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FED'S COSTLY TURN FROM MONEY PRINTING PILES PRESSURE ON BUDGET

May 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Finance Minister Ahmed Shide entered the last quarter of the fiscal year with a budge...

A Fuel Corruption Case Opens with Officials, Businesspeople in the Dock

May 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

At the Federal High Court's Lideta Division, on Dejazmach Bekele Weya Street, one of...

Siinqee Bank Turns Microfinance Roots into Banking Momentum

May 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Siinqee Bank's performance in its latest year reads like the arrival notice of a four...

New Bill Seeks to Finance Cybersecurity Through Mandatory Contributions

May 3 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

A bill before federal lawmakers last week extends the mandatory contribution system t...

Ex-CBE Noor Corruption Case Returns with Wider Claims Over Loans

May 3 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

The corruption case against Nuri Hussein returned to federal courts on Thursday with...

Addis Abeba Tightens Purse Strings to Curb Year-End Budget Rush

Apr 25 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Officials of Addis Abeba's City Administration have ordered a freeze on new procureme...

Irrigation Spending Leaves Parliament Searching for the Harvest

May 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Abraham Belay (PhD), minister of Irrigation & Lowlands (MoIL), and his senior off...

New Golden Visa Turns Residency Into a Bet on Foreign Capital

Apr 26 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Ethiopia is preparing to introduce a “Golden Visa” scheme for foreign nationals w...

Amhara Bank Survives Rough Waves Yet to Outrun Risks

Apr 26 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Amhara Bank's accounts for the last year tell a recovery story edged with warning. Th...

Coffee Hope Meets a Bitter Global Reckoning

Apr 19 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Climate change is redrawing the map of global Arabica coffee production, and Ethiopia...

Leather Industry Struggles to Balance Tax Policy, Capacity, Export Performance

Apr 10 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

The 150pc tax on raw hide exports has sharply impacted the leather sector performance...

Coffee Windfall Faces Reality Check as Global Supply Surges

Apr 10 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Ethiopia's coffee boom is beginning to crack, as falling global prices and a surge in...

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...