Feature

FORTUNE+ VIDEO SPONSORED CONTENTS ADVERTORIALS FORTUNE AUDIO Fortune Careers TRADE AFRICA Election 2026 New

Feature

Nov 2 , 2019

Recycled Paper Products: New Green Business Frontier

Mimi Legesse, a 32-year-old woman with a hearing impairment, began her entrepreneurial journey during her pregnancy, making bags and hats out of crochet, but her intended market failed to materialise...

Oct 19 , 2019

Diaper Makers Strive to Endure in Growing Market

Genet Gemchu, who is in her early '30s, did not find raising her youngest child as easy as her experience raising her four-year-old. Genet, who has worked at East Africa Pharmaceuticals Plc since ...

Oct 12 , 2019

Mandatory GPS Installation Cheers Importers, Displeases Truck Owners

Four months ago, Dawit Hagos, who runs his family's business, MICAS Construction Materials, decided to install Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite tracking on his company's 10 trucks. Born an...

Oct 5 , 2019

Phone Call Scams on the Rise

On a weekday in April last year, Tadesse Kebede, a security guard at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), received what at first seemed like a normal phone call but turned out to be anything but normal...

Sep 28 , 2019

Food Fight: City Closes Shops, Claims Caused Inflation

Dagnachew Aschalew stands forlorn outside his butchery on the main thoroughfare in Adisu Gebeya, in Gulele District. Staring at his shuttered business last Thursday, September 26, 2019, Dagnachew reca...

Sep 28 , 2019

Property Management Flourishes as Sector Gets Professional Makeover

A medical doctor serving at the VA Medical Centre in the United States, the 63-year-old Amanuel Tekle has been away from his native land for so long. Growing up in Addis Abeba's Seba Dereja neighbourh...

Sep 21 , 2019

Many Job Searchers Pay Agencies Amid Legal Prohibition

Hana Afework, a 24-year-old graduate of electrical engineering from Hawassa University in 2018 dreamed that she would be hired with a satisfactory salary soon after graduation. But despite her wish...

Sep 14 , 2019

Taxi Terminal Shortage Adds to Woes of Drivers, Passengers

On a gray Tuesday last month, passengers at the Stadium taxi terminal wait in line to take taxis to their destinations, while others just listen to the destinations that are being called out. The r...

Sep 14 , 2019

Another Victim of Forex Crunch: Railway Baggage Scanners

Redwan Abedulkeder, a 40-year-old father of one, was a third-year medical student at Torhailoch Hospital before he dropped out this year due to health-related reasons. Until last March, Redwan used...

Sep 9 , 2019

Five Reasons Why Ethiopia Could be the Next Global Economy to Watch

Ethiopia is Africa's oldest independent country and its fastest growing economy today. With a population of over 100 million and an annual economic growth rate of 10pc over the past 15 years, it prese...

Sep 8 , 2019

New Year’S Expos Delight Shoppers, Leave Sellers Stranded

On the evening of Tuesday, August 27, 2019, the 23-year-old Tesfaye Alemayehu, was at the Addis Abeba Exhibition Centre & Market Development Enterprise, which is located at Mesqel Square. Tesfa...

Sep 8 , 2019

Walia Presses Ahead to Rescue Walia Ibex

Temera Tigabu was born and raised on the cliffs of the Simien Mountains, some 830Km north of the capital. The last child to a family of four, she says growing up in the mountains made her upbringin...

Sep 8 , 2019

Ten Things to Know Before Buying Real Estate

Three years ago, 48-year-old Almaz Mekonnen, who had been living in a rental house for almost a decade, had decided to end life at a rental house. "Rental fees were constantly increasing, becoming a...

Sep 8 , 2019

Ten Exciting Innovations of the Year

Twenty-year-old Sebelewongel Biruk used to receive sharp criticism from her family on her ability to bake injera, a sour flatbread made of teff. She was never able to bake the perfect injera and f...

Sep 8 , 2019

Five Execution Cases that Grabbed Highest Offers in Court

Many people who do not have detailed information about the legal procedures of the country would assume that a civil legal case is concluded once a court makes a judgment. However, it is not. If so...

Aug 31 , 2019

TICAD: Japan's Tool to Out Compete Other Asian Giants in Africa

On the morning of August 30, 2019, Keiichi Furukawa, executive officer of Fukunaga Engineering, and Habtom Welday, an intern at the same company, were at Pacifico Yokohama, officially known as Pacific...

Columns

Commentaries | May 23,2026

Tax Push Tests How Much Pain Taxpayers Can Bear

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has spent weeks in Addis Abeba conducting the fi...

Editorial | May 23 , 2026

Betrothal Ritual Falls Prey to the Event Economy

When Abigiya Tewodros sat for her traditional bethrothal intercession, locally known as "S...

Featured | May 17 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

When Bread Becomes Too Costly for Breakfast

For Helen Mekonnen, 45, bread has become the measure of how far a household income can str...

Agenda | May 23 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

ADDIS ABEBA Tries to Redraw Its Future Without Awakening Old Ghosts

Addis Abeba's most contested planning document is entering its final year, carrying the le...

Fortune News | May 23 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE