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Feb 24 , 2024

LOOKING GLASS

A public phone around the Gofa Mebrat Hail area evokes memories of a bygone era when access to a global network was not a mere dip into one's pockets. Telecommunication was introduced in 1894, with ne...

Feb 24 , 2024

WHEELING & DEALING

A row of delivery bicycles around the Haya Hulet area await customers looking for services. The significance of incorporating bike lanes becomes apparent in the capital as delivery services have seen...

Feb 24 , 2024

CHASING PAVEMENTS

A crew of public servants mounts a new speed bump around the financial district in the Mexico area. According to a three-year study by the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety, the Haile Garmen...

Feb 17 , 2024

CLEAR COASTS

Roads get cleared as a fleet of vehicles carrying diplomats makes its way to the African Union Summit held in Addis Abeba. The capital fills up with attendees from all over the world every year, usher...

Feb 17 , 2024

PRESCIENT PALLIATIVES

A road around Cassanchis area receives a quick fix as renovation projects ramp up across the capital. Despite the rarity of cement in the country and inflationary headwinds, road renovations have prog...

Feb 17 , 2024

SALIENT SCENES

Pictures of the 32 founders of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) draw spectator attention at the African Union headquarters. Formed in the fervent pan-African atmosphere that followed the indepe...

Feb 10 , 2024

FAST FASHION

A second-hand shoe market around  Sebategna is brimming with busy cobblers hard at work. Second-hand clothing is a thriving subsector in most Sub-Saharan countries shaped by import regulations and un...

Feb 10 , 2024

FELLING FOLLIES

Several trees around the stadium area have been cut down as part of the ongoing renovation of the football field. Addis Abeba has gone through an aesthetic revamp over the past five years, with greene...

Feb 10 , 2024

MARBLE VIGNETTES

The Adwa Zero KM Museum, located a stone's throw away from the Mayor's office, is slated to open this week after four years of construction. A 45,000 sqm behemoth built in commemoration of Ethiopia's...

Feb 3 , 2024

SIDE POCKET

A new road around the Sheraton Addis Hotel opens a quick detour across aesthetically pleasing scenery. A severe shortage of cement as the 12 operational factories meet less than half of the 36 million...

Feb 3 , 2024

COURTING CONCRETE

A street vendor around Debrezeit Road steadily walks a crossing bridge balancing his locally made plastic water cans. The shortage of foreign currency has increasingly challenged the 4,000 local plast...

Feb 3 , 2024

LUSH LEEWAYS

A neatly tucked green area around the National Theatre receives renovations as part of a city-wide revamp. Addis Abeba has been glistening ever more green over the past four years as waves of new park...

Jan 27 , 2024

CRYSTAL SILHOUETTE

A Timket holiday festivities across the Lideta area. Ethiopia's peak holiday season which lasts until mid-March from late September has drawn to a close with contrasting levels of festivities across t...

Jan 27 , 2024

CYBER KIOSK

A shop around the Sidist Kilo area adorns digital payment instruments in a bid to expand marketability. The potential use of Central Bank digital currencies (CBDC) following studies on their use is be...

Jan 27 , 2024

ANODIC NOTES

Rophnan Nuri announced a double album release at Hyatt Regency Hotel in the next three weeks. The artist is poised to return to the airwaves with an album dubbed IX in keeping with the theme of his II...

Jan 19 , 2024

MOVING WOES

A pickup truck around the Laphto area hauls a pile of household items to a new neighbourhood. Constant arguments and fights had become ubiquitous across Addis Abeba related to loading and unloading it...


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