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Jul 18 , 2020

CONCRETE FOR MESQEL SQUARE

Concrete mixing equipment and their operators are hard at work on the Mesqel Square facelift and parking lot construction. Still hidden from passersby by blue-coloured corrugated sheet metal, the 2.5...

Jul 18 , 2020

Tigray State Swears in Election Commissioner

Tigray Regional State has sworn in Muluwork Kidanemariam, aka Memhir Muluwork, as the region's election commissioner. Muluwork, a political economy major, was approved as a commissioner by the Tigr...

Jul 18 , 2020

Export Generates Over $3b in Revenues

The export of commodities has generated just over three billion dollars during the just ended fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Trade & Industry. The revenues accomplished 80.4pc of the...

Jul 18 , 2020

Lawmakers Vote Human Rights Commission out of Election Observer Role

Lawmakers have taken out the observer role of the Human Rights Commission in general elections in the newly approved revised establishment proclamation of the Commission. The Commission is instead...

Jul 18 , 2020

Ethiopia, France Ink €20m Grant Agreements

Ethiopia and France have signed two grant agreements amounting to 20 million euros for the renovation of the National Palace and assisting the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) development pr...

Jul 18 , 2020

Road Fund Generates 2.8b Br

The Ethiopian Road Fund Office has generated 2.8 billion Br during the just ended fiscal year of 2019/20. The office has collected the revenue from the road fund tariff levied on fuel, oil and grea...

Jul 18 , 2020

Emirates to Resume Flights to Addis Abeba

Emirates, a state-owned airline and flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, is set to resume flying to Addis Abeba starting on August 1, 2020. The airline has announced its decision to resume fli...

Jul 18 , 2020

Lycée Guébré-Mariam Alumni, Mary Joy Donate Food

I Care Ye Lycee Lij, a committee founded by alumni of the Lycée Guébré-Mariam School in collaboration with Mary Joy Ethiopia, has donated its second round of support to 80 vulnerable families impac...

Jul 18 , 2020

Coffee Export Generates $854m

Ethiopia earned 854.2 million dollars during the last budget year, exporting close to 271,000tn of coffee to the global market, according to the Ethiopian Coffee & Tea Authority. The Authority...

Jul 13 , 2020

Gov't Waives all Tests Except Entrance Exams

The Ministry of Education has decided all students except for those who have been attending grade eight and 12 classes will pass to the next grade without sitting for examinations. The Ministry als...

Jul 13 , 2020

Ministry Launches Nationwide Chicken Pox Vaccination Scheme

The Ministry of Health launched a nationwide chicken pox vaccination scheme starting on June 30, 2020, targeting to reach 15 million children. Started four decades ago, the vaccination has been regula...

Jul 13 , 2020

Regional Bank Donates Masks to Ethiopia

The Eastern & Southern African Trade & Development Bank, aka TDB, has donated 160,000 locally manufactured face masks to healthcare workers. Ahmed Shide, minister of Finance and the country...

Jul 13 , 2020

Local, Global Law Firms Team Up for Strong Presence

Webber Wentzel, a century and a half year old global law firm, has signed a bilateral agreement with local law firm Tadesse Kiros Law Office. The agreement enables the two firms to work jointly in Eth...

Ethiopia, Korea EXIM Bank Sign $70m Loan

Ethiopia and the EXIM Bank of Korea have signed a 70-million-dollar loan agreement that will be used to cover costs related to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The loan agreement was signed between Ah...

Jul 13 , 2020

Commodity Exchange Transacts 3.7b Br in June

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) traded 3.7 billion Br worth of five types of agricultural commodities in the month of June. The floor transacted a total of 62,542tn of coffee, sesame seeds,...

Jul 13 , 2020

Office Announces No Change with Tax Paying Period

The Addis Abeba Revenues Office has announced that it made no change to the tax reporting period this tax season due to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Office has made all the necess...


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