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Nov 6 , 2021

United Beverages Introduces New 'Waliin' Brand

United Beverages S.C., producer of Anbessa Beer, last week introduced a new brand dubbed Waliin, targeting customers in Oromia Regional State. Established with a capital of 88 million euros in 201...

Nov 6 , 2021

US Revokes Ethiopia Trade Privileges Effective Next Year

The US government has terminated Ethiopia's involvement in the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA), citing “gross violations of internationally recognised human rights.” Signed into US...

Nov 6 , 2021

Berhan Bank Appoints New Acting President

Berhan Bank has appointed its vice president for customer service and quality assurance, Bethlehem Getachew, as its acting president beginning November 3, 2021. Her appointment came following the r...

Oct 30 , 2021

EXPO RIBBON

Fikru Regassa (PhD) (centre-left), state minister for Agriculture, and Meeuwes Brouwer, agricultural counsellor at the embassy of the Netherlands, cut the ribbon to open the 1oth Ethiopian Poultry Exp...

Oct 30 , 2021

FENCED OFF

A blue coloured steel fencing has closed access to pedestrians that might have used the bus stop. The street, around Hilton Hotel, also has the street lights behind a barrier of a fence that is likewi...

Oct 30 , 2021

STADIUM UPGRADE

The Addis Ababa Stadium, located near Meskel Square, and not far from the headquarters of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), is under renovation. Contracted out to Friends Engineering, the renovat...

Oct 30 , 2021

Upper House Approves Formation of New Regional State

During its first extraordinary assembly held on October 30, 2021, the upper house of parliament approved the formation of the country's 11th regional state following a referendum vote last month. T...

Oct 30 , 2021

ArifPay Inks Agreement with Abay Bank

ArifPay, a fintech company, and Abay Bank inked an agreement last week to launch a mobile point of sales (mPOS) service. An m-POS service is implemented through smartphones or tablets that can perf...

Oct 30 , 2021

First Quarter Coffee Exports Generate $327m

Coffee exports generated close to 330 million dollars over the first quarter of the fiscal year. The figure is 77pc higher than revenues from the same period last year. A total of 86,300tn of the c...

Oct 30 , 2021

Central Bank Exempts Petroleum Suppliers from Loan Freeze

Regulators at the central bank have exempted petroleum suppliers from the freeze on collateralised loans imposed in August 2021. The exemption comes following an appeal from the Ethiopian Petroleum...

Oct 30 , 2021

Revenues Ministry Collects 70b Br in First Quarter

The Ministry of Revenues collected over 70 billion Br in taxes and duties over the first three months of the fiscal year. The figure is 10.6pc higher than what was collected over the same period last...

Oct 30 , 2021

Authority Prohibits Foreign Radio Streams on Local FMs

The Ethiopian Media Authority has barred local FM radio stations from streaming of foreign radio programmes. Some FM radio stations routinely engage in streaming radio programmes from foreign stati...

Oct 30 , 2021

Donkey Abattoir Earns $190,000 from Exports

Rhong Chang, a donkey slaughterhouse operating in Assela Town, Oromia Regional State, has earned 190,000 dollars from the export of donkey meat to markets in East Asia over the past two months. The...

Oct 30 , 2021

Pioneer Mortgage Bank Opens its Doors

Goh Betoch has officially begun providing services as the country's first private mortgage bank. Established with over 6,600 shareholders, Goh received a banking license after it collected a paid-u...

Oct 23 , 2021

GONE FISHIN'

A fisherman trying his luck out on the shores of Lake Hawassa. He arrived early in the morning, hoping to catch enough fish to take to one of the city's popular fish markets. His hommeade fishing rod...

Oct 23 , 2021

BLOCKED

This sidewalk near Mexico Square is swarming with vendors selling everything from clothing to produce and spices. The roadside business is a real hassle for pedestrians, who are forced to push their w...

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