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Dec 25 , 2021

COVID-19 Cases Spike to Record Highs

The number of COVID-19 cases has jumped dramatically over the past week with an average of 2,740 people testing positive each day between December 20, 2021, and December 23. Over one-third of all s...

Dec 25 , 2021

Central Bank Awards License to First Fintech Payment Operator

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has granted ArfiPay, a fintech firm, the first-ever license for a payment system operator. This comes after a year the central bank had issued a directive allowing...

Dec 25 , 2021

Oromia Credit Records 560m Br in Profits

Oromia Credit & Saving S.C., now known as Siinqee Bank, registered net profits of 560.5 million Br in its last fiscal year of operating solely as a microfinance institution (MFI). The former MF...

Dec 19 , 2021

COMPOUNDED

The streets of Addis Abeba constantly shift, and this area around Mexico Square is a testament to it. The traffic and street lights find themselves behind a brick wall since they are in an area that h...

Dec 19 , 2021

SIGN AWARENESS

A man stops at a bus station around Mexico Square to read promotional material designed to raise awareness about inclusion of the hearing impaired. The poster features the history of sign language and...

Dec 19 , 2021

STREET SCALES

A thriving service on the streets of Addis Abeba is weight scales, mostly by children. They usually take up spots on streets and ask passersby to measure their weight for a small fee, as this man in t...

Dec 19 , 2021

Ethiopian Reinsurance Eyes African Expasion

The executives of Ethiopian Reinsurance S.C. (Ethio-Re) plan to expand into other markets in East Africa within the coming five years. The company was incorporated in 2016 as the country's first re...

Struggling Leather Industry Garners $19m from Exports

The export of leather and leather products has brought in 19 million dollars so far this fiscal year. The figure is nearly 30pc less than what was targeted by the Ethiopian Leather Industry Developmen...

Dec 19 , 2021

Ministry Temporarily Suspends Speed Limiter Requirement

The Ministry of Transport & Logistics has temporarily suspended the requirement imposed on new imported vehicles to install speed limiters in order to attain a license plate. In its statement l...

Dec 19 , 2021

Germany Pledges 80m Euro Grant

The government of Germany has made a commitment to grant Ethiopia 80 million euros. The grant was announced during a meeting between Ahmed Shide, minister of Finance, and Auer Stephan, ambassador o...

Dec 19 , 2021

Security Agency Joins City Tax Collection Efforts

The Information Network Security Agency has signed an agreement with Addis Abeba City Revenues Bureau to enhance the latter's digital revenue collection. A platform dubbed "Derash Digital Payment P...

Dec 19 , 2021

Electric Grid Codes Near Completion

The Ethiopian Energy Authority has finalised the drafts for codes that govern and set standards for electric transmission and distribution grids. There has never been a formal code to governs all p...

Dec 19 , 2021

City Adjusts Transport Fares Following Fuel Price Hike

The Addis Abeba Transport Bureau has announced a bump in transport fares a week after the 25pc hike on fuel. The fare increases vary between 50 cent and 3.5 Br depending on the length of the route...

Dec 11 , 2021

CONCRETE FIELD

This major road project in Qera has already radically changed the scene of the area. But it remains unfinished, posing major headaches for pedestrians and residents of the neighbourhood. Some youths h...

Dec 11 , 2021

TEA SHADE

The rehabilitation work along Churchill Avenue has created one of the few walkable streets in Addis Abeba. Even parts of it that were not formally designed for leisure are finding use. Vendors have ta...

Dec 11 , 2021

FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT

Women-led businesses showcase their products at a fair in Grove Garden Walk, in front of Mesqel Square, on December 9, 2021. It is part of an intuitive to organise women from low-income households to...


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