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SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

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Bill Takes Shape to Introduce Construction Quality Audit

Oct 12 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

A new bill that will enable the Ministry of Urban Development & Construction to a...

WB Endows Regional Laboratory with $27m

Oct 12 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

Through the help of the World Bank, the federal government announced its plans to bui...

Phone Call Scams on the Rise

Oct 5 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

On a weekday in April last year, Tadesse Kebede, a security guard at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), received what at first seemed like a...

Resort Builds Amusement Park

Sep 28 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

Atlas Resort, located in Gelan town in Oromia Regional State, added a new amusement park to its premises at a cost of 25 million Br. The...

City to Build Fuel Stations, Hire Street Vendors

Sep 28 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

The Addis Abeba City Administration's Trade & Industry Bureau is set to build 16 fuel stations in the...

Ministry Procures Wheat to Stabilise Shortage

Sep 21 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

The government has started the process of procuring four million quintals of wheat worth an estimated 3....

Commercial Nominees Wins Christmas Expo Bid

Sep 21 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

A service rendering company under the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia won a bid with the record high price to...

Many Job Searchers Pay Agencies Amid Legal Prohibition

Sep 21 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

Hana Afework, a 24-year-old graduate of electrical engineering from Hawassa University in 2018 dreamed th...

Ethiopian Unveils App to Uplift Transit Passenger Experience

Sep 14 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

Ethiopian Airlines, the national air carrier, has added four of its services to the online system that in...

Institute Upgrades Education Level for Hospitality Professionals

Sep 14 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

If approved by the Council of Ministers, the Catering & Tourism Training Institute (CTTI) will start...

Addis Home Depot Inaugurates Seventh Merchandise Store

Sep 8 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

MIDROC Technology Group inaugurated the expansion of its building and construction materials store, which...

Enterprise, Trade Ministry at Loggerheads Over Oil Supply

Sep 8 , 2019 . By SELAMAWIT MENGESAHA

Two federal agencies find themselves in a bitter dispute, following a decision by the Ethiopian Industria...

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...