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Sep 23 , 2023

SUR Construction's Post-War Reckoning

In the wake of a devastating two-year war, SUR Construction Plc, one of Ethiopia's premier contracting firms, is turning its gaze inward. As its executives grapple with significant losses, including t...

Sudden Halt on Forward Trading Rattles Ethiopia's Commodity Exchange

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) executives were taken aback by an unexpected decision from the State Minister for Trade & Regional Integration, Kassahun Goffe, who placed a hold on the four...

Sep 23 , 2023

National Bank Raises Creditable Forex Amount for Non Residents

Ethiopians living abroad for over a year and non-residents of Ethiopian origin can now deposit foreign currency notes of up to 10,000 dollars, provided they can present entry visas not exceeding 30 da...

Sep 23 , 2023

Electric Utility Gears Up to Power Addis Abeba Grids

Troubled Addis Abeba's electric grid system is set for significant rehabilitation with 57 million dollars, as the Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) moves to secure a technical consultant and provide an...

Sep 23 , 2023

Printed ID Backlogs Prompt Agency to Home Delivery

An unprecedented pile-up of identification cards (IDs) at the city wereda bureaus has prompted the Civil Registration & Residency Service Agency to start door-to-door delivery services before the...

Sep 16 , 2023

SCHOOL SUPPLY-CHAIN CHAOS

Schools are back in session, but parents find themselves burdened by the rising education costs. Some have opted for public schooling for their children, but even that is proving challenging. As the C...

Sep 16 , 2023

Jubilee Palace Rolls Out Red Carpet for Elite Palates

Ethiopia's Jubilee Palace is opening its doors to a medley of upscale restaurants and hotels, a transformation spearheaded by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). As the refurbishment enters its final...

Central Bank Rolls Out Offshore Banking Array

In an audacious bid to attract investment to a country experiencing diminishing forex inflows, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) allows investors to bank with a financial institution different from...

Sep 16 , 2023

Trade Ministry Stirs Consumer Protection Statute

A rising trend in defective commodities and pretence advertisement has prompted experts at the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration to prepare a bill aspiring to promote healthy market competi...

Sep 16 , 2023

Oncology Center Looms through Public-Private-Partnership

An Oncology centre inside the premises of Saint Paul Millennium Medical College is afoot as a French consultant finishes a feasibility study for the Public Private Partnership (PPP). Under Abebe Ge...

Sep 16 , 2023

Freight Operators in Frenzy as Extension Period Wanes

Freight transporter associations and drivers face a four-month lifeline to transform into commercial entities or meet the consequences, which entail an embargo on crossing the Djibouti border. The...

Sep 16 , 2023

National ID Project in a Tailspin

The audacious initiative to produce millions of pre-inscribed ID cards for the National ID program is met with contention as the Indian-based company declared its triumph amid a complaint lodged by a...

Sep 10 , 2023

TRADITION -  TALENT - TRANSITION

A musical tidal wave is sweeping through the Ethiopian youth as a team of poetic and visionary talents keeps dropping hit tracks one after the other. Where tradition and modernity are in a perpetual d...

Sep 9 , 2023

Festive Cheer Spreads as Exhibition Secures Bazaar Contracts

The veteran Century Promotions Plc has bagged the contract to host the upcoming Christmas and Easter holidays with 84 million Br, aspiring to breathe life into the fatigued exhibition scenes clouded b...

Sep 9 , 2023

Ministry Avails Pipeline of Prospects for Struggling Start-Ups Amidst Delayed Proclamation

In a bid to support languishing start-ups and entrepreneurs underserved by the traditional financial sector, the Ministry of Finance has indicated plans to launch several innovation funds. At the m...

Sep 9 , 2023

Flowers Bloom Under New Export Standard

Flower exporters are subject to a codified process of ascertaining and quantifying their imported inputs that augment the value of the finished goods prior to their exportation. The materials such...


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