Construction Slump Impacts Equipment Rental Business

State Concedes Leather Industry Challenges, Operators Cry Foul

State Concedes Leather Industry Challenges, Operators Cry Foul

June 8 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

For Walia Tannery, which has been exporting semi-processed hides and skins for close to six decades, the leather business has paid off handsomely to its owners for years. T...

Drought Pushes Teff Prices to Record High

Drought Pushes Teff Prices to Record High

June 1 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Early this month, Eshetu Lema, 48, was in Merkato, the largest open market in the capital. He was looking to buy teffin one of the specialized sections of the market, Ehil Ber...

Forex Crunch Escalates Price of Dates

Forex Crunch Escalates Price of Dates

May 25 , 2019 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

On the afternoon of May 21, 2019, Mohammed Dinsefa, 27, was in Merkato, the large open-air marketplace in the capital, searching for dates, a fruit used to break the Muslim daily fast, Iftar, during Ramadan. Mohammed...

Game Zones Broaden Entertainment Opportunities

Game Zones Broaden Entertainment Opportunities

May 18 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

Tamrat Abebe, the owner of Tamrat Abebe Car Rentals in Meqelle, Tigray Regional State, comes to the capital every other week with his two daughters. While he stays in the city, he has made a habit...

Tamrat Abebe, the owner of Tamrat Abebe Car Rentals in Meqelle, Tigray...

Surfeit of Construction Safety Oversight Places Workers in Danger

Surfeit of Construction Safety Oversight Places Workers in Danger

May 11 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

Adema Alana Alaho, a 28-year-old father of four, suffered a major injury at a new building construction site around Laphto Mall, Nifas Silk Laphto district on March 19, 2019. Adema had come from Wo...

Adema Alana Alaho, a 28-year-old father of four, suffered a major inju...

Honey Mead Mellows Holiday Season

Honey Mead Mellows Holiday Season

May 4 , 2019 . By METASEBIA TESHOME

For Serkalem Tekalign, a 45-year-old mother of four, holiday means a day when all the family members get together and enjoy a reunion. The reunion is accompanied by special holiday feasts of tradit...

For Serkalem Tekalign, a 45-year-old mother of four, holiday means a d...

With Cakes and Pastries, Hotels Sweeten Easter

With Cakes and Pastries, Hotels Sweeten Easter

April 26 , 2019 . By NOEL MINWAGAW

Ferdinand Akakpo, a chef from Benin, came to Ethiopia in 2015 to join the new staff of Golden Tulip Addis Ababa Hotel, one of seven international franchise hotels in the capital. Ferdinand, the hot...

Ferdinand Akakpo, a chef from Benin, came to Ethiopia in 2015 to join...

Crowd Funding on Rise to Help Displaced

Crowd Funding on Rise to Help Displaced

April 26 , 2019 . By NOEL MINWAGAW

Michael Melake, a landscape designer who works in Addis Abeba, was only 12 when the song 'We are the World' hit the airwaves across the globe. Released to raise funds for famine victims in Ethiopia...

Michael Melake, a landscape designer who works in Addis Abeba, was onl...