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TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

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Siinqee Bank Accelerates Growth, Struggles to Convert Scale into Profit

May 11 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Siinqee Bank has burst confidently from microfinance trenches into the competitive co...

Sidama Bank's Bold Start into Commercial Banking Meets a Tough Reality

Apr 27 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Sidama Bank entered the competitive banking industry in 2022, emerging from microfina...

Elizabeth Woldegiorgis, Who Brought Ethiopia's Forgotten Modernists Back to Light, Dies at 69

Apr 27 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Elizabeth Woldegiorgis (PhD) began the morning of September 11, 2001, like any other...

Amhara Bank Grows Fast with Slow Dividends

Apr 19 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Amhara Bank's performance in the financial year 2023/24 is an illustration of how new...

CBE's Profit Soars as Costs Climb, Capital Cushion Thins

Apr 6 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

The performance of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) in the 2023/24 financial yea...

Addis Bank Races Ahead, Yet Trails Industry Peers

Mar 30 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

In an industry characterised by tight liquidity, regulatory pressures, and growing cr...

ZamZam Bank's Profit Soars, But High Liquidity Looms Large

Mar 16 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

ZamZam Bank demonstrated measured growth and cautious risk management, placing it in...

Lion Bank's Profit Roars, but Can It Claw Its Way to the Top?

Mar 9 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Lion International Bank's comeback after a difficult stretch during the civil war in...

Yayehyirad Alamrew, the Shadow Lyricist Who Shaped Sound, Identity, Dies at 66

Mar 9 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Ethiopia's music scene usually shines a spotlight on singers and bands, but one figur...

Bunna Bank's Asset Surge, Credit Jump Cloak Profit Squeeze During Inflation Strain

Feb 23 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Bunna Bank, in its 15th year of operation, has posted noteworthy gains in deposits an...

Enat Bank Expansion Bid Strains Profitability Due to Surging Costs

Feb 16 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Enat Bank closed its 2023/24 financial year with considerable growth in assets, depos...

Hibret Exhibits Growing Balance Sheet, Thinner Margins, a Precarious Credit Surge

Feb 9 , 2025 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW

Hibret Bank ended its 2023/24 financial year with a strong performance, reporting tot...

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...