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Mar 18 , 2023

Unilever's Bold Strategy: Invest in Local Production to Shield against Global Disruptions

Q: Unilever was among the top 20 taxpayers a few years ago. However, it did not even reach the top 40 last year. Why? Stefan Cloete: We paid a record level of taxes last year - 85pc more than in 2...

Mar 4 , 2023

It’s about People, the Planet and Prosperity

Q: When it was established over 77 years ago, the United Nations was created to stop wars. Look at the world today; it is full of violent conflicts from Ukraine to Ethiopia. Do you find it frustrating...

Jan 24 , 2023

Inflation, Geopolitical Tension and Climate Change Torment the World

Project Syndicate (PS): You have often pointed out that inflation has been exacerbated by trade protectionism, which weakens the market competition that induces firms to keep prices low, and by immigr...

Jan 7 , 2023

Offloading Climate Responsibility on the Victims of Climate Change

Question: Climate change is a complex problem, but maybe there is a simple solution. What might that look like? Nnimmo Bassey: Simple solutions are avoided in today's world because they do not supp...

Oct 30 , 2022

Towards a Progressive Economic Agenda

Project Syndicate: From the start of your recent book, Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism - you argue that changing capitalism will require us to overhaul “how government is st...

Oct 15 , 2022

Capturing the "Missing Middle"

What makes the lab innovative? And a laboratory? Who selected the advisory board, and how can companies become eligible to get support from the lab? Our Managing Editor, Tamrat G. Giorgis, sat with Gi...

Sep 10 , 2022

SAYAT OFF A STAGE

Fortune: Which holiday do you like most? Sayat: I love all holidays. There is none to pick out. The thing I love about holidays is, on that specific day, you do not see anyone starved or teary. I l...

Apr 22 , 2022

Focus on Migrants, Families, UN Remittance Head Urges

Fortune: - The remittance inflow to Ethiopia is around three, four billion dollars? This is against a population of a 100 million, and an annual GDP of 100 billion dollars. How do you see this in comp...

Feb 12 , 2022

AfDB Boss 'Cautiously Optimistic' about Africa

For the first time in two years, an African Union summit was held in Addis Abeba earlier this month. On the agenda were COVID-19, political instability and debt sustainability. One of the attendants w...

Jan 22 , 2022

CEO of Fintech Firm Finds 'Sleeping Giant' in Africa

Fortune: Your company alludes to the African market's unique set-up from other parts of the world. Why is that? Is it a combination of being unbanked and a lack of monthly subscription models? Or is i...

Dec 11 , 2021

AfDB Sees Resilience in Africa: 'Not Necessarily as Fragile'

Fortune: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on African economies. What is a sustainable solution for Africa economy-wise, or is the continent stuck with it for the next few years consi...

Nov 6 , 2021

BASF Finds in Ethiopia Opportunity to Diversify its Chemical Empire

Fortune: How is your project in Ethiopia and what has been the biggest challenge? Juliana Hosken Wernek: Ethiopia is a very important country for us. We are happy to be doing business here. It is g...

Oct 9 , 2021

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...

Dec 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...

Aug 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...

Feb 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...

Columns

Commentaries | Sep 13,2025

In Climate Talks, Africa Mortgages Tomorrow Simply to Survive Today

At its launch in Nairobi two years ago, the Africa Climate Summit was billed as the forum...

Editorial | Sep 13 , 2025

Digital Payments Reshape Economy While Service Workers Lose Out

The way the Birr moves is changing, and with it, habits that have shaped daily life for ge...

Featured | Sep 14 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE

Student Tax ID Push Triggers Logjam

The yellow flush of Aday Abeba flowers has returned to Addis Abeba, heralding the arrival...

Agenda | Sep 13 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE and YITBAREK GETACHEW

Monument to National Ambition, Geopolitical Agency

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa's largest hydroelectric power project,...

Fortune News | Sep 15 , 2025 . By AMANUEL BEKELE