FORTUNE+ VIDEO SPONSORED CONTENTS ADVERTORIALS FORTUNE AUDIO Fortune Careers TRADE AFRICA Election 2026 New TIME REMAINING UNTIL ETHIOPIA’S NATIONAL ELECTION 0Days 0Hours 0Minutes 0Seconds

Fortune Logo


May 30 , 2026 . By Raghuram G. Rajan

A Cold Shower for the AI Mania

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools will undoubtedly transform the nature of work. Large language models can already generate referee reports on my own research papers that rival those by human referees. Unlike humans, who are always pressed for ti...

Jul 20 , 2024 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

Regional Powers, Global Interests Sudan's Revolutionary Quagmire

Since June 2019, Sudan has been caught in a whirlwind of revolution, descending into a profound economic and political crisis. The initial optimism that followed President Omar H. al-Bashir's ousting has led to chaos, influenced by powerful international actors with their respective political agendas. The geopolitical quagmire is further complicate...


Jul 13 , 2024 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

A Tale of Two East African Leaders

Leadership, whether innate or cultivated, is a subject of perennial debate. For Kenya's President William Ruto (PhD), his ascent to power is undeniably attributed to his relentless pursuit and experiential learning. Emerging from humble beginnings in Kenya's Rift Valley, Ruto's story defies odds and surmounts challenges, leading him from roadside c...


Jul 7 , 2024 . By Lucrezia Reichlin

When Inflation Targets Clash with Climate Goals

At the end of April, in a speech at the Sorbonne, French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that European leaders should consider broadening the European Central Bank's (ECB) mandate to include decarbonisation targets. His proposal has mostly been ignored; for many, it probably seems too radical to be worth discussing. But it is not radical, and d...




Opinion

Ethiopia's Maritime Move a Game Changer in the Horn of Africa?

Jan 7 , 2024      |      By Hintsa Andebrhan      |      9381 Views

In the shifting geopolitical reality of the Horn of Africa, recent developments point to a nuanced, yet potentially transformative, set of interactions involving Ethiopia, the self-declared state of Somaliland...

Just Financial Sector Liberalisation?

Sep 10 , 2022      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      6917 Views

The Council of Ministers made a very important decision earlier this month to allow foreign investment into the financia...

Pay Debt Like A Lannister

Economics can be heartless. The field's obsession with numbers and taking the long-term macro view drives social justice activists crazy. Economists general penchant for models and large data sets drives the political left nuts. This disconnect informs the criticism against GDP a...

Jan 30 , 2022      |           |      8624 Views

Population Explosion, For Better or Worse

There has been much to be said about the growth prospects of Ethiopia, like any developing African nation, the challenges going forward and the prevailing obstacles of today. Much of this debate revolves around the impacts of COVID-19 and the civil war, and the previous trends th...

Oct 9 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      50183 Views

The Ethiopian Dream without the Ecosystem

Shark Tank is one of those shows everybody has heard about but not seen. Some of the names have become familiar, including Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O'Leary and Marc Cuban, two of around five wealthy investors who hear pitches from entrepreneurs. They grill everyone who comes on...

Oct 2 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      86842 Views

Market Dysfunction Creates 'Suckers'

Just about everybody likes Sun Chips. It is one of the few packaged and mass-produced snacks in Ethiopia that I would trust to put inside of my body. The company claims to put no artificial colourants into their products, and neither does it contain cholesterol. It is also a lot...

Sep 26 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      101248 Views

Pay Debt Like A Lannister

Economics can be heartless. The field's obsession with numbers and taking the long-term macro view drives social justice activists crazy. Economists general penchant for models and large data sets drives the political left nuts. This disconnect informs the criticism against GDP a...

Jan 30 , 2022      |           |      8624 Views

Population Explosion, For Better or Worse

There has been much to be said about the growth prospects of Ethiopia, like any developing African nation, the challenges going forward and the prevailing obstacles of today. Much of this debate revolves around the impacts of COVID-19 and the civil war, and the previous trends th...

Oct 9 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      50183 Views

The Ethiopian Dream without the Ecosystem

Shark Tank is one of those shows everybody has heard about but not seen. Some of the names have become familiar, including Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O'Leary and Marc Cuban, two of around five wealthy investors who hear pitches from entrepreneurs. They grill everyone who comes on...

Oct 2 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      86842 Views

Market Dysfunction Creates 'Suckers'

Just about everybody likes Sun Chips. It is one of the few packaged and mass-produced snacks in Ethiopia that I would trust to put inside of my body. The company claims to put no artificial colourants into their products, and neither does it contain cholesterol. It is also a lot...

Sep 26 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      101248 Views

Glad the US Wants to Help, Unfortunate Sanctions Rarely Work

The international community's attitude towards Ethiopia's civil war has inspired heated debate, and for a reason. As it has done in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, we see in real-time as the global order utterly fails in protecting lives and finding a political settlement between c...

Sep 18 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      106136 Views

The Fail Proof Way to Keep Migrants Out of Europe

Europe has a big problem. The people of Afghanistan may be suffering from war, dislocation and poverty. Still, it can be an even bigger disaster if they try to escape this tragedy in the eyes of the Europeans. The European Commission may be big on human rights and democracy, but...

Sep 10 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      129252 Views

Euphemistically Least Developed

Some word processor programmes suggest the use of “developing” to “poor” when referring to a country. The justification is that the latter is somewhat derogatory. It is fitting for a world that has grown politically sensitive. Part of the idea is that countries may be eco...

Sep 4 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      103764 Views

Greed, Pride: Deadly Combination

There is a long-running sub-narrative in HBO's TV series Oz that is reminiscent of Ethiopia. The show is about the inmates of a maximum-security state correctional facility. Much drama takes place inside the prison, especially in a unit known as “Emerald City,” an ironically...

Aug 28 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      104547 Views

The Gig Economy to the Rescue

Gig working gets a bad reputation. This makes sense considering that much of the debate takes place in the developed world, and narratives are constructed from the perspective of the Global North. Gig workers are basically independent contractors. There is work to be done, and...

Aug 21 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      132232 Views

The Million Dollar Question to What Happens to Floated Birr

It has been an interesting week for the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). It sent out a message to all commercial banks that is consequential, to say the least. It ordered all collateral-based bank loans, even those loans that have been approved before it sent out the message on A...

Aug 14 , 2021      |      By Christian Tesfaye      |      140492 Views


Most read

Columns

Commentaries | May 30,2026

The Political Class Bet on Mega-projects, Pushed State Banks to the Brink

Life Matters | May 30,2026

Beyond the Scoreline, How Foreign Football Becomes Local Identity

My Opinion | May 30,2026

A Cold Shower for the AI Mania

Sunday with Eden | May 30,2026

When Ordinary Lives Rewrite Poverty

Agenda | May 31,2026

Ethiopians to Vote Under the Shadow of a Foregone Outcome

Editorial | May 30,2026

Mistaking Development Theatre for Public Trust Has a Cost


         ADVERTISEMENT

Editorial

Mistaking Development Theatre for Public Trust Has a Cost

May 30 , 2026

Tomorrow, millions of Ethiopians are expected to vote in the seventh national electio...

Tax Push Tests How Much Pain Taxpayers Can Bear

May 23 , 2026

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has spent weeks in Addis Abeba conducting t...

T-Bills Trap Begins in the Federal Government's Own Budget

May 16 , 2026

The federal budget tells a troubling story about inflation, debt and reform. The prob...

Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice

May 9 , 2026

The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politicall...

Sunday With Eden

When Ordinary Lives Rewrite Poverty

There are moments in life that leave people changed forever. A few days ago, I attended a conference at a religious inst...

A Ball, A Father, A Life-time of Memory

Football was never merely a game in our household. It was ritual, language and affect...

Life Matters

Beyond the Scoreline, How Foreign Football Becomes Local Identity

The recent celebrations in Addis Abeba following Arsenal's success were, to put it bl...

When Problem-Solving Fails Because the Shape Looks Different

We like to think of ourselves as pattern-recognition machines. From the moment the da...

Agenda

Ethiopians to Vote Under the Shadow of a Foregone Outcome

May 31 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE and YEABSIRA TAYE

Kassahun Follo's plan to keep an eye on the national polls set for Monday, June 1, 2...

When Bread Becomes Too Costly for Breakfast

May 23 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

For Helen Mekonnen, 45, bread has become the measure of how far a household income ca...

Quiet Campaigns Speak Loudly

May 17 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Genene Gedebu reached Kucha after the campaign season for the upcoming national elections opened, expecting to do what candidates do. The Pr...

Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

May 9 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU and MASTEWAL ZEMENE

Luladay Abraham treats the arrival of her menstrual cycle less as a private inconvenience than as a month...

Gallery

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Oct 6 , 2021

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...

2020 in Posterity

Jan 5 , 2021

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

Sep 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

Dec 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

Apr 26 , 2019

Commentaries

The Political Class Bet on Mega-projects, Pushed State Banks to the Brink

Ethiopia's developmental state experiment was less a model of economic discipline tha...

Taking Women Farmers Seriously

As the war in Iran disrupts fertiliser supplies and undermines food security around the world, the need t...

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...

Fortune news

Voters Brave Cold Dawn as Mayor Urges for Patience

Jun 1 , 2026

By the time the first light settled over Addis Abeba's high-altitude districts today...

Ethiopians Begin Voting for Federal, Regional Legislators

Jun 1 , 2026

Millions of Ethiopians began lining up before dawn on today, June 1, 2026, to cast ba...

New Customs Directive Seeks to Remove Export Uncertainty

May 31 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

The Ethiopian Customs Commission (ECC) has introduced a legally binding advance rulin...

Logistics Sector Opens to Foreign Firms With One-Million-Dollar Entry Requirement

May 31 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

The Ministry of Transport & Logistics has introduced new requirements for foreign...