FORTUNE+ VIDEO SPONSORED CONTENTS ADVERTORIALS FORTUNE AUDIO Fortune Careers TRADE AFRICA Election 2026 New TIME REMAINING UNTIL ETHIOPIA’S NATIONAL ELECTION 0Days 0Hours 0Minutes 0Seconds

Fortune Logo

Editorials

  1. Home
  2. Editorials

Oct 31 , 2020

Passive Foreign Affairs Service Makes Effective Foreign Policy Unhelpful

Abiy Ahmed (PhD) almost lost his life while posted as a radio operator in the late 1990s, during the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. He is the only survivor of a platoon boarded on a tank that was hit by heav...

Oct 24 , 2020

Demonetisation In Restive Society Hardly Incentivises Borrowers

Officials at the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) often like to remain on the fence when responding to inquiries and slow in their release of reports on the state of the economy. It may be the legacy o...

Oct 16 , 2020

Locust Infestation Evidence of Leadership Failure, Misplaced Priorities

The massive infestation of desert locusts that farmers in Ethiopia are faced with is the latest in a perpetually precarious position the country finds itself in. When photos and reports of the swarm c...

Oct 10 , 2020

This Desperate Moment Calls for Strategic Dialogue for Ethiopia

Lawmakers from the House of Federation and parliament sat feet apart from one another, gathering not in the famous clock-tower building constructed under Emperor Hailesellasie. The joint session of th...

Oct 3 , 2020

Leaning on Social Justice, Education Policy Requires Balance and Efficiency

Mere days after the first case of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported in Ethiopia, schools across the country were ordered to shut down to contain its potential spread. With that, 26 million...

Sep 27 , 2020

Ethiopia's Bleak Politics Can Use Invigorating Constitutional Renegotiation

In a series of opinion pieces on the state of democracy in Africa The Economist magazine is publishing, the first was by an African leader, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). No doubt, his rise to power...

Sep 19 , 2020

With New Notes, Few Guarantees Exist

Few have had their work cut out for them as Yinager Dessie (PhD), governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). As economic policies are refocused from state-led, demand-side economics to market-or...

Sep 11 , 2020

Ethiopia`s State of Affairs Calls for an All-inclusive, Comprehensive Dialogue

It is self-evident. Addis Abeba has once again begun to feel alive. With the expiration of the state of emergency, bars and restaurants are fuller, cinemas have resumed business, and minibuses are onc...

Sep 6 , 2020

Political Engagement in Desperate Need of New Weapons of Choice

A research and polling institute took to the airwaves by storm late last month with a rare survey in which public sentiments over politically controversial issues were measured. With the promise of a...

Aug 29 , 2020

Pragmatic Approach Begs for Dealing with Failed Forex Regime

For some time now, those at the helm of multilateral financial institutions have felt like they have an ideological ally in Ethiopia where economic management is concerned. Ethiopia has been on the ri...

Aug 22 , 2020

Consent to Contend: Essence of Grand Bargain

The political buzz phrase has always been "national dialogue," a process of deliberation over the very soul and meaning of the Ethiopian state. But it is a phrase that finds relevance every time the c...

Aug 16 , 2020

Mishmash of Economic Priorities Complicate 'Beacon of Prosperity' Ambitions

It is not uncommon for economic policies to go under the radar. Still, neither is it normal for a policy agenda as critical as the Homegrown Economic Reform to have disappeared from discussions. Wh...

Aug 8 , 2020

Green Legacy Too Green for Its Ambitions

A familiar sight these days is high government officials - the very important people - hunched over muddy ground. Parliamentarians, ministers and diplomats have followed the end of meetings with visit...

Aug 1 , 2020

In the Absence of Fair Play, Radicalism Crowds Out Moderation

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) had an audience with leaders of the opposition bloc - if there is one to be described as such - in the middle of last week. Straight away, the weight of things was self...

Jul 25 , 2020

Hunger Spectre Casts Long, Ominous Shadow. Time to Get Ready

The economic indicators for Ethiopia this fiscal year are less than encouraging, even if economic advisors around Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) foresee strong growth and less macroeconomic instabili...

Jul 18 , 2020

In Fight to Win Narrative, State Needs to Remain Impartial

In the past two years, it was perhaps the events of the first week of this month that are most fundamental in re-ordering Ethiopia's political landscape. If the state of affairs shortly after the rise...


Most read

Columns

Commentaries | May 09,2026

The Geopolitical Battle Over Monetary Infrastructure

Life Matters | May 09,2026

Motivation Drops as the Day Begins in Sleepwear

My Opinion | May 09,2026

The AI Risk to Focus On

Sunday with Eden | May 09,2026

The Silence That Leadership Can't Keep

Agenda | May 09,2026

Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

Editorial | May 09,2026

Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice


         ADVERTISEMENT

Read More

Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice

The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politically con...

Editorial | May 9 , 2026

CAKE Takes the Place of Wine in Addis Abeba’s Social Visits

Weeks after the Easter holiday, Addis Abeba has slipped back into its ordinary pace. The h...

Featured | Apr 26 , 2026 . By MASTEWAL ZEMENE and BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

Luladay Abraham treats the arrival of her menstrual cycle less as a private inconvenience...

Agenda | May 9 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU and MASTEWAL ZEMENE

FED'S COSTLY TURN FROM MONEY PRINTING PILES PRESSURE ON BUDGET

Finance Minister Ahmed Shide entered the last quarter of the fiscal year with a budget und...

Fortune News | May 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE