Ge’zae: The Good Samaritan

Alemayehu Eshete Has Left the Building

Alemayehu Eshete Has Left the Building

September 10 , 2021

Tsegaye Birhane, actor, met Alemayehu Eshete in the most unorthodox of ways. It was not at an event or work. Neither did they run into each other. It was the passing of Alex’s, as Tesgaye calls him, father circa 1972 t...

Mother that Built House Full of Children Passes

Mother that Built House Full of Children Passes

July 11 , 2021

The children who grew up with Abebech Gobena called her “Eddaye,” a term of endearment of their creation. It is not clear when it started or how, but for Abebech, it was close in meaning to Aderaye, an Amharic word t...

Tech Savvy Importer, Yazew Bekele, Makes His Last Sale

Tech Savvy Importer, Yazew Bekele, Makes His Last Sale

April 3 , 2021

Alemayehu Ketsela was a young employee of Ethiopian Trade Contacts (ET-CON), an import company, when he joined Yazew Bekele for dinner with business partners at the Sheraton Addis. There he would run into his uncle, who...

Prominent Health Personality Dons His Last Kabba

Prominent Health Personality Dons His Last Kabba

March 13 , 2021

Just a sneak peek of Tibebe Yemanebirhan (PhD) in one of his appearances on television speaks to his status. A dermatologist, research scientist, diplomat that has represented the country on the inter...

Just a sneak peek of Tibebe Yemanebirhan (PhD) in one of his appearanc...

Pioneer Retailer, 'Bambis,' Makes Last Sale

Pioneer Retailer, 'Bambis,' Makes Last Sale

January 23 , 2021

When he was young, Panos Tewodros could sometimes be “hot-blooded.” Working as an import manager with Charalambos Tsimas, better known as Bambis, a contraction of his first name, for the supermark...

When he was young, Panos Tewodros could sometimes be “hot-blooded.�...

Instinctually Humanitarian, Yohannes Kifle Breathes His Last

Instinctually Humanitarian, Yohannes Kifle Breathes His Last

January 16 , 2021

Bonfires are set, and children go house to house singing Hoya Hoyeduring the holiday of Buhe, which is observed annually in August by followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The song is o...

Bonfires are set, and children go house to house singing Hoya Hoyeduri...

Without Regrets, "Patriot" Fikreselassie Wogderes Passes

Without Regrets, "Patriot" Fikreselassie Wogderes Passes

December 19 , 2020

Fikreselassie Wogderess was 46 years old when he was thrown into jail after a coalition of rebel forces fought their way into Addis Abeba in 1991. The next two decades of his life would be anticlimact...

Fikreselassie Wogderess was 46 years old when he was thrown into jail...

James Wolfensohn, Debt Restructuring WB Chief, Departs

James Wolfensohn, Debt Restructuring WB Chief, Departs

December 5 , 2020

The first time James Wolfensohn started working in Africa, a continent that would virtually become his mission as one of the more famous presidents of the World Bank, it was not an easy assignment. It...

The first time James Wolfensohn started working in Africa, a continent...