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Aug 16 , 2020

ECA Launches One-Stop Shop for Finding Data

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) launched the first tool that offers a unique view of price variations in African countries, regional economic communities, and at the contine...

Aug 8 , 2020

UMBRELLA LINE

Umbrellas have been a prominent feature this rainy season as Addis Abeba experienced uncharacteristically wet and cold weather. Public transport queues such as these were thus spaced out not according...

Aug 8 , 2020

INDUSTRIAL DELIBERATION

From right) Melaku Alebele and Teka G.Eyesus, minister and state minister at Trade & Industry, and Tefera Wendemagenehu, Industry & Investment Bureau head of the Amhara Regional State, chat f...

Aug 8 , 2020

RENAISSANCE SUPPORT

Residents of Addis Abeba poured onto the streets last Sunday, whistling, screaming their lungs out, honking horns and singing. It was in support of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which fi...

Aug 8 , 2020

Korea Proffers $10m for Ethiopia, Africa

Korea has given 10 million dollars to support the fight against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ethiopia and other African countries. Ethiopia will receive half of the funding, and the...

Aug 8 , 2020

Ethiopia's FDI Falls by $700m

Ethiopia attracted 2.5 billion dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the just ended fiscal year, a steep decline from the 4.4 billion dollars registered three years ago. Last year's FDI flo...

Aug 8 , 2020

Lion, Thunes Ally for Remittance through Mobile Money

A new partnership between Lion International Bank and a Singapore-based cross-border payment provider, Thunes, has enabled remittance transfers through the Bank's Anbessa HelloCash Wallet, a mobile mo...

Aug 8 , 2020

Agency Opens Up Ethio-Djibouti Border

The Immigration, Nationality & Vital Events Agency has reopened the gates of the Ethio-Djibouti border that were closed for the last five months due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The border...

Aug 8 , 2020

Abyssinia Adopts Payment Gateway to Facilitate E-commerce

The two-decade-old Bank of Abyssinia has partnered with Visa CyberSource, a subsidiary of global payments technology powerhouse Visa, to process online payments and provide efficient online fraud mana...

Aug 8 , 2020

Commissioner's Resignation Takes Staff by Surprise

The unexpected resignation of Ephrem Tekle (MD), head of the Jobs Creation Commission, surprised the senior staff of the Commission. Ephrem resigned from his post on August 6, 2020, attributing his...

Aug 8 , 2020

Electric Power Export Generates $66.4m

Electric power exports to Sudan and Djibouti generated 66.4 million dollars in the recently ended fiscal year. Ethiopian Electric Power intended to generate 56.2 million dollars from power exports...

Aug 8 , 2020

US Backs Ethiopia with Mechanical Ventilators

The United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated 500 ventilators and other critical care equipment to Ethiopia to buffer the ongoing fi...

Aug 1 , 2020

FILWEHA BARRIERS

The street breaking off from Yohanis Street around the area known as Filweha boasts new concrete barriers comfortably separating the shops and pedestrians from the vehicles that usually park there. It...

Aug 1 , 2020

NO MORE GREEN

The decorative flower pots and greenery that once adorned the median strip of Africa Avenue, aka Bole Road, have been replaced by metallic barriers. The aesthetics after the change is being debated on...

Aug 1 , 2020

RAINY CONCRETE

With the rainy season in full swing, dugouts and half-finished buildings are holding water on their surfaces. The result is vegetation, which can even grow on concrete surfaces that are sufficiently w...

Aug 1 , 2020

UK Pledges £105m for Land Mgmt, Industrialisation

The government of the UK and Ethiopia have signed a grant agreement amounting to 105 million pounds to support land certification, improved rural land administration and industrialisation. Ahmed Shid...

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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

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A year after federal transport authorities restricted fossil-fuelled vehicles to clear the...

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