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Aug 17 , 2025

Addis Abeba's Budget Discipline Collides with Hotel Industry Survival

The Administration of Mayor Adanech Abiebie has imposed a sweeping ban on the use of hotel venues for government meetings, workshops, trainings, and evaluations, in an aggressive bid to slash bureaucr...

Aug 17 , 2025

LOST IN TRANSMISSION

With connections collapsing at peak hours and “unlimited” packages proving anything but, digital workers struggle to convince global clients they can deliver. Software developers are painfully fam...

Aug 10 , 2025

Capital Market Tribunal Steps onto the Field

After four years of legislative gestation and eight months of bureaucratic buildup, the first dedicated capital markets court, the Ethiopian Capital Market Administrative Tribunal (ECMAT), is on the b...

Aug 9 , 2025

Minister Alemu Sets to Pull Polluting Cars Off Roads in Looming Emissions Purge

All diesel and gasoline vehicles will be barred from operating without an official emissions certificate or approved emission-reduction technology in two months, according to the Ministry of Transport...

Aug 9 , 2025

Gov't to Pour Billions Into Horticulture Dream With Stakes as High as the Harvest

Federal agriculture authorities have unveiled their most ambitious horticulture drive yet, pledging to invest 24.5 billion dollars over the next seven years in a bid to transform a largely domestic an...

Aug 9 , 2025

Parents Push Back as Elite School's Tuition Hike Spurs Dispute

An elite private school has sparked controversy over fees after its Administration more than doubled tuition for the 2025/26 academic year. Lebawi International Academy (LIA), renowned for its high...

Aug 9 , 2025

Ethiopians Among Top Visa Overstayers in U.S.

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data places Ethiopia among the global hotspots for B1/B2 visa overstays, uncovering the growing tension between migration pressures at home and tightening immig...

Aug 9 , 2025

Ethiopian Airlines Cruises High Altitude while Parts Shortages, Price Surges Bite

Ethiopian Airlines is facing an operational and financial balancing act, with its supply-chain bottlenecks now persisting for a fifth year since the pandemic. The shortage of aircraft spare parts has...

Aug 2 , 2025

Ahadu Bank Taps Veteran Banker During Capital Countdown

Regulators at the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) have confirmed the appointment of Mulugeta Beza as Ahadu Bank's third president in as many years. The appointment marks a crucial leadership transitio...

Aug 2 , 2025

New Directive Mandates Central Oversight, Digital Integration for SOEs

A sweeping new directive has been issued, marking a shift in the governance of state-owned enterprise (SOE) procurement. This directive brings over 40 major enterprises under unified oversight and dig...

Aug 2 , 2025

False Banana to Get Real Following Ministry's Enset Investment Plan

Federal authorities in the agricultural sector are placing a strategic bet on an indigenous crop that has been overlooked mainly beyond its traditional highland roots. Enset, also known as “false ba...

Aug 2 , 2025

Cosmo Trading Back in Court as Prosecutors Challenge Previous Rulings

A long standing corporate dispute over Cosmo Trading Plc has resurfaced at the Federal Supreme Court, after a federal prosecutor, Kahesay Negasi, lodged an appeal challenging a prior ruling that favou...

Aug 2 , 2025

Gadaa Bank Ventures into Capital Market with New Securities Arm

Gadaa Bank is set to launch a securities dealer share company with an initial investment of 80 million Br, receiving a trade license from the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration (MTRI) on Jul...

Aug 2 , 2025

FLOODS TEST ADDIS' URBAN AMBITION

The scenes have become all too familiar. Torrents of rain batter the city, transforming boulevards into brown rivers, swallowing vehicles, drowning commerce, and mocking the authorities' infrastructur...

Jul 27 , 2025

ABYSSINIA BANK GOES GREEN

The Bank of Abyssinia has gone all-in on paperless banking, betting that biometric log-ins and touch-free kiosks will save it hundreds of millions of Birr in printing costs while enhancing its green c...

Jul 27 , 2025

In Greening Addis Abeba, a Legacy Planted, a Market Overlooked

As Addis Abeba ushers in this year's rainy season, city officials have committed to planting 4.2 million seedlings across the capital, a far cry from last year's 26 million. Although the scale has nar...

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Commentaries | Jul 25,2026

Cost Recovery by Public Institutions Becomes a Hidden Tax

Ideally, citizens who have paid income tax all year should not have to reach for their wal...

Editorial | Jul 25 , 2026

Chasing Excellence in the Summer, Raising Questions Over Who It Leaves Behind

For as long as her daughter had been in school, the summer break belonged to the family. E...

Featured | Jul 25 , 2026 . By BIZUAYEHU ABIY and TIGIST MEKONNEN

Shematera Weavers' Chain Meets the VAT Line

The footsteps, bargaining voices and rustle of cotton cloth that once filled Shematera in...

Agenda | Jul 25 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Global Bank Board Suspends 18 as Deposit Probe Widens

Global Bank's Board of Directors have overhauled top management, after suspending several...

Fortune News | Jul 25 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

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