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Aug 7 , 2021

Federal Service Allots 753m Br for Vehicle Procurement

The Federal Public Procurement & Property Disposal Service has awarded 47 suppliers common framework contracts for the procurement of office and IT equipment, vehicles, furniture and other items f...

Aug 7 , 2021

Ministry Launches Revised Tariff Book

The Ministry of Finance has launched a new tariff book – a price index of 8,000 international import items used to determine customs duty rates. The major change is that the revised book includes...

Aug 7 , 2021

Gadaa Bank Inches Closer to Launch

Gadaa Bank, one of dozens of banks in line to join the industry, held its first subscribers meeting last week after having raised 600 million Br in paid-up capital. Since it started selling shares at...

Jul 31 , 2021

DANGEROUS TREK

Nearly everywhere one looks, there is a construction project in Addis Abeba, from roads to skyscrapers and parks. But as the construction is carried out, they pose major inconveniences to residents an...

Jul 31 , 2021

GREEN ROOF

Landscaping is a growing business in Ethiopia, most evident by the streets and public spaces of Addis Abeba, where greening projects are underway. The same goes for the top floor of a part of Capital...

Jul 31 , 2021

SCAFFOLDING PROTECTION

Construction sites have long been criticised for lacklustre safety protocols for daily workers and building materials that fall outside of the project site. This building under construction in Kazanch...

Jul 31 , 2021

Debub Global Appoints New Board Chairperson

Debub Global Bank has appointed Bikila Hurrisa (PhD) as chairperson of its board of directors, while Yonas Ayalew was named deputy chairperson. The two were nominated by shareholders during the Bank's...

Jul 31 , 2021

Ernst & Young to Advise Sugar Privatisation

Ernst & Young, one of the big four management consultants, has won the bid to advise on the privatisation of 10 sugar industries under the Sugar Corporation. Though 11 companies showed an inter...

Jul 31 , 2021

Chinese Company to Venture into Ammonia, Hydrogen Production

The Chinese Poly GCL group is planning to expand its operations in Ethiopia to include the production of ammonia and liquid hydrogen. The company first laid foot in the country after striking a a d...

Jul 31 , 2021

Second Ethiopian Vessel Docks in Berbera

The second vessel owned by the Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Service Enterprise (ESLSE) has docked at the Port of Berbera, Somaliland. Named after a river, the Shebelle vessel was carrying a c...

Jul 31 , 2021

Japan Extends $2.7m in Food Assistance

As part of its ongoing economic and social development programmes, the Japanese government has provided 2.7 million dollars of worth of rice to Ethiopia. The assistance comprises approximately 3,3...

Jul 31 , 2021

Ministry Imports 89,000tn of Semi-Processed Edible Oil

The Ministry of Trade & Industry imported 89,000tn of semi-processed palm and soybean edible oil over the last year with the aim of easing the shortage of raw materials facing domestic oil factori...

Jul 31 , 2021

Abyssinia Flight Services Aircraft Crashes

A United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flight managed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and operated by Abyssinia Flight Services, a private aviation company, crashed on the afternoon of Tu...

Jul 31 , 2021

Liability Corp Gets Board Chairperson

Tegegnework Gettu (PhD), the board chairperson of the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE), has been chosen to serve as board chairperson of the Liability & Asset management Corporation (LAMC). T...

Jul 24 , 2021

Export Earnings Surpass $3.6b

Ethiopia earned a record-high 3.62 billion dollars from the exports of goods last year, according to officials at the Ministry of Trade & Industry. The figure is over half a billion dollars greate...

Jul 24 , 2021

HAND WASHING STALL, BARELY

One of the silver linings to the COVID-19 pandemic was that it brought back greater attention to hygiene as a public policy. It saw the erection of several hand washing stalls, with a tanker, pipes an...

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