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Mar 1 , 2024

World Bank Dangles a Carrot Laced with Reforms, as IMF Waits with a Stick

In the corridors of the Ministry of Finance, on King George IV St., a recent visit by a World Bank delegation, led by Victoria Kwakwa, the vice president for East and South Africa, embodied more than...

Feb 24 , 2024

Green Ambitions, Nordic Illusions Mark Officials Leap into the Policy Abyss

The recent policy pronouncement by the Transport Minister, Alemu Sime (PhD), of a plan to ban the import of petroleum-powered vehicles for personal use has sparked a debate, if not anxiety. However, i...

Feb 17 , 2024

AU Bootcamp in Political Pageantry Where Promises Float, Actions Limp

In the vast auditoriums of Addis Abeba, far from the era when flamboyant figures like Libya's Muammar al-Gaddafi captivated the African Union (AU) stage, the continent's leaders convened last week in...

Feb 10 , 2024

Juggling Debts, Dodging Dollars, and the Inflation Boogeyman

In a last week session before Parliament, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) was seen adopting a tone of conciliation on several issues that also showed his administration's economic policy dilemmas. Yet...

Ethiopia's Award-Winning Agriculture Faces Reality Check as Millions Hunger

In a world increasingly attuned to the nuances of data reliability and its implications for governance and development, Ethiopia finds itself at crossings. The awarding two weeks ago of the Agricola M...

Jan 27 , 2024

Is Ethiopia's Maritime Ambition a Dicey Dive into Somaliland's Waters?

Christopher Clapham, professor emeritus of Cambridge University and an expert on Ethiopia, describes the Horn of Africa region as "a perennially unstable region". It is often overshadowed by the drama...

Jan 19 , 2024

Where Contraband Thrives, Customs Play Catch-Up

A shadow economy thrives, largely neglected yet ubiquitous, undermining the formal economic structures and posing a formidable challenge to macroeconomic stability. This parallel market, sustained by...

Jan 13 , 2024

Let Ethiopia Produce. But Let it also Ponder on Echoing Silence

In the turbulent corridors of Ethiopia's industrial sector, Melaku Alebel, the minister of Industry, ought to find himself in an unenviable position. Recent months have seen a disheartening trend wher...

Jan 7 , 2024

Is Ethiopia Drifting into a Diplomatic Abyss?

In the realm of international finance and diplomacy, few cities hold the distinction that Addis Abeba does in Africa. Often regarded as the continent's diplomatic heartbeat, here is where the African...

Dec 30 , 2023

Ethiopia's Eurobond Default: Now What?

Ethiopia has stumbled into a precarious fiscal zone, marked by its first-ever default on external debt. The missed 33 million dollar coupon payment on a one billion dollar Eurobond, issued a decade ag...

Dec 23 , 2023

In a Land of Forgotten Promises, Hunger Keeps Haunting Millions

The scars of protracted drought are evident in an unforgiving landscape, parched and barren. In the arid expanse, six children, their childhoods usurped by survival, forage in the soil, not in play, b...

Debt-Centric Theory Shines Light on Ethiopia's Inflationary Troubles

In the domain of economic theory, where the contention of intellects often echoes the upheaval of markets, few debates have been as stirring as the one ignited by John H. Cochrane, a Stanford Universi...

Dec 9 , 2023

Governor Mamo Juggles with Economic Realities, Fiscal Follies

Making a paradigm shift seems elusive for those in the driving seat of Ethiopia's monetary policy. Its central bankers, nestled in their traditional roles of financial sector oversight, have historica...

Dec 2 , 2023

Addis Abeba's Public Transport: A Chronicle of Disappointment

The symphony of traffic noise in Addis Abeba is not just a sign of life, but a siren song of urban chaos. Swelling under the pressures of urbanisation, the city displays an almost paradoxical relation...

Nov 25 , 2023

Betting Big on Capital Markets in the Land of Banks, Bureaucracy

Ethiopia's quest to develop a functioning capital market is a demanding yet not unachievable journey. It requires persistent effort, strategic planning, and an all-rounded approach. A synergy of regul...

Nov 18 , 2023

Ethiopia's Maritime Dreams Set Sail in Choppy Geopolitical Waters

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has made a fervent call for landlocked Ethiopia to gain maritime access in a brazen move that has reignited a historical debate. His pronouncements in Parliament last w...


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