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ELIAS TEGEGNE

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Local Firms Germinate Bamboo Seedlings to Combat Erosion

Apr 4 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Jacaranda Integrated Agro-industry, a local company engaged in agricultural husbandry...

Agency Disburses Trachoma Medications

Mar 28 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

The government has started the process of distributing 971.4 million Br worth of trac...

Global Registers Moderate Profit, EPS Slides

Mar 28 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Despite moderate growth in profit, Global Insurance's earnings per share (EPS) fell s...

Coop Bank Nets Huge Profit, Yet Earnings per Share Falls Off

Mar 21 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Cooperative Bank of Oromia, the 15-year-old bank, registered considerable profit grow...

Surge in Claims Shrinks Lucy Insurance's Profit

Mar 21 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Lucy Insurance, one of the late entrant insurance firms, recorded a 76pc decline in p...

Profit Edges up Slightly at Oromia Bank, While Earnings per Share Tank

Mar 14 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Oromia International Bank (OIB), a decade-old firm, registered marginal profit growth...

Local Abattoir Receives Food Safety Recognition

Mar 14 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Luna Export Slaughterhouse, a company known for its abattoir and a chain of greengroc...

Lion Insurance Upholds Growth, Profitablity

Mar 14 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Lion Insurance registered a substantial growth in profit in the last fiscal year, net...

Tulu Moye Geothermal Commences Drilling

Mar 7 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations Plc has started the first phase of drilling to genera...

Global to Pioneer Islamic Insurance Service

Mar 7 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Global Insurance is on its way to becoming the first company to launch Takaful, an in...

Awash Comes out as Most Capitalised Firm

Mar 7 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Despite losing the most-profitable position to its nearest competitor Nyala, Awash In...

Nib Nets Huge Profit, Yet Forex Earnings Dip to Zero

Mar 7 , 2020 . By ELIAS TEGEGNE

Nib International Bank, a two-decade-old firm, was highly successful this past fiscal...

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...