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Jan 9 , 2021

SHOPPING CAR

Caught in the middle of Shola Market during the holiday season of Ethiopian Christmas (Gena), this Toyota vehicle was at the wrong place at the wrong time. It was initially sitting easy, hidden from t...

Jan 9 , 2021

HALF DONE

Shops are not easily deterred to find a place in a country where spaces are expensive and yet few are coming into the market. It is thus not unusual to find shops such as this one, in Yeka District, w...

Jan 9 , 2021

Ministry Kicks off 5b Br Irrigation Dam

The Ajema Chacha Irrigation Development Project has been launched in Angolala TeraWereda in the North Shoa Zone of Amhara Regional State. The project is expected to be completed in the coming three ye...

Jan 9 , 2021

DFC Approves $500m Loan to Vodafone

The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved a loan to support Vodafone in its bid to acquire a telecom license in the soon-to-be-opened Ethiopian market. The...

Jan 9 , 2021

Boeing to Pay $2.5b in Settlement Fees

The Boeing Company agreed to pay over 2.5 billion dollars in settlement fees in relation to the two 737 Max plane crashes, which resulted in the deaths of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia. The...

Jan 9 , 2021

Dilla Industrial Park Construction Concludes

The construction of Dilla Industrial Park, located in Southern Nations, Nationalities & People's Regional State (SNNPR), has been completed. The Park, whose construction commenced two years ago, l...

Jan 9 , 2021

Ethio Lease Delivers Hospital Equipment

Ethio Lease, the sixth lease financing company in the country, has delivered a high-tech CT scanner to Alatyon Hospital in Hawassa. The equipment comes with a full-service warranty that covers spare p...

Jan 9 , 2021

Chinese Companies to Source Ethiopian Coffee

Two Chinese Companies signed an agreement to purchase Ethiopian coffee beans earlier this week. The companies pledged to buy 2,000tn of coffee annually between 2021 and 2023, according to the agreemen...

Jan 9 , 2021

Chamber Bill Proposes Name Change

The amended draft proclamation of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations has proposed a change to its name. The draft, presented at a panel discussion last week, would rename th...

Jan 9 , 2021

Ethio Telecom Launches Contract Plan Scheme

Ethio Telecom has set its postpaid mobile broadband contract plan service in motion. The plan entails an initial downpayment wherein customers are able to take home a smartphone, Wi-Fi modem or dongle...

Jan 3 , 2021

CROOKED PAVEMENT

The streets of Addis Abeba are in a constant state of construction and reconstruction. One example is this pavement on Sierra Leone Street near what is known as Temenja Yaj. Cobblestone bricks and san...

Jan 3 , 2021

SME'S BAZAR

Melaku Alebel, minister of Trade & Industry, visited one of the stands hosting a maker of traditional clothes at the first edition exhibition of the national small and medium-sized manufacturing e...

Jan 3 , 2021

GROVE PARK

Areas that used to be either closed off to the public or served as unofficial garbage dumps have recently been getting their day in the sunlight. One of those is this compound right behind Ghion Hotel...

Jan 3 , 2021

Ministry Avails Mining, Petroleum Sites

The Ministry of Mines & Petroleum announced that it has opened 22 mining and five petroleum sites for investors. It also availed laboratory, drilling and refinery services as potential investment...

Jan 3 , 2021

Diaspora Fund Commits $0.5m to Medical Relief

The Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund (EDTF) has committed half a million dollars to a medical relief fund that is intended to go toward alleviating the shortage of medical supplies in Ethiopia. The EDTF...

Jan 3 , 2021

ATA Adds Advisories for Farmers' Hotline

The Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has incorporated new livestock and Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) related advisory information on its farmers' hotline. The content, available in Amharic, Af...


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