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Ethiopian Walks a Tightrope on Employee Furlough

Ethiopian Airlines, the national carrier, introduced mid-month rotating furlough leave for its entire staff at the beginning of this month. The company, which lost a little over half a billion dollars...

Aug 22 , 2020

Ethiopia to Secure Second Tranche of IMF Funding

Ethiopia is set to receive close to 210 million dollars as the second disbursement of a three-billion-dollar programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), pending approval by its executive boa...

Aug 22 , 2020

Ethiopia Launches Insurance for Low-income Citizens

A new directive issued by the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has activated the microinsurance industry, which provides coverage to the low-income segment of the population. Coming into effect Augu...

Aug 22 , 2020

Construction Ministry Tightens Grip on Expat Employees

Non-nationals who apply for a work permit to engage in the construction sector must get a recommendation letter from the Ministry of Urban Development & Construction, according to a new directive...

Aug 22 , 2020

Tigray State Digitises Land Management System

Tigray Regional State has invested 2.5 million Br to digitise its urban land management system, which enables users to apply for land lease and landholding certificates. Software developers from th...

Aug 22 , 2020

Ethiopia Waiting in Wings to Earn Safe Travel Stamp

Ethiopia has written a mandatory National Safe Travel Protocol to obtain a safe travel stamp, an accreditation given by the World Travel & Tourism Council to the countries that adopt standardised...

Aug 22 , 2020

FAO Backs Fight to Contain Locust Invasion

The Ministry of Agriculture has received 40 pickup trucks in its fight against the spread of desert locusts. The vehicles will enable the Ministry to spray farms and conduct ground surveillance. Do...

Aug 17 , 2020

Premier Kicks off Three Tourist Site Redevelopment Projects

Three billion Birr is planned to be raised at a fundraising gala dinner in order to fund redevelopment projects. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has formed a national committee that intends to mobi...

Aug 16 , 2020

MARCH TO NEW BEAT

Finance Minister Ahmed Shide (left) and Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen stride confidently following one of many meetings being held to discuss the nation's development plans. Federal government...

Aug 16 , 2020

Bill Enables Banks to Borrow Forex from External Sources

Banks can now borrow foreign currency from international financial institutions and lend the forex to companies that engage in foreign currency generating activities. Drafted by the National Bank o...

Aug 16 , 2020

Bill to Activate E-Commerce Hits the Ground Running

The Ministry of Innovation & Technology has availed a draft e-transaction regulation, which will regulate businesses and sectoral associations of electronic commerce operators, putting it up for p...

Aug 16 , 2020

Safety Rollers Replace City Road Guard Rails

Jiangxi Changnan Construction Group, a Chinese company, has begun replacing the guard rails along the city's roads and roundabouts with safety rollers at a cost of 115 million Br. The Addis Abeba T...

Aug 16 , 2020

Tigray Election Commission Unveils Election Schedule

Tigray's Election Commission has announced that it will start registering voters starting from the end of this week for four consecutive days. The regional election is also set to take place on Septem...

Aug 16 , 2020

Development Bank Eyes New Funding Sources

If approved by the Ministry of Finance, the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) will source funding by selling bonds and through development partners to finance development projects. The central bank c...

Aug 16 , 2020

Tanneries to Start Recycling Waste for Profit

The Leather Industry Development Institute has released five industrial waste reutilisation schemes for leather factories. The recycling schemes will enable the tanneries to produce glue, salt, water...

Aug 16 , 2020

Agency Set to Procure Security Printers

Addis Abeba's vital events registration agency is set to procure 200 security printers and seals to prevent birth, death and marriage certificates as well as digital identification cards from being fo...

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Commentaries | Jul 31,2026

The Rains May Fail, Policy Dare Not

Weldu Yiheysh has not read the Pacific temperature charts. He does not need to. In Shibta...

Editorial | Jul 31 , 2026

SMALL-NOTES SQUEEZE WORN, TORN, NEVER RETURNED

For Hirut Ayalew, a small shop owner around Ferensay Legasiyon, the shortage of usable sma...

Featured | Aug 1 , 2026 . By BIZUAYEHU ABIY

Tax Bills Outrun the Metre, Stalling Ride-hailing Drivers

Elbeletel Tilahun was among the ride-hailing drivers startled by this year's tax assessmen...

Agenda | Aug 1 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Right-sizing Tests Addis Abeba University’s Promise for Autonomy

Addis Abeba University set out to win its institutional autonomy. Two years in, that freed...

Fortune News | Aug 1 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Fortune News

Ethiopian Walks a Tightrope on Employee Furlough

Ethiopia to Secure Second Tranche of IMF Funding

Ethiopia Launches Insurance for Low-income Citizens

Construction Ministry Tightens Grip on Expat Employees

Tigray State Digitises Land Management System

Ethiopia Waiting in Wings to Earn Safe Travel Stamp

FAO Backs Fight to Contain Locust Invasion

Premier Kicks off Three Tourist Site Redevelopment Projects