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Jan 4 , 2026

Esubalew Abera

Fortune: Do you write to change society, or to document it before it changes? Esubalew: Obviously, a literary novel as a form or medium can be a tool for societal change and progression. As a novel...

Jan 4 , 2026

Roman Tewoldeberhan

Fortune: Do you write to change society, or to document it before it changes? Roman: I write from inspiration and real-life events. I do not necessarily write with a purpose. Q: In your stories...

Jan 4 , 2026

Mesfin Wondwossen

Fortune: Do you write to change society, or to document it before it changes? Mesfin: It is a little beyond both. My purpose depends on each story. I do not see myself as a guide leading society so...

Jan 4 , 2026

Yineger Getachew

Fortune: Do you write to change society, or to document it before it changes? Yineger: I mainly write to magnify social history, and I also try to explore how society views in different perspective...

Jan 4 , 2026

Elssa Mulugeta

Q: Do you write to change society, or to document it before it changes? A: I am not writing to change society. I am telling stories. Most of what I write comes from my childhood, the people I know...

Sep 7 , 2025

Tewedaj Gezahegn (General Manager, HST Consulting Plc)

Fortune: If you were trapped in a desert, what are the two things you would take? Tewedaj: A lot of water and food. Q: What was your first job and first paycheck? External audit and 4,000 Br...

Sep 7 , 2025

Zemedeneh Negatu (CEO, CBE Capital S.C.)

Fortune: If you were trapped in a desert, what are the two things you would take? Zemedeneh: Drinking water and an iPhone with GPS. Q: What was your first job and first paycheck? My first job...

Sep 7 , 2025

Wolde Bulto (President, Gadaa Bank)

Fortune: If you were likely to be trapped in the desert, what two things would you bring with you? Wolde Bulto: Two things would matter most. First, water, not just having it, but finding a way to...

Sep 7 , 2025

Hana Tehelku (Director General, Ethiopian Capital Market - ECMA)

Fortune: If you are trapped in a desert, what two things would you bring with you? Hana Tehlku: The desert is a place of scarcity, where life boils down to two questions. How do I survive, and how...

Sep 6 , 2025

CBE Wrestles with Past as Reforms Test the Future of State Banking

Abe's conversation with Tamrat G. Giorgis, our managing editor, was as much about the future as it was about recovery. His vision, rooted in digital transformation, disciplined risk management, and a...

Aug 3 , 2025

UNDP's Toughest Frontiers

The UNDP has expanded its narrative from “poverty eradication” to what Ahunna Eziakonwa, the UN's assistant secretary-general, calls “promoting prosperity,” combining the usual public investme...

May 17 , 2025

Germany Champions Reforms While Industrial Model Faces Global Stress Test

Jens Hanefeld, Germany's envoy in Addis Abeba, touched down last September with a resume that mixes three decades of diplomacy, a decade running Volkswagen's global lobbying shop and the trained eye o...

Apr 19 , 2025

Legacy Businesses in a Liminal Era

At first light in Addis Abeba's Qality District, the smell of freshly roasted Yirgacheffe beans drifts into the yeasty haze from Shoa Bakery's ovens, a blend that sums up Ethiopia's family firms. Such...

Apr 19 , 2025

The Roast of Resilience Brews in Bloodline

When her father died suddenly in 2008, Heleanna Georgalis found herself at the helm of Moplaco Trading Plc, a venerable coffee company founded in 1897 during Emperor Menelik's reign. Thrust into le...

Apr 19 , 2025

Ink, Blood and Family Bonds Shape a Quiet Printing Empire

Chamber Printing House Plc was established in 1965 by Asfaw Tefera and Tiruwork Mengistu. Asfaw, then a diplomat at the Ethiopian Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, spent his spare time in a friend's printery...

Apr 19 , 2025

Old Mixers, New Markets, Bake Belay Legacy into Sweet Future

The pastry house began life in 1964 when friends Belay Teklu and Gebresenay Tedla opened St George Pastry in Merkato. Gebresenay later left, and Belay relaunched at Teklehaimanot, then Lideta, pioneer...


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