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AU Looks to Boost Vaccine Manufacturing Capabilities

April 17 , 2021

The African Union (AU) Commission signaled its intent to see the continent's capacity to manufacture vaccines against the COVID-19, signing a memorandum of understanding...

Sweden Proffers $3m to UNFPA Ethiopia Programme

April 17 , 2021

The Embassy of Sweden has pledged 3.3 million dollars to support the ninth United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) country programme, which commenced last year and is unde...

WASTE OF ADWA CENTRE

April 17 , 2021

Wastewater is flooding this street in Piassa from construction work being carried out next to it as a result of flaws in the drainage system. The construction taking place is that of the Adwa Memorial Centre. With construction having began in 2019 with funding from the...

City to Get 275m Br Pedestrian Crossovers, Bridges

April 17 , 2021

Pedestrian crossovers are to be built on the city's light railway lines and bridges on its highways at the cost of 275 million Br, the Addis Abeba Traffic Management Agen...

Local Coffee Exporter Partners with American Firm

April 17 , 2021

A family-owned business with an average annual coffee export volume of around 2,500tn, is now a country representative for GrainPro Africa, a subsidiary of US-based Grain...

COLOURLESS SPRITE

April 17 , 2021

East Africa Bottling S.C., bottler of Coca-Cola, has unveiled a new packaging to another brand it sells, Sprite, on April 15, 2021. The new container for the soft drink is a colorless transparent plastic instead of the green-ish packaging Sprite used to come in. The sof...

Coffee Exports Reach New Heights

April 17 , 2021

A bit of good news in the export sector reported last week. The highest-ever earnings from coffee exports in a single month were recorded, according to officials at the E...

Huawei, Jobs Commission Partner to Foster ICT Growth

April 17 , 2021

Around 4,000 young professionals are set to benefit from a partnership between the Chinese tech giant Huawei and the Jobs Creation Commission. A three-year programme i...

COVID-19 Cases See 91pc Monthly Jump

April 17 , 2021

The highest number of severe cases of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been recorded over the past week, with over 1,000 people currently seeking treatment in intensi...

USAID Proffers $152m to Humanitarian Efforts

April 10 , 2021

International organisations have continued their efforts to alleviate the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the war-ravaged Tigray Regional State, where an estimated 4.5 m...

KHAT ON THE MOVE

April 17 , 2021

A vendor carries on his back rolls of Khat, a native plant, wrapped with banana leaves for sale at a retailer. Khat is a popular stimulant in high demand especially in the eastern parts of the country. Ethiopia is the largest exporter of Khat around the world, especiall...

Ethio telecom Continues 4G Expansion, to the East

April 10 , 2021

For the third time since the beginning of this year, Ethio telecom held an inauguration ceremony to kick off its 4G LTE Advanced network. This time, to the east of the co...

FAO Launches $10.6m Drought Resistance Project

April 10 , 2021

Over 117,000 households in the Afar, Somali, and Southern regional states are set to benefit from a 10.6-million-dollar project aimed at protecting pastoralists and farme...

Zemen Bank Rolls Out Digital Banking Outlets

April 17 , 2021

Zemen Bank has partnered up with Mastercard to launch a pre-paid travel card, which can be used to make cashless payments for flights and hotel bookings. The Bank has also made its automated teller machines (ATMs) compatible with cashless payments. Cardholders will b...

Editorial

Regional Fiscal Perfidy Stems from an Indulgent Fed. Alarming!

April 10 , 2021

It is not often the case for regional states' leaders to swallow their vanity and dec...

Bailout Needs to Contend with Original Sin of Political Corruption

April 3 , 2021

As an Auditor General, he was not the most conspicous of officials in the mainstream...

At Odds with Dev't Partners, Ethiopia Could Miss Out on Improving World Economy

March 27 , 2021

In an unprecedented turn of irony, just as Ethiopia began an attempt to open up to th...

With Limited Room for Maneuver, Gov't Should Tread Carefully with Oil Supply

March 20 , 2021

There is never a dull moment in the tense and combative relationship between regulato...

Columns

Sunday With Eden

Everyone Needs to Answer for Ethiopia Predicaments

A few days ago, a friend told me an unnerving story – highly illustrative of Ethio...

April 10 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

COVID Makes Comeback: This Time Without Kidding Around

Over the weekend, among the people who lost their lives due to the Novel Coronavirus...

April 3 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

Don't Judge People by Their Tattoo

Do not judge a book by its cover, we say. But we still judge all the same. It is much worse when it comes to a living, breathing person. We...

April 10 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Forgive Some Debt in Time of Hardship

It is often people somewhere near the middle of the socioeconomic ladder who lend money and give the borr...

April 3 , 2021 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

Agenda

On Forex Front, New Rules Bring New Problems

April 10 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

For Fitsum Alemayehu (MD), general manager of Biotech Plc, an importer of pharmaceuti...

Ethiopia Lives Through the Worst of Times

April 3 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

A 59-year-old man, an actor by profession, fell severely ill about five months ago....

NO PLACE LIKE HOME: The Fate of Tigray’s Displaced

March 27 , 2021 . By MAYA MISIKIR

Merhawit’s days in the town of Mai Kadra, Tigray Regional State, were mostly calm a...

Mobile Money Pioneers Brace for Ethio Telecom's Entrance into Sector

March 20 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It was a humid day out in Addis Abeba's streets where customers sat comfortably away...

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...