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SAMUEL BOGALE

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Ministry Inks 480m Br Deal to Curb Water Wastage in Towns

Apr 9 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

Two companies have signed a half-billion Birr contract to supply and install equipmen...

Pressed for Cash, Unable to Access Loans, Payment Scheme Troubles Oil Companies

Apr 2 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

Oil companies struggle to make upfront payments to the Ethiopian Petroleum Supply Ent...

'Reject' Coffee Scarcity Hurting Business: Roasters Decry

Apr 2 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

Coffee roasters plead for a solution to the scarcity of "reject" coffee on the Ethiop...

Fuel Truck Owners Run Out of Patience, Threaten Strike

Apr 2 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

Leaders of an association representing fuel truckers say they have run out of patienc...

Judicial Authorities Pin Hope on Autonomy from Civil Service to Attract, Retain Staff

Mar 26 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

Administrators of the federal courts are awaiting legislative approval to unfasten ad...

Trade Ministry to Mandate Digital Registration, Seeks Help from Internet Cafes

Mar 26 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

Officials of the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration (MTRI) plan to fully di...

Ride-Hailing Companies Proliferate, Gov't Remains Incognizant

Mar 26 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

Before joining the taxi-hailing business, Abraham Temesgen, 33, spent his days workin...

Macroeconomic Committee Shrugs Oilseed Imports Off

Mar 19 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

The Macroeconomic Committee has put on hold a proposal forwarded by officials of the...

Edible Oil Oily Prices, No Respite for Consumers

Mar 12 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

The trope of attempts in the social media memes put a comedic spin presenting oil as...

Heritage Inscription Woes Exasperate Floundering Tourism Industry

Mar 5 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

Ethiopian officials want to see over a dozen heritage practices and sites inscribed b...

Ballooning Input Prices Batter Construction Industry in Tatters

Feb 19 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

On a broad plot across from a Sheger Bread stall in the heart of Qality, in the outsk...

Federal Health Officials Venture into 1b Br Vaccine Inspection Centre

Feb 19 , 2022 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

A vaccine laboratory and inspection facility projected to cost one billion Birr is 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...