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October 9 , 2021 . By Christian Tesfaye

Middle-income Status For the Taking in Ethiopia, with Emphasis on Political Openness

The Legatum Institute, a London-based think-tank, recently released an economic case study of Ethiopia, titled, "Pathway to Prosperity." The report focuses on the economic planning and growth outcomes of Ethiopia over the past few decades and recommends governance and policy directions for securing...

December 12 , 2020

Rockstone's Dietrich Rogge Looks to Fit into Addis

Dietrich Rogge, founder and CEO of Rockstone, a German-based real estate developer and investment company, did not want an Anglo-Saxon name for the project it embarked on in Ethiopia. A rare European player in a real estate market dominated by local players, it wanted to signal the height it wants to reach with a green building. He also wanted it to fit into the context of the city, both spatially and in terms of name recognition. So the company gave its Ethiopian project, a sprawling apartment complex meant to cater to the higher-income segment, the Amharic name Kefita. With a plot in the...

August 10 , 2019

Constitutional Tailor Would Prefer Constitutional Court

Hardly anyone matches the intellectual repository and experience of constitution making in Ethiopia as Fasil Nahum (PhD). He was involved in the drafting of three constitutions since the Imperial days but under radically different regimes. Never entangling himself in party membership, he always cherished his distance from power politics and remained determined to contribute professionally. “I purposely decided not to belong to any party,” he told our OP-ED Editor, Tibebu Bekele. “It`s not a party line that I talk about. I thought that I could be useful as a professional if I thought i...

February 15 , 2020

What Keeps AfDB's President up at Night?

The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently published its flagship annual report, the African Economic Outlook 2020, in time for the African Union Summit of Heads of State, where it testified to the promising rate of growth by African countries as well as challenges such as economic inequality. Tamrat G. Giorgis, Fortune's managing editor, sat down with Akinwumi Adesina (PhD), president of the half-century-old Bank to opine on new opportunities for employment, income inequality, debt structure and how GDP is not edible. Fortune: How much of that injection of new capital worth 115 billion d...

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February 8 , 2020

The Minimum States Can Do

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 politica...

January 4 , 2020

PERSONAL REGRETS, FEARS & WISHES: INSURERS OPEN UP

When insurers are not at their day jobs, controlling risk and ensuring stability, they are engaging in a rich social and personal life. Unlike their colleagues in the banking sector, presidents of Eth...

January 5 , 2020

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

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 universi...

January 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Meseret Bezabih, CEO of United Insurance

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 administra...

January 5 , 2020

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

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...

January 5 , 2020

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

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...

January 5 , 2020

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

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...

January 5 , 2020

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

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...

January 5 , 2020

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

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...

January 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tibebe Tesfaye, CEO of Global Insurance

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...

January 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Tefera Wondimu, CEO of Lucy Insurance

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...

January 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Yewondwosen Eteffa, CEO of Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio Re)

Yewondwosen Eteffa, married and a father of one, graduated from Addis Abeba University with a bachelor of arts in business management. He has the professional designation of DIP CII from the Chartered...

January 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Netsanet Lemessa, CEO of Ethiopian Insurance Company (EIC)

Netsanet Lemessa, 45, married and a father of two, is an accounting graduate of Addis Abeba University (AAU). He is currently making his way through a master's of business administration for financial...

January 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Dagnachew Mehari, CEO, Bunna Insurance S.C.

The 53-year-old CEO is married and is a father of two daughters. He earned his first degree in economics and obtained a master's of business administration from Open University Business School in Lond...

January 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Alemayehu Tefera, CEO of Berhan Insurance S.C.

Alemayehu Tefera, 62 and a father of three, earned his first degree in economics from Addis Abeba University (AAU) in 1992 and has four decades of experience in the insurance industry. He began his in...

January 5 , 2020

INSURERS OPEN UP: Gudissa Legesse, CEO of Awash Insurance

Gudissa Legesse, 51 years old and a father of six, is the new CEO of the 25-year-old Awash Insurance, replacing long-serving CEO Tsegaye Kemsi last month. Gudissa obtained his degree in business admin...

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Commentaries | Nov 20,2021

Truce - Desirable, Useful and Attainable!

Leaders of the warring parties in Ethiopia`s year-old militarised conflict may think they...

Editorial | November 20 , 2021

Public Apathy Impairs COVID-19 Vax Drive

Pedestrians passing by the St. George Cathedral in Piassa a couple of weeks ago could noti...

Featured | November 13 , 2021 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

It's Tax Season! Uncle Sam Struggles to Meet Target

October and November are hectic months for those employed by the civil service working in...

Agenda | November 20 , 2021 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

A TAX SEASON FOR ATROPHIED ECONOMY

As October and November rolled in, so did the tax season, when tax officials and businesse...

Fortune News | November 20 , 2021

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COVID-19 UPDATES: All the stories and commentaries on Coronavirus, in one place

Middle-income Status For the Taking in Ethiopia, with Emphasis on Political Openness

Rockstone's Dietrich Rogge Looks to Fit into Addis

Constitutional Tailor Would Prefer Constitutional Court