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ELSHADAY HAGOS

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Microfinance Institutions Dive Deep into Auto Financing

Sep 10 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

It was a five-seater Suzuki S-Presso model, boasting a sleek exterior and eye-catchin...

Chapa Payment Gateway Goes Online

Aug 20 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

A pioneering firm in financial technologies (Fintech) has launched an online gateway platform three months after securing a permit from the...

Fed Begins Designating License Plates for Duty-Free Disability Imports

Aug 13 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

Transport authorities have introduced unique license plates to vehicles owned by individuals with disabil...

Public Transport Enterprise Going National Amid Unabated Commuter Crisis in Capital

Aug 13 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

The chief of Public Service Transport Enterprise seems upbeat about expanding operations outside of Addis...

Labour Market Mismatch Pushes Fed Reform Vocational Training

Jul 30 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

The federal government is to overhaul the technical and vocational education policy, adopting a market-dr...

The Eternal Public Housing Saga

Jul 23 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

The Bole Bulbula area depicted a typical rural scene not so long ago. It was flush with open swathes of farmland dotted with a few modest ho...

The Great Scramble for Skilled Labour

Jul 17 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

It barely resembles a conventional bank that clients in Ethiopia are accustomed to. The place is as plush...

Addis Abeba Households Face Relocation Paving Way for Un-designed Riverside Project

Jul 17 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

Hundreds of homesteads in three districts along Addis Abeba's Banteyiketu River face demolitions to make...

Ahadu Bank's Founding President Bullish about Prospect Despite Economic Headwind Ahead

Jul 9 , 2022 . By ELSHADAY HAGOS

Ahadu Bank's founding President, Eshetu Fantaye, is bullish about the Bank's prospects despite cutthroat...

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...