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Feb 2 , 2019

E-Gov Struggles to Steady Amid Stumbles

Minilik Tesfaye, a graduate of Adama Science & Technology University in computer science, owns a year and a half old text messaging service  company, Highest Technology Plc. Last month he was...

Jan 26 , 2019

Engineering Opportunity Scheme Trips

Last month Melaku Feleke, a 40-year-old entrepreneur who is in the process of obtaining a building permit for a new house, was at Bole District administrative office in Megenagna, near AMCE. With p...

Jan 12 , 2019

BALE UNDER PRESSURE

Jemal Abdella, a traditional subsistence farmer and cattle herder, followed the footsteps of his father as have generations of settlers in Bale Mountains National Park, located 400Km southeast of Addi...

Jan 5 , 2019

Teff Company Enters Global Markets, Wins Awards

Yonas Ademassu, married with two children, hails from the small hamlet of Jiga, Gojam Zone of Amhara Regional State. His early childhood was spent in the rocky lowlands of southern Gojam helping ou...

Jan 8 , 2019

Motivational Speech Movement on Rise

Frezer Desta, 30, a 2016 graduate of building construction from Addis Abeba Tegbareid Polytechnic College, is working at one of the radio stations as a phone operator for a live show called "Leb Sew"...

Jan 5 , 2019

Jerseys in High Demand, Low in Supply

On a sunny mid-November day last year, 19-year-old Rahel Wondimu attended a public hearing at the Intercontinental Addis Hotel on Joseph Tito Street. The meeting was organized by the city authorities...

Jan 5 , 2019

X-mas Expos Break Mold with New Trends

The Exhibition Centre at Mesqel Square was the focus of attention for newly engaged couple Ayenew Elfineh and Bethlehem Zergaw last week. He is a civil servant and his bride to be works at an NGO. ...

Jan 5 , 2019

X-Mass Gift Packages, New Tradition

Last Sunday, Bethlehem Berhane and her five-year-old daughter, Natania Habtamu, were watching a cooking programme on Ethiopian Broadcasting Service. The programme featured two pastry chefs from a l...

Jan 5 , 2019

Ethiopian Christmas Hockey, Ye’Gena Chewata, Still Alive

Last Thursday, teams from Nifas Silk Lafto and Aqaqi Qaliti districts in Addis Abeba, were warming up at the Ethiopian Youth Sports Academy in front of Imperial Hotel in Bole. Five days still remai...

Dec 29 , 2018

Without Regulations, Businesses Blossom in Drone Technology

Mulat Abera, a 23-year-old entrepreneur, used family connections abroad to invest 600 Australian dollars in a drone, a remotely-operated unmanned aerial vehicle, with a mounted camera. The drone Mu...

Dec 19 , 2018

Regulations Guard the Door for Potential Middle Eastern Workers

Following a dispute with her employer in Beirut, Lebanon, a 27-year-old domestic worker from the Gurage zone was pushed out the window of a high-rise apartment. She suffered a leg injury from the f...

Nov 21 , 2018

African Made, for Africa and Beyond

Addressing a packed audience of investors, regulators and international finance managers, Ashish Thakkar, CEO of Mara Corporation, a technology company headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda, was proud to in...

Dec 22 , 2018

Season of Dreams, Profits

Wendmeneh Taddese is a second-year marketing student at Admass University College who dreams of migrating to the United States and changing his life. “I am not satisfied with my current life,”...


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