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Jan 7 , 2023

No Disguise; Custom Tariffs and Levies

In the mild weather, late afternoon last week, a young college student in his 20s was on his third-day visit to the Addis Abeba Airport Customs Office. Dawit Berhane waited for more than an hour outsi...

Jan 1 , 2023

Inflation Clouds Holiday Exhibition

As a prime venue for holiday shenanigans, the gates of Addis Abeba Exhibition Centre near Mesqel Square seemed rather quiet last Tuesday evening. Leaving the renovated stares behind, the booming so...

Nov 12 , 2022

UNCLOTTING CITY ONE STROKE AT A TIME

A tarmac road on the hill from the CMC roundabout to the Wossen roundabout displays a giant blue and red neon sign. The Axon Stroke & Spine Center is bound by the American Medical and Samaritan S...

Sep 13 , 2022

TikTok: More than a Distraction

For most of human history, fame was a rare phenomenon reserved for royalty, war heroes, religious figures and a handful of others who had achieved something of incredible significance or could afford...

Sep 10 , 2022

Microfinance Institutions Dive Deep into Auto Financing

It was a five-seater Suzuki S-Presso model, boasting a sleek exterior and eye-catching inside. It marks the owner's determination to keep it spotlessly clean. Getachew Mitiku, 34, left his home in the...

Jul 9 , 2022

Marks to Erase: Tattoo Removal Business Booms

The traditional tattoos in the shape of a cross on her chin and forehead tell a story. It is not much of a leap to guess from the intricate markings that Feleku Kassa, 29, was raised in rural Ethiopia...

May 28 , 2022

Wedding Industry Rejoices Business Rebound

Matrimony is never a dull affair in Ethiopia. Contesting "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", it is noisy, elaborate, extensive, expensive and joyous. Come wedding season, and the streets are bustling with lon...

Apr 22 , 2022

Growing Speciality Coffee Market Promises Sweet Prospects

Habtamu Bogale is a farmer who takes a great sense of pride in knowing "every inch" of the thick highland forests of Keffa. It is hard to challenge, for he grew up in Keffa Zone, South Western Regiona...

Apr 22 , 2022

Walking on Eggshells: Poultry Farms Grapple for Survival

Not much noise was coming from the six pullet barns as expected from such places. Five remained empty; four employees stood nearby the only barn housing chicken coops, readying to feed the fowl. A...

Apr 22 , 2022

Tella Thrives Owing to Price Jumps in Liquor Market

Near Hayat Hospital in Bole District lies a cosy and traditionally-furnished establishment dubbed Shifta Restaurant. For an outing in the busy neighbourhood of Addis Abeba, the name – literally t...

Mar 26 , 2022

Ride-Hailing Companies Proliferate, Gov't Remains Incognizant

Before joining the taxi-hailing business, Abraham Temesgen, 33, spent his days working as a technician for a radio station based in Addis Abeba. His earnings were not enticing enough to keep him from...

Jan 15 , 2022

Diaspora Homecoming Breathes Life into Businesses. Will It Last?

On the verge of losing his job as a sales officer at Ayat (Real Estate) Share Company, Waktola Woldemichael was caught in a desperate search for potential homebuyers. In his late twenties, he could be...

Jan 7 , 2022

Affordable Homemade Cakes Contend for Sweet Market

Mekiya Ahmed, in her mid-thirties and a mother of one, returned to Ethiopia five years ago after the civil war broke out in Yemen. The homecoming was anything but easy. She spent nearly a year without...

Jan 1 , 2022

Hospitality, Guesthouses Recover as Diaspora Begins to Descend on Capital

Yilkal Kefyalew, 53, returned from Canberra, Australia, five years ago. He invested in the guesthouse business when the hospitality industry was booming in Addis Abeba and across the regional states....

Jan 1 , 2022

Silky, Flufy Dresses Cost a Pretty Penny

Not long after dawn on Friday, December 31, 2021, traders in Merkato opened their shops, anticipating a spike in business as the Christmas holiday approached. As the cold morning got warmer, the marke...

Nov 13 , 2021

Public Apathy Impairs COVID-19 Vax Drive

Pedestrians passing by the St. George Cathedral in Piassa a couple of weeks ago could notice a minivan parked outside the church. Inside the van was a group of seven health workers who were out to vac...


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