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Ethiopia, Djibouti Ink Deal to Install Gas Pipeline

February 16 , 2019

Ethiopia and Djibouti signed an agreement to lay down a 760Km natural gas pipeline that stretches from Elala and Kalub, Somali Regional State, to Djibouti Port. Samuel...

Enterprise Adjusts Addis-Adama Expressway Fee

February 16 , 2019

The Ethiopian Toll Roads Enterprise, the operator of the nations toll roads, has adjusted fees for the Addis-Adama Expressway, effective March 1, 2019. The adjustment...

Welcoming Dance

February 16 , 2019

A public diplomacy delegation from Eritrea arrived in Addis Abeba, at Bole Airport, on Thursday, February 14, 2019. They were received by an Ethiopian dance and song group that performed Ethiopian cultural songs. The delegation will tour the country and play in differen...

Authority Constructs, Upgrades Roads for 2b Br

February 16 , 2019

The construction and upgrade of 25 road projects will be completed before the end of the current fiscal year, disclosed the Addis Abeba City Roads Authority. The road...

Habesha Brews Second Product

February 16 , 2019

Habesha Breweries S.C is launching a new alcohol-free beverage, Negus, starting this month. Brewed in Habesha’s Debre Berhan plant, Negus will initially be made avai...

Shades

February 16 , 2019

Faced with a scorching sunny season, residents of Addis Abeba have been looking to buy sunglasses, and the black market has answered the call. These vendors in Qera are displaying various colours and shades of sunglasses to prospective buyers, One of the vendors himself...

ECX Half Year Transaction Hits 14b Br

February 16 , 2019

The transaction at the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange hit 14 billion Br in the first half of the current fiscal year. The value was recorded from the transaction of 256...

Addis Pledges 10m Br for Pan-African University

February 16 , 2019

Addis Abeba City Administration has pledged 10 million Br for the construction of Pan-African University, which will be built at the historic city of Adwa, Tigray Regiona...

Addis Capital Finances 48m Br Machinery

February 16 , 2019

Addis Capital Goods Finance Business S.C provided 48 million Br worth of machinery and equipment to different enterprises in the first half of the current fiscal year. ...

City Tax Revenue Rises 26pc in Year

February 16 , 2019

The Addis Abeba City Revenues Authority has collected 18.7 billion Br in tax revenue in the first half of the current fiscal year. The performance was six percent shor...

US-Africa Forum

February 16 , 2019

The opening plenary at the US-Africa Trade & Investment Forum took place on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at Sheraton Addis Hotel. Matthew Harrington, deputy assistant secretary for Africa at the US Department of State (standing at the podium), reaffirmed the US’s c...

Judges Re-up 14-Day Custody of Bereket, Tadesse

February 9 , 2019

Judges at the Regional High Court in Bahir Dar gave 14 additional days for the Amhara Regional State Anti-Corruption Commission to continue their investigation and keep B...

United Overhauls Management Strategy

February 9 , 2019

United Bank, one of the 16 private banks, has announced that it has launched its long-term strategic road map, becoming the fifth private bank to initiate the same strate...

Coffee Tradition

February 9 , 2019

A traditional coffee ceremony is being displayed from the southwestern region of Ethiopia. It employs a unique way of drinking coffee from a wooden container, instead of the more common small coffee cups called tsini. Different types of cultural materials and products o...

Editorial

Ethiopia Needs a Fresh Economic Order to Weather the Storm Ahead

February 16 , 2019

This year, 2019, will be defined by global economic factors of slowdowns and trade wa...

With Law Enforcement, Bad Habits Die Hard

February 9 , 2019

Issayas Dagnew, a senior executive at Ethio telecom, is a brother to Kinfe Dagnew, a...

Political Maturity, Institutional Reforms, Hallmarks of Transitional Justice

February 1 , 2019

With a reformist administration in charge of the executive, there has been a relentle...

Moving Economic Policymaking Away from Short Termism

January 26 , 2019

Ethiopia’s growth narrative, validated recently by that bastion of liberalism, the...

Columns

Commentaries | Feb 09,2019

Africa: From Scramble to Theatre of Rivalry for Global Superpowers

Life Matters | Feb 16,2019

Saintly, Lovely Day

My Opinion | Feb 16,2019

Public Health Policy’s Implications

Sunday with Eden | Feb 16,2019

Beyond Partisanship, toward Comprehension

Agenda | Dec 25,2018

Civil Societies Welcome Bill, with Reservations

Editorial | Feb 01,2019

Political Maturity, Institutional Reforms, Hallmarks of Transitional Justice

Sunday With Eden

Beyond Partisanship, toward Comprehension

We live in an era when tribalism has been elevated to dominate national discourse. It...

February 16 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

Investment Strategy Due for a Revamp

In a country such as Ethiopia, where the government has a large stake in the economy...

February 9 , 2019 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

Saintly, Lovely Day

Legend has it that over a millennium ago, a priest performed particular actions that led to the birth of a date celebrated across the globe...

February 16 , 2019 . By Tsion Fisseha

Freedom of Mind

Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has changed Ethiopian politics. Since his inauguration, words such as reform, hope and unity have been freque...

February 9 , 2019 . By Tsion Fisseha

Agenda

Informal Decision Dashes Employment Hopes

February 16 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Samson Mekonnen, born and raised in the Ras Desta Hospital area of Arada District and...

Wheat Supply Shortage Disrupts Bakeries in Addis

February 9 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

When Sultan Redi was just 10 years old, his father established Abo Bakery Shop in Ask...

Breweries, Periphery Industries on Edge as Bill Progresses

February 2 , 2019 . By KALAEB GIRMA

Three years ago, Sewmehon Yismaw was approached by Habesha Breweries for the producti...

Leather Industry Stumbles in Value Addition

January 26 , 2019 . By BERHANE HAILEMARIAM

Abebe Hode, 64, joined the leather industry in the late 1970s, right after graduating...

Gallery

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

Pizza Hut Ethiopia has launched its third outlet in Addis Abeba, this one entirely run by women. The joint venture franchise agreement between YUM! Restaurants International and Belayab Foods Production Plc opened the new Pizza Hut branch in Centu...