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In Polite Society, Split the Bill

Jun 25 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1373 Views

Some live in a distant universe where they are oblivious to norms. There are unspoken rules. For instance, if two friend...

Good Shopping Requires Etiquette

Jun 18 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1002 Views

I consider myself lucky when it comes to many things. But my luck runs out during shopping. I often end up buying clothe...

Domestic Abuse Turned on Its Head

As I passed by a group of men the other day, I heard loud laughing. I thought the guffaw was directed at me, although I did not think through why they would do such a thing. It was not the usual catcalling I had come across. Whenever we hear people laughing in our vicinity and...

Jun 11 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1227 Views

Funerals: The Good, the Bad and the Fake

Some people worry about who will be there at their funerals, either to give a eulogy or to simply show up. Mostly, the eulogies focus on educational and career milestones and familial circumstances rather than how the person lived and sharing a meaningful anecdote that gives an i...

Jun 4 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1426 Views

Pickpocketing Goes Digital

With great power comes great responsibility. This is what technology has been to us lately – a great power but we have underestimated the massive responsibility that comes with it. The matter runs the gamut from creating public awareness on how to utilise technological products...

May 28 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1433 Views

Got Watery Milk? Or Useless Roach Killers?

Adulteration is getting out of hand. Consumers in Ethiopia are being left to their own devices, with authorities tasked with consumer protection failing to do their job. Take the little creatures that are impossible to get rid of from our houses. I have been sheltering them at ho...

May 21 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      2010 Views

Domestic Abuse Turned on Its Head

As I passed by a group of men the other day, I heard loud laughing. I thought the guffaw was directed at me, although I did not think through why they would do such a thing. It was not the usual catcalling I had come across. Whenever we hear people laughing in our vicinity and...

Jun 11 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1227 Views

Funerals: The Good, the Bad and the Fake

Some people worry about who will be there at their funerals, either to give a eulogy or to simply show up. Mostly, the eulogies focus on educational and career milestones and familial circumstances rather than how the person lived and sharing a meaningful anecdote that gives an i...

Jun 4 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1426 Views

Pickpocketing Goes Digital

With great power comes great responsibility. This is what technology has been to us lately – a great power but we have underestimated the massive responsibility that comes with it. The matter runs the gamut from creating public awareness on how to utilise technological products...

May 28 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      1433 Views

Got Watery Milk? Or Useless Roach Killers?

Adulteration is getting out of hand. Consumers in Ethiopia are being left to their own devices, with authorities tasked with consumer protection failing to do their job. Take the little creatures that are impossible to get rid of from our houses. I have been sheltering them at ho...

May 21 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      2010 Views

It's Okay Not to Be Okay with Life

It is impossible to talk about life without bringing up death. Death seems distant, something we often try to avoid discussing. We only realise the possibility when we either come near it or when someone close to us passes away. Afterwards, we are haunted for months, sometimes ye...

May 14 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      3112 Views

TikTok's the New Facebook

In this time and age, where everyone seems to claim to know about politics and even dares to judge others in charge, it is hard not to get political. It is hard not to say something, at least to voice one's concern. It is not easy to raise the national discourse without addres...

May 7 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      4785 Views

Echo Chamber of Stereotypes

We become like those we spend time around. I used to think for a long time our behaviour was influenced by our genes, which inform our personality traits. I never rejected the notion that our environment was also instrumental in shaping our behaviour. But it only seemed that this...

Apr 30 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      5398 Views

Tyranny of Employers, Landlords

It is no secret that many become wealthy from the exploitation of labour. Capitalists, which we know as employers, make excess profits but do not even pay their employees the salary they deserve. It is the grand thesis of Marx, and underpins his famous manifesto. It is true wh...

Apr 22 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      5664 Views

Perks of Meddler Culture

There are reasons I keep my eyes on our flaws as a society. For one thing, there are easy to spot. It is also the case that if we can identify and bring a problem to light, it could get enough attention, which is halfway to addressing it. Although this is not always that easy, es...

Apr 16 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      11201 Views

Commute Amid the Drama, Tragedies

While commuting, one can find the streets to be a source of inspiration and learning. They are the one place that can make one think about life, not only one's own but that of others. There are incidents that should make us think twice. Hard to miss on the streets are the less...

Apr 9 , 2022      |      By Kidist Yidnekachew      |      8768 Views


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Editorial

Banks Ride the Waves of Change Grappling with Growth, Risk

May 27 , 2023

Tauted as a somnolent giant, Ethiopia's financial scene now stirs, roused by favourab...

An African Paradox: Mediating Foreign Wars While Ignoring Homegrown Turmoils

May 20 , 2023

The pungent irony wafting from Pretoria last week was hard to miss. Cyril Ramaphosa,...

Ethiopia's Geopolitical Dance in a Tumultuous World

May 13 , 2023

In March this year, Kamala Harris, the United States Vice President, visited Ghana, T...

Ethiopia's Labour Movement Confronts a New Era. Will It Thrive?

May 6 , 2023

The history of the Ethiopian labour movement dates back to the 1940s, marked by perio...

Sunday With Eden

The Road to Success is Always Under Construction

A while back, I was asked to cover as a substitute teacher for a friend at her primar...

Optimism Despite Prevalence of Poverty

I met a new mother out on the rainy street of Addis Abeba with her infant. She was s...

Life Matters

Debt Traps Destabilises Small Businesses

I was standing next to a lady at one of our neighbourhood shops. She was arguing with...

Distress of Digital Payment Penetration

I came across an older man who was complaining about the newly founded experience at...

Agenda

Moving Woes

May 27 , 2023 . By BEMNET TAFESSE

In the bustling streets of Addis Abeba, an undercurrent of unease shadows the necessary act of moving house. Siyoum Haile, a civil servant a...

Private Schools Price Accession, Repercussions of High Inflation

May 20 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

On a rainy afternoon last week, Tesfalem Hailu, 48, was waiting by the door to pick his two children up f...

Sesame Farmers Confront War Consequences, Market Volatility, Trade Winds

May 13 , 2023 . By AKSAH ITALO

Asamirew Mekonnen, 49, has been a farmer all his life. He cultivated sesame on over half of his land in H...

Subdued Synergy Banes Infrastructures

May 6 , 2023 . By MUNIR SHEMSU

Yabets Zerihun drove a passenger from the Saris to the Laphto area around 3PM last week. As he passed...

Gallery

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

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Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

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IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

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Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

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Commentaries

A World of Debt

Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. The United States is teetering on the precipice of a self-inflicted default. Egypt,...

Growing Out of the Developing-Country Debt Crisis

The sovereign-debt crisis was high on the agenda at this year's Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the...

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 two...

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Borena Zone Embarks on Arduous Walk to Hydration

Jun 3 , 2023 . By BEMNET TAFESSE

Officials hope to mitigate the impacts of drought on the wide livestock population of...

ZEMEN'S SKYWARD AMBITION

May 27 , 2023

In a triumph over the trials of the pandemic, a rising tide of construction costs and inflation, Zemen Bank has opened a stunning 32-storey...

Meqelle Struggles to Reclaim EFFORT's Control Amidst Post-War Saga

May 27 , 2023 . By BERSABEH GEBRE

Meqelle is in an animated bid to reclaim control of the management of companies under the Endowment Fund...

Addis Abeba Revamps Title Transfer Fees to Tackle Outdated Valuations

May 29 , 2023

Officials at the Addis Abeba City Administration have recently changed the title transfer fees following...