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Jul 6 , 2025

Unity at the Budget Vote Tensions at Question Time

The federal legislature gave Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) what he wanted: a 1.9 trillion Br budget passed unanimously and without dissent. But what looked like a choreographed display of parliam...

Jul 6 , 2025

Addis Abeba to Launch Sweeping Crackdown on Construction Safety Failures

In a city rising skyward at breakneck speed, a reckoning has arrived. Authorities in Addis Abeba have declared a sweeping crackdown on unsafe construction practices, putting thousands of developers, c...

Jul 6 , 2025

Finance Ministry Mandates Open Access to Digital Payments in Public Sector

A landmark directive from the Ministry of Finance signals a paradigm shift in the country's digital payments architecture. Federal agencies are now required to accept a full spectrum of electronic pay...

Jul 6 , 2025

Awash Bank Stakes Claim in Budding Capital Market with Investment Banking Arm

Awash Bank has announced plans to establish a dedicated investment banking subsidiary with an initial capital outlay of 200 million Br. The move, touted by industry observers as a step signalling grow...

Jul 6 , 2025

Minister Habtamu Bets on a Smoke-Free Future While Flames of Doubt Linger

Habtamu Itafa's Ministry for Water & Energy unveiled a 10-year roadmap for national clean cooking last week, designed to replace traditional biomass cooking with electric, fuel-efficient, and sola...

Jul 6 , 2025

Tax Audits Unnerve Farm Cooperatives as Liabilities Mount

Fetena Shifa never imagined that an audit would threaten the future of the Bench Maji Farmers Association Union, one of 110,584 primary cooperative unions in Ethiopia. As General Manager of the Union...

Jun 29 , 2025

PRIVATE EDUCATION COSTS CLIMB FAST

Addis Abeba's first rains have coincided with a sweeping rise in private school tuition, prompting the city's education regulators to cap increases between 40pc and 65pc after most schools sought hike...

Jun 29 , 2025

Central Bank Claims Monetary Policy Overhaul as Forex Reforms Take Root

Central Bank Governor Mamo Mihretu claimed a bold reconfiguration of monetary policy and foreign exchange management, marking a break from years of fiscal dominance, closed financial architecture, and...

Jun 29 , 2025

Authorities' Crackdown on Road Safety Risks Testing Transport Sector Fault Lines

The federal government is betting on a sweeping overhaul of the driver licensing regime to reverse a grim road safety trajectory, but its single-minded focus on professional certification has sparked...

Jun 29 , 2025

Gadaa Bank Debuts on Securities Exchange

Gadaa Bank has listed 1.2 million shares on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), becoming the second financial institution to go public after Wegagen Bank. The listing, done through an “intro...

Jun 29 , 2025

AG Meseret Flags Billions in Unrecovered Funds

The federal government continues to wrestle with entrenched fiscal mismanagement, a scathing audit report by Auditor General Meseret Damtie revealed. Presenting her findings to Parliament last week...

Jun 21 , 2025

ENAT BANK'S MEASURABLE EQUITY

In a landmark move to promote gender equity in the banking industry, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has released its inaugural Gender Financial Inclusion Index, positioning Enat Bank at the foref...

Jun 21 , 2025

Real Estate Faces Sweeping Regulatory Overhaul

Officials of the Ministry of Urban & Infrastructure have tabled a draft regulation they believe will restore public trust and tighten fiscal discipline. Unveiled at the “2025 Ethio Real Estat...

Electric Blitz Strands Domestic Car Builders

A sudden ban on the importation of semi-knockdown and completely knockdown kits for gasoline-powered vehicles, a move authorities say rapidly accelerates a shift toward electric mobility, has left a b...

Jun 21 , 2025

Hefty Deposit Thresholds Threaten Maritime Labour Export Ambitions

Mufariat Kamil, minister of Labour & Skills (MoLS), is rewriting the rules on overseas work, hoping to export skilled labour rather than being limited to housemaid services. A bill her experts...

Jun 21 , 2025

Legal Battle Over BGI Ethiopia Shares Escalates to Federal High Court

A high-stakes legal battle over the disputed ownership of shares in one of Ethiopia's most iconic breweries, BGI Ethiopia Plc, has reached the Lideta Division of the Federal High Court. Lawyers rep...

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Commentaries | Oct 25,2025

The Rules Multiply. So Does the Confusion, and Uncertainty

The regulatory machinery is on overdrive. In only two years, no fewer than 35 new proclama...

Editorial | Oct 25 , 2025

TRADITION THRIVES AS COSTS CLIMB

As dawn broke over Addis Abeba last week, the city's arteries pulsed not with the usual we...

Featured | Oct 5 , 2025 . By REDIET YARED

Pay Penalty, Convert Lease Hold, or Cease Business

The clang of metal shutters has gone silent on Addis Abeba's commercial corridors across B...

Agenda | Oct 26 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE

Addis Abeba Education Bureau Rolls Out Cluster Classes

Officials of the Addis Abeba's Education Bureau have embarked on an ambitious experiment t...

Fortune News | Oct 25 , 2025 . By YITBAREK GETACHEW

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