Fruitless, Horrific; Better Late than Never to Give Peace a Chance

National Elections Show Voters May Not Be as Polarized as Elites Have

Tomorrow’s Elections Invoke Trepidation More Than Anticipation

Economic Woes Due to Crisis in Ideas, Intellectual Authority

Electoral Best of Bad Situation. Time Is the Essence

Sun Shines Brightly on Telco Market. Beware Misgoverning It

Sovereignty Claims Bear the Responsibility to Protect. Where's the UN?

In the Absence of Inclusive, Conclusive National Elections

Compromise Necessary to Avoid Regional Implosion

Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose. Or Do They?

With Evolving Financial Sector, Central Bank Needs to Step Up its Game

Spiritual Leaders Can Be Exception. If They Will It

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

Bailout Needs to Contend with Original Sin of Political Corruption

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Editorials

Voters Want Stability, Order. Prosperity Can Find It through Negotiated Settlement

Absent Competent Bureaucracy, Economic Policies Get Stuck

War's Fruitless, Horrific; Better Late than Never to Give Peace a Chance

National Elections Show Voters May Not Be as Polarized as Elites Have

Tomorrow’s Elections Invoke Trepidation More Than Anticipation

Economic Woes Due to Crisis in Ideas, Intellectual Authority

Electoral Best of Bad Situation. Time Is the Essence

Sun Shines Brightly on Telco Market. Beware Misgoverning It

Sovereignty Claims Bear the Responsibility to Protect. Where's the UN?

In the Absence of Inclusive, Conclusive National Elections

Compromise Necessary to Avoid Regional Implosion

Plus ça Change, Plus C'est la Même Chose. Or Do They?

With Evolving Financial Sector, Central Bank Needs to Step Up its Game

Spiritual Leaders Can Be Exception. If They Will It

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

Bailout Needs to Contend with Original Sin of Political Corruption

How Trump Could Win Over the Developing World

The Subtle Tyranny of 'I Know What's Best'

How Social Protection Can Accelerate Climate Action

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Central Bank Lifts Lending Limits on Sharia-compliant Banks

Central Bank Misses the Mark on Forex Market Speculation

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They Melt Batteries to Make a Living, Inhale Poison Without Knowing

Central Bank Lifts Lending Limits on Sharia-compliant Banks

SHARIA-COMPLIANT BANKS WIN REPRIEVE, AWAIT REFORM

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