FORTUNE+ VIDEO SPONSORED CONTENTS ADVERTORIALS FORTUNE AUDIO Fortune Careers TRADE AFRICA Election 2026 New TIME REMAINING UNTIL ETHIOPIA’S NATIONAL ELECTION 0Days 0Hours 0Minutes 0Seconds

Fortune Logo

Radar

  1. Home
  2. Radar

Aug 21 , 2021

Duty-Free Privileges Valued at 81b Br

Duty exemptions granted to importers last year had a total value of 81 billion Br, the Ministry of Revenues announced. As part of the country's initiative to draw investment, the government has bee...

Aug 21 , 2021

Awash Bank Partners with Discover Global

Awash Bank has signed an agreement with Discover Global Network, an international card payment issuer based in Chicago, to facilitate card payments. Following the agreement, those holding Discover, Di...

Aug 14 , 2021

Central Bank Declines Extension Request

Officials at the central bank have turned down a formal request for the extension of a deadline to meet new capital requirements for financial institutions gearing up to join the banking industry. ...

Aug 14 , 2021

AMATUER MOVING

While moving companies have gradually grown in number, many still use either friends and relatives or unemployed youth lazing about the neighbourhood to help them ferry their goods. This pickup truc...

Aug 14 , 2021

ELBOW BUMP TO PROMOTE

Kumneger Teketel, managing director of Ozzie Hospitality & Business Group, bumps elbows with Sileshi Girma, CEO of Tourism Ethiopia, after the signing of a memorandum of understanding to strengt...

Aug 14 , 2021

SHOE POLISH SPECIAL

In the middle of Merkato, one of the biggest marketplaces in Africa, are open-air specialised vendors. They are selling shoe shine materials, including brushes and shoe polish. Their main customers...

New Programme Aims to Curb Industrial Park Staff Turnover

The Mastercard Foundation's BRIDGES Programme and its partners are looking to lower the staggeringly high turnover rates at industrial parks through the introduction of a saving and career development...

Aug 14 , 2021

Omo Microfinance Mobilises 7b Br Deposits

Omo Micro Finance S.C. mobilised over seven billion Birr in deposits last year, bringing its aggregate to 36 billion Br. Established 25 years ago with an initial capital of half a million Birr and...

Aug 14 , 2021

City Revenues Bureau Collects 5.8b Br

The Addis Abeba City Administration Revenues Bureau collected over 5.8 billion Br over the first month of the new fiscal year, which started on July 8, 2021. The amount exceeds the target by eight...

Aug 14 , 2021

Bahir Dar College Inaugurates Oxygen Plant

An oxygen plant with the capacity to fill 300 cylinders daily has officially started operations in Bahir Dar City, Amhara Regional State, last week. Under Bahir Dar University Medical & Health...

Aug 14 , 2021

Industries Forge Alliance to Recycle Water

Bottling companies and industries involved in agri-businesses partners to form an alliance in a bid to recycle water that they use for their establishments. Supported by international organizations, i...

Aug 14 , 2021

MTN Opts Out of Second Telecom Bid

The MTN Group will not be participating in the second telecom license bid, its executives announced. It was one of the two bidders that were vying to get the first-ever private telecom license earl...

Aug 7 , 2021

Health Ministry Hands Over Mandate

The Ministry of Health has handed over the mandate to review the credentials of students set to take a medical certification examination later this month to the Higher Education Relevance & Qualit...

Aug 7 , 2021

BUS-FREE TERMINAL

The new Merkato Intra-city Bus Terminal ironically is empty of vehicles or even much activity. Inaugurated back in May and built for a total of 200 million Br, it is hoped to improve and advance mass...

Aug 7 , 2021

'MY DAM' APP

Abie Sano (left), president of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), and Ashebir Balcha, chief executive officer at the Ethiopian Electric Power, bump elbows at a ceremony for inaugurating an applica...

Aug 7 , 2021

VEHICLE FOR DRYING

Addis Abeba is notoriously hard for parking. It is not just that parking spaces are hard to find, even when they could be found, they are liable to be used for hanging wet clothes to dry as this perso...


Most read

Columns

Commentaries | Jun 27,2026

When Arbitration and Litigation Begin to Blur

Life Matters | Jun 27,2026

The Hidden Cost of Cheap Snacks Lies Beyond the Price Tag

My Opinion | Jun 27,2026

Will AI Yield Abundance Without Purpose?

Sunday with Eden | Jun 27,2026

The Fine Print Behind the Before-and-After

Agenda | Jun 27,2026

Soaring Fares Strand Families on Highways

Editorial | Jun 27,2026

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


         ADVERTISEMENT

Read More

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