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Apr 29 , 2023

DIGITAL DREAR

Addis Abeba came to a standstill when cars were forced to pay for petrol using digital technology rather than cash last week. Several technologies started offering their services to facilitate cashles...

Apr 29 , 2023

Transport Ministry Collects Half a Billion Birr from Penalty

Traffic penalties have earned the Ministry of Transport & Logistics half a billion Birr within nine months. The figure was revealed as the newly appointed Minister Alemu Sime (PhD) presented hi...

Security Concerns on Ethio-Djibouti Railway Pose 145m Birr Loss

A staggering amount of possible losses have occurred due to repeated derailment of the Ethio-Djibouti railway with security issues indicated as critical hurdles to the pathway. According to the Sta...

Apr 29 , 2023

Digital Procurement System Faces Drawbacks

The federal institutions compelled to electronic procurements after a couple of months are apprehensive over the drawbacks observed in the pilot following the Public Procurement & Property Authori...

Apr 29 , 2023

Milk Shortage Meets Dairy Industry Regulation

A bill which regulates participants in the dairy industry put forth by the Ministry of Agriculture is making its way to the parliamentary grill. It requires all parties with the exception of smallh...

Apr 29 , 2023

Labour, Skills Ministry Rolls Out TVET Reformation

A bill to form a link between the labour market demand and the field of specialisation in technical and vocational training was put forth by the Ministry of Labour & Skills. Under Muferihat Kam...

Apr 22 , 2023

UNTOUCHED SKINS

Ethiopia's leather industry has significant untapped potential from its large livestock population. However, foreign currency shortages, limited access to chemicals, and a lack of prioritization from...

Apr 22 , 2023

PwC Nabs $1.3m Contract to Transform Digital Landscape for the CBE

The London-based accounting giant, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has secured a 1.3 million dollar contract to help executives of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) reposition the state-owned Bank....

Apr 22 , 2023

Capital Embraces Three Mega Market Centers Near Completion

Three giant market centres expected to house agricultural produces are underway in the capital with Ovid Construction Plc undertaking the construction project. The centres which have a combined siz...

Apr 22 , 2023

Flower Farm Labour Unions Meditate Bench Amid Escalating Disputes

Flower farm trade unions in the Oromia Regional State are contemplating issuing a court order over the long-standing dispute that has evolved for months between the management and the unions. Battl...

Apr 22 , 2023

Amhara Regional State Launches a $1.5m Public Health Project

Residents in the rural areas of the Amhara Regional State foresee water supply and sanitation schemes in the health centres through a project deemed operational by the end of next year. The project...

Apr 22 , 2023

Agency Sires Digital ID Requirement for Motorcycles

Motorcycle drivers residing in the capital are compelled to digital licence issuance within a month as the Addis Abeba Traffic Management Agency (AATMA) began the procedure a fortnight ago. The IDs...

Apr 22 , 2023

Oromia Coop Charts a Skyscraper HQ in the Financial District

Cooperative Bank of Oromia (COOP) aspires to erect a 65-storey building in the financial district, signing the design and supervision work agreement with the Engineering Consultants Group (ECG) last m...

City Administration Resettles Residents Displaced by Large Public Projects

Thousands displaced by large state projects have made the mountainous area behind Ararat Hotel their new home after being given substitute plots, financial compensation and title deeds by the Addis Ab...

Apr 15 , 2023

Parliament Grills Education Ministers over Higher Institutions Autonomy

Autonomous state universities will no longer serve as free educational institutions and will subject some students to tuition fees. According to Samuel Kifle (PhD), state minister for Education, th...

Apr 15 , 2023

Standard Institute Embarks on Vehicle Inspection for Safety

A safety document subjecting locally assembled and manufactured vehicles to inspection before they are on the road was open to public comment a fortnight ago. The standard aims to subject all vehic...


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