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Mar 28 , 2020

Tech Teams Join Hands to Fight COVID-19 Threat

Virtual meetings are taking place across the globe as well as in Ethiopia's most decisive office - the Office of the Prime Minister. Usually accompanied by ministers and high-level officials, on Th...

Mar 14 , 2020

Effoi Slices through Traditions

It was almost 8:00pm when Melat Alemu was sitting out on the rooftop of the Effoi-Red building on Cape Verde Street, next to the European Union Delegation Office, having dinner with four of her friend...

Mar 7 , 2020

Ethiopia's Staple Food Goes After Global Market

Founded by the 44-year-old father of four Engidawerk Yifru, Motherland Enjera has been in the injeramaking business for almost half a decade. Having worked in the car export business and being a mu...

Feb 1 , 2020

Digital Magazines: Media Industry's Next Curve

On weekday evenings and weekends, people of all age groups can been seen relaxing in cafes across the capital reading print newspapers and magazines. This has been a common sight for many years, es...

Jan 25 , 2020

Transport Authority Says 'Buckle Up'

Along Africa Avenue that leads to Bole International Airport, Deputy Inspector Abiyot Abebe and his colleagues were busy controlling the traffic flow on the road. They randomly stopped vehicles to...

Jan 18 , 2020

Epiphany Propels T-shirt Making Boom

The name Gollagul, named after a tower, has habitually replaced the name of the area known as Hayahulet Mazoria, which is located on Haile Gebresilassie Avenue. On the second floor of the tower, wh...

Jan 11 , 2020

High Barriers Keep Large Construction Projects in Foreign Hands

Sengatera, aka the Financial District, is emerging as Ethiopia's Wall Street with many highrise buildings owned by banks and insurance firms dotting the boulevards. Some of the buildings have reach...

Jan 5 , 2020

Most Read Fortune Stories of the Decade

Here are the top ten most most read (Addis) Fortune stories of the decade...

Jan 4 , 2020

PERSONAL REGRETS, FEARS & WISHES: INSURERS OPEN UP

When insurers are not at their day jobs, controlling risk and ensuring stability, they are engaging in a rich social and personal life. Unlike their colleagues in the banking sector, presidents of Eth...

Jan 5 , 2020

Building Cleaning Services Bloom in Addis

Late in the afternoon two weeks ago around Dembel City Centre on Africa Avenue a crowd of people are headed back home, class or somewhere after work. A growing number of people keep adding to the l...

Jan 5 , 2020

Traditional Crafts Greet Holiday Shoppers

It is a well-known tale: Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas or Kris Kringle has a deep history engraved in Christmas traditions. His story goes back to the third century when Saint Nicholas stro...

Jan 5 , 2020

Five Safe Havens in Polarised Social Media

Two decades ago, it was hard to cancel scheduled appointments, since there was no means of instant communication. Even fixed-line telephones were not abundant. When the mobile phone was introduced...

Dec 28 , 2019

X-mas Expos: New Organisers, Yet Same Old, Same Old

On the giant outdoor public stairs of Mesqel Square, the big screen that displays the advertisement of Selam Christmas Bazaar and a walkway decorated with lights before the main gate of the Addis Abeb...

Dec 21 , 2019

Right-of-Ways, Roads Delayed: Addis Construction Projects Burden Business Owners

Unlike her schedule for the first five years, Aynalem Worku now opens her mini-market only in the morning and after working hours in the afternoon. At the end of last month on a weekday around noon...

Dec 14 , 2019

Unregulated Phone Screen Coating Business Booms in Addis

On the evening of Tuesday, December 4, 2019, the walkways of a road that stretches from Mexico to Bole was very busy with people who were on their way back home from the office and others headed somew...

Dec 7 , 2019

Street Photography Captures Generational Trend

Nothing haunts humans as maddeningly and painfully like beautiful, sweet memories. Like seeing their high school graduation photos, and being reminded of whom they once were, who they once aspired to...

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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...

Featured | Nov 2 , 2025 . By REDIET YARED

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...

Fortune News | Nov 2 , 2025