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AKSAH ITALO

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Regulators Turn Up the Heat on Banks to Brace Capital Ratio Shake-Up

May 4 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Commercial banks face stringent new capital adequacy rules, with regulators saying th...

Heineken Steps Up Investment as a Barley Price Puts the Beer Giant on Edge

May 4 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Heineken Ethiopia is investing 26 million euros in its Qilinto brewery, a move that w...

Amhara State Land Reform Unlocks Capital, But Stirs Fears of Rural Dispossession

May 4 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

A far-reaching land reform bill in Amhara Regional State has entered the record books...

Dispute Over Prime Addis Property Ends in Acquittal, Leaves a Trail of Legal Scars

May 4 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

For Temesgen Yilma, a businessman known for running Yilma Butchery, a popular eatery...

BGI Ethiopia Wins Legal Battle as Ownership Claim Falls to Time

Apr 27 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

A federal court delivered a sharp rebuke last week to a long-running fight over share...

Cash Starved Domestic Drugmakers Turn to EIC for a Lifeline

Apr 27 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Cash-strapped drugmakers, squeezed by strict banking rules and rising fees, are pinni...

Ethio Telecom to Court Big Investors After Retail Share Sale Falls Short of Ambition

Apr 27 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Frehiwot Tamiru, CEO of Ethio telecom, is returning to the capital market after her d...

LEGACY Businesses in a Liminal Space

Apr 19 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

At first light in Addis Abeba's Qality District, the smell of freshly roasted Yirgach...

Banks Warn as Crackdown on Loans Triggers Fears of Toxic Debt Surge

Apr 19 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

Commercial banks are scrambling to meet a tougher loan classification regime rolled o...

Deposit Insurance Fund Faces Its First Test

Apr 23 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

The Ethiopian Deposit Insurance Fund (EIF), a federal agency responsible for protecti...

When Injera Met Sushi & Mandi Displaced Tibs

Apr 19 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

A narrow alleyway off a dusty road in the Bole Rwanda quarter used to be an afterthou...

A Tax Shock Jolts Edible Oil Industry as Retroactive Levies Stir Confusion

Apr 13 , 2025 . By AKSAH ITALO

A resurgence of a long-dormant tax rule has unleashed a storm of uncertainty on the e...

Commentaries

The Geopolitical Battle Over Monetary Infrastructure

The development of payment infrastructure in emerging-market economies (EMEs), from i...

Making Roads Pathways of Progress, Not Corridors of Grief

For decades, Ethiopia's roads have been described through the language of fate. The d...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two...

Editorial

Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice

May 9 , 2026

The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...

National Dialogue Has Everything But the Trust It Needs

May 2 , 2026

By the time Ethiopia's National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) reached the end of its fir...

Addis Abeba's Roads Reveal a Country Where the Powerful Drive Through the Law

Apr 25 , 2026

In a political community, official speeches show what governments want their citizens...

Ethiopia's New Diplomacy Essence Could Be About Shielding Sovereignty

For much of the past three decades, Ethiopia occupied a familiar place in the Western...

Gallery

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Oct 6 , 2021

Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

2020 in Posterity

Jan 5 , 2021

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

Sep 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

Dec 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

Apr 26 , 2019

Sunday With Eden

The Silence That Leadership Can't Keep

A few days ago, I attended a virtual conference in Canada that stayed with me, not be...

Development That Redraws the Rent Line

Urban renewal is often sold as a promise: cleaner streets, safer neighbourhoods, bett...

Life Matters

Motivation Drops as the Day Begins in Sleepwear

We have all seen the aesthetic. The “work from home” dream usually comes packaged...

The Final Exam No One Prepared For

The first time I heard about the “Mesob” one-stop service initiative, relief came quickly. It sounded like a promise to citizens worn do...