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HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

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Dispute Deepens at Addis Chamber as Abera Abegaz Challenges Election

Feb 2 , 2025 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

The controversy surrounding the Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associ...

Turning Pages, Breaking Barrier

Jan 5 , 2025 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

Ten entrepreneurs reveal the ups and downs of building businesses. From turning coffee waste into oil products to digitizing traditional equ...

Conflicts Exacerbate Food Security Threat

Dec 5 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

Kuyso Kuse resides in Fuchucha Kebele, Karat Zuria of Konso Special Zone in Southern Nations, Nationaliti...

Hospitality Firm Embarks on Packaging Business

Dec 5 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

A local firm primarily engaged in the hospitality industry has ventured into the production of packaging...

Instability Casts Shadow on Sesame Market

Nov 21 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

He was a farmer who came to the city looking for international buyers for his crops. The plan was to come...

Oromia Insurance Picks Chinese Firm to Build HQs

Nov 21 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

A Chinese state-owned firm that is constructing major buildings in the country has just secured another p...

Pandemic Pushes Activate Button for Innovation

Nov 21 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

Abel Hailu was a second-year student when the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic set foot in Ethiopia...

Coffee Firm Jumps into Takeaway Box Production

Nov 14 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

Haro Coffee, one of the local coffee processing firms, has started the construction of a plant that makes...

Institute Purveys Leather Machines to Fill Gap

Nov 14 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

The Leather Industry Development Institute has begun supplying locally-made machinery to small and medium...

German, Turkish Firms Win Scrimmage for Wheat Contract

Nov 7 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

Two overseas firms have secured contracts to supply 600,000tn of wheat for a total of 159.3 million dolla...

Institute Builds Specialised Water Testing Lab

Nov 7 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

The Ethiopia Water Technology Institute is constructing a specialised laboratory for water testing and re...

Law Arrives to Govern Off-grid Electricity Systems

Nov 7 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

The Ethiopian Energy Authority has drafted a directive to govern off-grid electricity generation and dist...

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...