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Mar 27 , 2021

Parliament Amends Six-Decade-Old Commercial Code

Members of parliament unanimously ratified a revised Commercial Code earlier this week, marking the first time in over six decades that the Code has seen any major changes. Efforts to amend the Cod...

Mar 20 , 2021

Election Ads

The election season is in gear with campaigning having started and candidate registration having been finalised. Here, in Kazanchis, passersby stop to read the names of candidates on a board. But thes...

Mar 20 , 2021

Shop Dismantling

Wood lies on the ground as what comprises small shops are dismantled in Saris Adey Abeba. Owners of the shop look on with detachment as every bit of the city keeps changing its face with continuous de...

Mar 20 , 2021

Enat's Design

Hana Tilahun (left), board chair of Enat Bank, gives a tour to Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi, president of the Federal Supreme Court, of the contending architectural designs for a headquarters the Bank...

Mar 20 , 2021

Japan to Fund Portable Geothermal Power Plant

With the capacity to produce five megawatts of power, a portable geothermal power plant will soon be introduced with the help of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Japan has agre...

Mar 20 , 2021

Tourism Ethiopia Partners with Facebook

Tourism Ethiopia is partnering with Facebook on a project aimed at alleviating the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry. Dubbed "Boost with Facebook for Tourism Ethi...

Mar 20 , 2021

RedFox Commences Data Centre Project

A new data centre at the Addis Abeba ICT Park, in a joint venture with a German-based company, is on the way. Early last week, RedFox Solutions Group broke ground on the construction of its private da...

Mar 20 , 2021

European Aid Organisation Completes Year-Long Project

People in Need (PIN), a non-governmental organisation founded in 1992, has announced the completion of a year-long project that aided more than 100,000 internally-displaced people, returnees and host...

Mar 20 , 2021

Jazeera Airways Marks Inaugural Flight

Jazeera Airways, a Kuwaiti carrier, has launched a twice-weekly flight service between Addis Abeba and Kuwait. The service was launched early last week on Tuesday, March 16. The new route will oper...

Mar 20 , 2021

Ginchi Power Station Inaugurated

Last week saw the inauguration of Ginchi Power Distribution Station in West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State. Built at the cost of 8.4 million dollars, the station has the capacity to carry 100MW of p...

Mar 20 , 2021

UK Proscribes Commercial, Private Flights From Ethiopia

Aviation authorities in the United Kingdom have barred Ethiopian Airlines from conducting commercial flights to England for an unspecified amount of time. Ethiopia is among the four countries added...

Mar 20 , 2021

WHO Regional Director Urges Vaccination Push

International health officials have called for the continuation of COVID-19 vaccination efforts in Africa, following news from Europe that the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine may cause blood clots. Several...

Mar 14 , 2021

Coffee Train

Tomoca Coffee has opened another outlet inside the La Gare Train Station and is converting an old train car into a café. Open in 1917, the train station is one of the attractions of the city. It will...

Mar 14 , 2021

Water Transport

On the outskirts of Meqelle, capital of Tigray Regional State, a shortage of water has led to citizens needing to transport water in plastic containers for long distances. A woman is carrying one on h...

Mar 14 , 2021

Street Chase

A game of cats and mice takes place between street vendors and law enforcers nearly everywhere in Addis Abeba. The vendors here are carrying their merchandise in sacks after packing them in a hurry to...

Mar 13 , 2021

Dozen Firms Queue Up to Join Mobile Banking

Over a dozen private companies applied for licenses to operate digital financial services, including mobile money, from the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). Two companies are applying for a digital fi...

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Commentaries | Jul 25,2026

Cost Recovery by Public Institutions Becomes a Hidden Tax

Ideally, citizens who have paid income tax all year should not have to reach for their wal...

Editorial | Jul 25 , 2026

Chasing Excellence in the Summer, Raising Questions Over Who It Leaves Behind

For as long as her daughter had been in school, the summer break belonged to the family. E...

Featured | Jul 25 , 2026 . By BIZUAYEHU ABIY and TIGIST MEKONNEN

Shematera Weavers' Chain Meets the VAT Line

The footsteps, bargaining voices and rustle of cotton cloth that once filled Shematera in...

Agenda | Jul 25 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE

Global Bank Board Suspends 18 as Deposit Probe Widens

Global Bank's Board of Directors have overhauled top management, after suspending several...

Fortune News | Jul 25 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER