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INSURERS OPEN UP: Meseret Bezabih, CEO of United Insurance

INSURERS OPEN UP: Meseret Bezabih, CEO of United Insurance

January 5 , 2020

Meseret Bezabih, aged 54, married and a mother of three, studied for her first degree in economics from Addis Abeba University. She also earned her second degree with a master...


INSURERS OPEN UP: Kassa Lisanework, CEO of Tsehay Insurance S.C.

INSURERS OPEN UP: Kassa Lisanework, CEO of Tsehay Insurance S.C.

January 5 , 2020

Kassa Lisanework, 49, is married and a father of three. He earned a BA degree in accounting from Addis Abeba University (AAU) in 1994. He has worked in the insurance industry...


INSURERS OPEN UP: Yared Mola, CEO of Nyala Insurance S.C

INSURERS OPEN UP: Yared Mola, CEO of Nyala Insurance S.C

January 5 , 2020

Yared Mola, 50, is married and a father of four. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in management from Addis Abeba University. He also holds a master's of business administrat...

INSURERS OPEN UP: Nigus Anteneh, CEO, Nile Insurance Company

INSURERS OPEN UP: Nigus Anteneh, CEO, Nile Insurance Company

January 5 , 2020

The 42-year-old CEO is married and has three children. Nigus studied economics at Addis Abeba University and attended another undergraduate programme in business administration & information syste...

The 42-year-old CEO is married and has three children. Nigus studied e...

INSURERS OPEN UP: Zufan Abebe, CEO, Nib Insurance SC

INSURERS OPEN UP: Zufan Abebe, CEO, Nib Insurance SC

January 5 , 2020

The 46-year-old Zufan is one of the few female CEOs in the insurance industry. Zufan, a mother of two daughters, studied economics in her undergraduate programme and then completed an executive MBA, b...

The 46-year-old Zufan is one of the few female CEOs in the insurance i...

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tesfaye Debela, CEO of National Insurance Company of Ethiopia (NICE)

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tesfaye Debela, CEO of National Insurance Company of Ethiopia (NICE)

January 5 , 2020

A 57-year-old insurance executive, Tesfaye, is married and a father of four children. He earned a diploma in insurance and a first degree in economics. He has worked in the insurance industry for a to...

A 57-year-old insurance executive, Tesfaye, is married and a father of...

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tibebe Tesfaye, CEO of Global Insurance

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tibebe Tesfaye, CEO of Global Insurance

January 5 , 2020

A 47-year-old insurance executive, Tibebe is married and a father of two children. He studied his first degree in mathematics from Addis Abeba University. He earned his master's of business administra...

A 47-year-old insurance executive, Tibebe is married and a father of t...

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tefera Wondimu, CEO of Lucy Insurance

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tefera Wondimu, CEO of Lucy Insurance

January 5 , 2020

Tefera Wondimu, 60, married and a father of three, is a law graduate of Unity University in 2014. Before joining Lucy Insurance two years ago, he worked at Ethiopian Insurance Corporation for 18 years...

Tefera Wondimu, 60, married and a father of three, is a law graduate o...


January 5 , 2020

Yewondwosen Eteffa, married and a father of one, graduated f...


January 5 , 2020

Netsanet Lemessa, 45, married and a father of two, is an acc...


January 5 , 2020

The 53-year-old CEO is married and is a father of two daught...


January 5 , 2020

Alemayehu Tefera, 62 and a father of three, earned his first...


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Editorial | Jul 10,2020

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Editorial

Where Did it all Go Wrong? Lessons from History

July 10 , 2020

When the situation was manageable, it was neglected, and now that it is thoroughly o...

With Cat out of Bag, Better to Double Down on Statehood

June 27 , 2020

In the popular imagination, Ethiopia's current federal organisation was the brainchil...

Egypt Changes Water Security Strategy, the Answer to Nile Dispute

June 20 , 2020

The messages from Washington, DC are unambiguous. They urge Ethiopia to relent to Egy...

History May Look Back on this Time as Needless Moment

June 17 , 2020

It is characteristic of the general climate of confusion the year 2020 has set in Eth...

Sunday With Eden

Golden Rule, Antidote to Our Instincts for Violence

It is heartbreaking to witness the distressing developments within the Ethiopian stat...

All the Single Male Parents

Men and women, one much more than the other, are biased against women. This is one of the key reasons fundamental improvement has become una...

Life Matters

Understandable Pain, Hard to Swallow Destruction

I find most news stories to be dull and boring. Imagine my surprise then when my uncle called me up at 8...

The Hypocrite's Dilemma

In the early hours of a misty morning, two middle-aged female residents of the poorly electrified condominium of Bole Bulbula sit on their s...

Agenda

Collateral Damage in the Wake of Massive Protests

July 10 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Alem Abebe was up extra early on June 30, 2020. She had a friend to visit at Qaliti C...

Gasoil Shortage Irks Drivers, Gas Stations

June 27 , 2020 . By SEBLE WONDEMAGEGN

Over the last week, main roads of the capital were crowded and the traffic was heavy...

Onion Price Rises as Supply from Farmers, Sudan Falls

June 20 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

On the sunny Wednesday afternoon of May 17, 2020, the newly opened vegetable market i...

A Moment of Silence

June 14 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

The narrow streets of Gojam Sefer in Lideta wind and split into even narrower roads every few metres. The packed houses lined side by side b...

Gallery

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

December 14 , 2019

President Sahle-Work Zewde hosted a state dinner reception to congratulate and welcome the Prime Minister on his return home from Oslo, Norway, where he accepted the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize two days earlier...

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

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

THE FINISH LINE

March 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

Commentaries

What Internet Shutdowns Say About the State

Taken for granted in the general tumult of the recent crisis is the notion that the f...

Lack of Long Game, Achilles Heel of Ethiopia's Politics

Social reengineering is a complex enterprise. It hardly ever goes the way it is envis...

Fineline

Getachew Reda . . .

Getachew Reda, the increasingly combative spin doctor of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), says he is no longer optimistic about...

There were a series of meetings by almost all the chiefs of the regional states in...

After they made a portentous decision last week in passing a resolution at the House of Federation where...

Fortune news

Ethiopia Kicks off Large-Scale Rice Production

July 10 , 2020 . By HENOK TERECHA

The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research has begun working with farmers acros...

Smallholder Farmers Join Hands to Boost Productivity

July 10 , 2020 . By HENOK TERECHA

With support from the Agricultural Transformation Agency, smallholder farmers in Arsi...

Central Bank Gives Green Light to Debub Global's New VP

July 10 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has approved the appointment of Fekadu Shigutie a...

Authority Sets Hefty Fines on Transport Law Offenders

July 10 , 2020 . By HENOK TERECHA

Freight transport companies or owners who charge freight tariffs above the prevailing...

In-Picture

PEACOCK GATES

April 4 , 2020

GOOD SAMARITAN

April 4 , 2020

PART RECREATION

March 14 , 2020

BUS STOPS

March 7 , 2020

To the Brim

February 22 , 2020

Sanctioned Graffiti

June 20 , 2020

Yonas Berehe and Andualem Moges, artists of Ya Studio, are painting street art for the city in Megenagna, after getting the green light from Yeka District. They are painting portraits of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), Lia Tadesse (MD) and Deputy Ma...

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