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BERSABEH GEBRE

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Education Authority Champions Local Talent to Take Priority Over Foreign Expertise

Jun 15 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

International schools are now mandated to demonstrate that they have exhausted all op...

Stellar Year for Nile Insurance with Its Assets Booming

Jun 15 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Nile Insurance's financial year concluded on a high note, posting an impressive perfo...

Riding Apps High on Demand, Low on Safety, Affordability

Jun 8 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Fistum Tadesse, 31, ventured into the taxi-hailing business three years ago, driven b...

Parliament Grills Transport Ministry over Fuel Subsidy Program

Jun 8 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Parliamentarians incited fury over inefficiencies in fuel distribution and subsidy ma...

Global Insurance's Pioneering Sharia-Compliant Bet Pays Off

Jun 8 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Global Insurance has demonstrated commendable growth, attributed to a strategic shift...

Central Bank Irons Out Reform Heats with Executives

Jun 1 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Regulators at the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) are shaking things up in the bankin...

Land Rush Bidders' Paradise, a Mirage for the Many

May 25 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

The long-awaited land auction in Addis Abeba drew hundreds of developers eager to sec...

Transporters Fume Over Truck Load Limits

May 25 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

A two-year-old regulation limiting the load capacity of trucks on the road is sparkin...

Nib Insurance Breaks Billion Barriers Among Industry Titans, Despite Turbulence

May 25 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Nib Insurance has carved out a space between industry giants and new entrants in the...

The Condom Conundrum

May 20 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Declining donor funds and a global squeeze have created a condom shortage in Ethiopia. While needing 250 million condoms annually, the count...

Nyala Insurance Thrives Despite a Storm of Claims, Regulations

May 18 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

In a year marked by remarkable growth, Nyala Insurance surged ahead, buoyed by impressive gains in invest...

SAVING LIVES, ONE SHORTAGE AT A TIME

May 18 , 2024 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Behind the nondescript facade of a drop-in centre in Addis Abeba, a quiet struggle unfolds nightly. Among...

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...