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The Minimum States Can Do

The Minimum States Can Do

February 8 , 2020

Companies, in manufacturing as well as the extractive industries, are no strangers to allegations of human, economic and environmental rights abuses. Weak regulatory capacity and economic and political policies designed to accommodate Ethiopia's developmental ambit...


INSURERS OPEN UP: Shimeles Gedlegeorgis, CEO of Ethio Life & General Insurance

INSURERS OPEN UP: Shimeles Gedlegeorgis, CEO of Ethio Life & General Insurance

January 5 , 2020

Shimeles Gedlegeorgis, 53, married and a father of two, is an economics graduate of Addis Abeba University (AAU). He obtained his master’s degree in business management and marketing from a university in India. Before...


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's of business administration from the Intern...

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 for 23 years, starting hi...

Kassa Lisanework, 49, is married and a father of three. He earned a BA...

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 administration from the University o...

Yared Mola, 50, is married and a father of four. He holds a bachelor o...

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...


January 5 , 2020

A 47-year-old insurance executive, Tibebe is married and a f...


January 5 , 2020

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


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...


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Editorial

Famine: Terrible Hole in Country's Conscience

January 23 , 2021

Usually, millions facing food insecurity in Ethiopia does not make headline news. Not...

How to Counter Rising, Unbridled Nationalism

January 16 , 2021

It was a sunny day on September 12, 1974. A machine gun mounted on top of a tank was...

Not to Undo Abiy Ahmed's Pledge for Credible National Elections

January 9 , 2021

There is something curious about elections that have been conducted in Ethiopia since...

To Millions Suffering, IGAD Continues to be a Disappointment

January 2 , 2021

One by one, Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD), executive secretary of the Intergovernmental Auth...

Sunday With Eden

Kindness' Risk-Reward Ratio

A friend of a friend recently went into a series of difficult spells in his life. First, his wife left for another country, leaving him beh...

From the US to Ethiopia, the Need for Accountability

We witnessed hitherto unthinkable violence erupting in Washington, DC at Capitol Hill on January 06, 202...

Life Matters

Communication Breakdown, as Bad for Cooking Videos as Politics

It is not a new term. It is actually a quite common one, especially to those who have the experience of j...

Country of Negative Nellys

I was a month postnatal when I discovered a familiar way of communicating in Ethiopia. Many visitors came to see me, as they often do after...

Agenda

New Dawn, New Day, Less Pay

January 23 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a quiet, bitterly cold morning atop Entoto, the tallest mountain in the capital and namesake of the recently opened Entoto Park. The...

Cement: Construction Industry's Catch-22

January 16 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

His phone is tightly wrapped up in a plastic bag and tied around his neck. The bag is meant to keep dust...

A Not So Merry Market

January 9 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

A myriad of loud sounds are competing to be heard over one another in Mercato, the largest open-air market on the continent. Multiple speak...

2020: A Series of Unfortunate Events

January 2 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Every year, during the harvest season, a care package of barley grain makes its way from Adwa to Addis Ab...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

September 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

December 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

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

Commentaries

Far-sighted Policies, Down to Earth Planners Can Revitalise Agriculture

Agriculture, the major sector of the economy in terms of export promotion and intensi...

How to Tackle Vulnerable Countries’ Triple Crisis

The year 2020 changed everything. The world now faces interconnected health, economic...

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 tw...

Fortune news

TIMKET BLASTS

January 23 , 2021

With celebrants dressed in white, prominently carrying the flag of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, horns were blared and drums struc...

Ethio Telecom Hires Business Valuator

January 23 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

Ethio telecom, the lone telecom operator, hired KPMG East Africa to conduct its business valuation. Kicke...

Stock Exchange to be Operational through PPP

January 23 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The first securities exchange, where traders can buy and sell securities such as company stocks and bonds...

Ministry Vitiates Oil Importer's Trade Name

January 23 , 2021 . By FASIKA TADESSE

The Ministry of Trade & Industry has ordered the cancellation of Muleg Oil Importer's trade name. The...

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