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Jul 12 , 2026

Decades In, CCD Keeps the Keys, Sends the Invoices

When a WhatsApp notice told about 60 households at a gated community on the outskirts of Addis Abeba, the Country Club Developers (CCD), that their water would be cut unless each paid 35,000 Br, it wa...

Jul 12 , 2026

City Levy Lands on Hotels Before the Registers Get Ready

The Addis Abeba City Administration has begun charging a municipal tax on every hotel night in the capital, a levy its officials argue will help pay for the roads and services meant to keep it competi...

Jul 12 , 2026

Bahir Dar Stadium to Be Ready by September, a Tournament in Mind

Bahir Dar International Stadium is nearing completion, and the people building it say what is left is no longer construction but the finishing that decides whether a venue passes inspection. Region...

Jul 12 , 2026

Authority Pins Hope on a Coffee Fund as Trees Grow Old

Federal regulators of the coffee sector are preparing a fund to shield growers and exporters from collapsing prices and ageing trees, at a moment when nearly 80pc of the country's coffee stock is clas...

Jul 12 , 2026

Capital Raise Splits Anbesa Bank's Board, Shareholders

Eight months after its shareholders elected a new board of directors, Anbesa Bank has been ordered to do it again. The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has rejected the election and called a fresh o...

Jul 7 , 2026

Prime Minister Concedes Health Sector Remains Underprovided

The health sector remains underprovided despite rising public spending, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) told Parliament today, in remarks that laid out where the money has gone and where it has fallen...

Jul 7 , 2026

There Are Jobs But No Workers, Abiy Tells Parliament

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) delivered one of his bluntest rebukes yet to the country's young jobseekers, telling federal lawmakers that the country's employment crisis is not a shortage of work bu...

Jul 7 , 2026

"I Wish It Wasn't the Last Speech for You": Abiy Answers His Critic

Prime Minister Abiy answered his critics with a mix of gratitude and edge, thanking lawmakers, many of whom, he noted, are returning for another term, before singlling out the opposition figure who ha...

Jul 7 , 2026

Desalegn Chanie's Rebuke Cuts Through Mohammed Ahmed's Ovation for Abiy

A ruling-party lawmaker, Mohammed Ahmed, called the Chamber to its feet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). Moments earlier, a sharp opposition voice, Desalegn Chanie (PhD) rose to "testify before hi...

Jul 4 , 2026

ADDIS ABEBA WAITS ON A RENT CEILING

Addis Abeba's renters and property owners are waiting on a city government decision that will set how far rents can rise under a two-year-old control regime. Owners feel their income has been frozen a...

Jul 4 , 2026

Ethiopian Weighs Three Jets, Three Maps

The Ethiopian Airlines Group is preparing to place a firm order for 25 aircraft next month, and the choice it makes will shape the next phase of its fleet for years to come. The continent's largest...

Jul 7 , 2026

Ethio telecom Stock Doubles as Sellers Stay Away

Ethio telecom's shares have climbed to 852 Br in Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), 143pc above the 300 Br offer price set at its landmark debut at the Skylight Hotel in May this year, as strong ret...

Jul 4 , 2026

Six Homebuyers Take Noah Real Estate to Court

A lawsuit at the federal courts has turned a quiet quarrel between one of the country's largest property developers and its homebuyers into an open legal fight. Six buyers have taken Noah Real Esta...

Jul 4 , 2026

Addis Abeba Orders Its Big Spenders Off Paper

The Addis Abeba City Administration has ordered its 48 largest-spending agencies to stop buying on paper, which comprises 22pc of the city administrative units. From July 8, the start of the new fi...

Jun 27 , 2026

Electric Cars Boom Tests Insurers' Petrol-Era Rulebook

A year after federal transport authorities restricted fossil-fuelled vehicles to clear the market for electric vehicles (EVs), domestic insurers are discovering that the road to electrification runs t...

Jun 27 , 2026

Ethiopia's Exports Grow, But It Trades Little With Its Own Continent

Ethiopia is selling more to the rest of Africa than ever before. The trouble is that "more" still adds up to remarkably little. Exports to the continent jumped in 2025, yet trade with Ethiopia's ne...


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