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Sep 27 , 2020

Central Bank Activates Loans Against Movable Collateral

The country's chief regulatory bank has finally issued the directive that enables banks to take farm products, livestock, financial instruments, intellectual property, and forest and landholding certi...

Sep 27 , 2020

Ethiopia Gets Local Angel Investors

Addis Abeba Angels Network, the first local angel investors group, has entered the scene to invest in high-risk ventures to build an ecosystem of start-ups. The Network is founded by Shem Asfaw, an...

Sep 27 , 2020

Japan Backs Secondary School in Hadiya

Japan has given a 123,153-dollar grant to Ethiopia for the construction of a secondary school in Hadiya Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities & People's Regional State. The new school, which is...

Sep 27 , 2020

Raw Materials Shortage Remains a Challenge: Report

A new report that was unveiled by the Federal Small & Medium Scale Manufacturing Development Agency shows that 43pc of operational industries face shortages of raw materials. The assessment als...

Sep 27 , 2020

Tigray State Welcomes Debretsion as President

Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) was sworn in as Tigray Regional State's president after he was unanimously elected by the newly constituted northern regional council, which is increasingly at odds with...

Sep 27 , 2020

Awash Donates 30m Br for 'Dine for Nation'

Awash Bank has invested 30 million Br in the recently launched fundraising event dubbed "Dine for Nation" to develop tourist destination sites in Wonchi, Gorgora and Koisha. The Bank has also annou...

Sep 27 , 2020

WaterAid Extends Urban WASH Project

WaterAid Ethiopia has launched the second phase of the Urban WASH System Strengthening Project with a budget of 1.3 million euros. The project, which will be implemented in phases within five years, w...

Sep 19 , 2020

BUSTED

Traffic police in a random patrol have managed to find cars that were parked in front of Hyatt Regency hotel in Meskel Square. The cars were parked in an illegal place and are faced with tickets and p...

Sep 19 , 2020

DESK CRIB

At one of the schools being used as temporary housing for victims of the flood in the town of Asayita, Afar Regional State, part of a classroom desk has been converted into a baby crib. Inside is a ch...

Sep 19 , 2020

AGREE TO GREEN

Yesuf Ademnur (right), secretary-general of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations, and Genet Abegaz, owner and manager of Abka Leather, signed a financial support agreement as...

Sep 19 , 2020

Policy Bank Freezes Loans by Ex-President

The board of directors of the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) has designated Yohannes Ayalew (PhD), former vice governor and chief economist of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), as the new presi...

Sep 19 , 2020

Health Ministry Greenlights General Elections

The Ministry of Health has given approval for holding the general elections in accordance with strict safety precautions. Reported in the presence of 287 parliamentarians, Lia Tadesse (MD), minister o...

Sep 19 , 2020

Nestle Backs Communities in Sululta

Nestlé has handed over 3.6 million Br to the Ethiopian Red Cross in support for containing the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Sululta area. The donation will be funnelled to assist...

Sep 19 , 2020

Korea Agency Puts up $5m for COVID-19 Resilience

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has donated five million dollars to Ethiopia to bolster the response toward the ongoing fight against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the co...

Sep 19 , 2020

Japan Donates $30m for Food Relief

Japan has contributed 30.2 million dollars to help Ethiopia meet its food needs for communities that have been affected by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), desert locusts, droughts and floods. The...

Sep 19 , 2020

ATA Launches Locust Invasion Hotline

The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), in partnership with Mercy Corps and the Ministry of Agriculture, has developed and availed a WhatsApp desert locust hotline for businesses. The...

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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