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Oct 23 , 2021

Election Board Announces Schedule for Benishangul Elections

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has announced polling in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State is to be held on December 30, 2021. The Regional State, which has nine parliamentary seats and...

Oct 23 , 2021

Somali's Council Re-elects Mustafa Mohammed President

The Somali Regional Council, established last week, has elected Mustafa Mohammed as its chief administrator. Mustafa has been serving as administrator of the region for the past three years. He was ap...

Oct 23 , 2021

Ministry Begins Issuing Permits to Cross-Border Freighters

The Ministry of Transport & Logistics has begun providing permits to cross-border freight operators. The mandate was previously handled by the Federal Transport Authority (FTA), which is one of do...

Oct 23 , 2021

Authority Approves Private Electricity Generation Directive

The Ethiopian Energy Authority has approved a directive that would allow the production of electricity for private consumption. The directive requires interested applicants to submit a land lease,...

Oct 23 , 2021

Utility Pilots Portable Payment Machines

The Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) has procured 100 portable point of sale (PoS) machines to allow smart card users to recharge their pre-paid electric power balance. Fifteen of the machines have be...

Oct 16 , 2021

EXHIBITION SCENE

Ethio Agri-CEFT's stall at the fourth Agrofood Plastprintpack Ethiopia exhibition draws in a few curious onlookers. The exhibition was held at Skylight Hotel, on Africa Avenue, between October 14 and...

Oct 16 , 2021

QUICK FIX

The driver of an auto rickshaw, locally known as a bajaj, was having a litte tyre trouble in front of Hawassa Industrial Park. It was not too much of a hassle though, as he could single-handedly turn...

Oct 16 , 2021

FIRST FLOOR HOME

As Addis Abeba's population continues to explode and the cost of living spirals out of control, it is becoming more common to see people living in a makeshift residence. This family has made their hom...

Oct 16 , 2021

UK, US Provide $66m Aid to War Affected

The UK has announced an additional 29 million pounds (40 million dollars) of humanitarian aid to people affected by the fighting in northern Ethiopia. This comes a day after the United States provi...

Oct 16 , 2021

Capital Gets New Bread Factory

A bread factory built at a cost of 217 million Br was inaugurated in Addis Abeba last week. Resting on 6,000sqm of land in the Lemi Kura District, the factory has the capacity to produce a million...

Oct 16 , 2021

Tena Oil to Expand Production

Tena Edible Oil is gearing up to undergo an expansion project at its plant in Dukem Town, 37Km from Addis Abeba. A subsidiary of 54 Capital, which also owns the Aquasafe bottled water brand, the co...

Oct 16 , 2021

IMF Omits Ethiopia in Growth Forecast

The IMF has omitted Ethiopia in its latest GDP growth forecast, citing uncertainty. This is the first time the organisation has failed to include the country in the report it publishes biannually....

Oct 16 , 2021

Jotun Inaugurates Paint Factory

Jotun Paint, a Norwegian multinational chemicals manufacturer, has inaugurated a paint factory in Adama Industrial Park. The factory has the capacity to produce eight million litres of paint annually...

Oct 16 , 2021

T-bill Market Sees Dramatic Turnaround

The latest round of treasury bill auctions saw an oversubscription by over three billion Birr. Bidders offered 37.5 billion Br, although the central bank brought a total of 34 billion Br worth of bill...

Oct 16 , 2021

Audit Leads to Suspensions over Land Grabs

The Addis Abeba City Administration has suspended 120 officials and civil servants suspected of being involved in land grabbing. Briefing the media last week, Tiratu Beyene, city manager and deputy...

Oct 9 , 2021

SURVEYING BY WHEEL

A surveyor is carefully measuring the distance on the road using a digital surveyor's wheel. He is taking careful notes at the same time to minimise error. This is in preparation of a line that would...

Columns

Commentaries | Jun 27,2026

The Rent Law Protects No One Well. Time to Rewrite It.

The federal legislative house rushed through one of the country's most contentious housing...

Editorial | Jun 27 , 2026

Addis Abeba Pours a New Story in Every Cup, Where Tradition Meets Global Influence

Customers settle into a carefully curated space of dark wood, black accents, muted green f...

Featured | May 31 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

Soaring Fares Strand Families on Highways

At the sprawling Lamberet Long-Distance Bus Station near Asmara Road, the usual din of eng...

Agenda | Jun 27 , 2026 . By MASTEWAL ZEMENE

Electric Cars Boom Tests Insurers' Petrol-Era Rulebook

A year after federal transport authorities restricted fossil-fuelled vehicles to clear the...

Fortune News | Jun 27 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER