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Jun 7 , 2020

MAKESHIFT HOUSES

Three makeshift houses made of corrugated steel plates lie close to a garage in Gofa Gabriel. The makeshift houses are used as shelter for security guards hired to watch over vehicles and spare parts...

Jun 7 , 2020

FEEDING ROAD

An asphalt road being built in Kazanchis feeds into Haile Gebre Selassie Street. Part of it is almost finished, and some other parts are on the gravel laying stage. Previously a residential area with...

Jun 7 , 2020

TAILOR-MADE FACE MASK

The Novel Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has devastated economies and health infrastructures of countries, but it has also introduced one specific mass commodity to the market - face masks. This tail...

Jun 7 , 2020

Foundation, CDC Africa Ally to Strengthen Contact Tracing

The Mastercard Foundation and Africa Centres for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC Africa) have teamed up to procure one million test kits and train 10,000 community healthcare workers and 80 surv...

Jun 7 , 2020

Addis Receives Half Million Face Masks

Chinese companies and the Dongguan Municipal Government donated over half a million face masks to the Addis Abeba City Administration last week. The Dongguan Municipal government, CCCC Ethiopia Con...

Jun 7 , 2020

Supreme Court Extends Partial Closure of Courts

The partial closure of federal courts has been extended for a third time for an additional 30 working days. The courts, which have been partially closed since March 19, 2020, will remain so until July...

Jun 7 , 2020

Local Firm Starts Online Business Consulting

Lead Plus Management Consultancy & Training Center has started providing online consulting services for businesses and investors free of charge as a way of mitigating the impacts of the Novel Coro...

Jun 7 , 2020

Shipping Giant Bags 19.4b Br in Revenues

The state-owned shipping giant, the Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise has generated 19.4 billion Br in revenue during the last nine months of this fiscal year. The Enterprise,...

Jun 7 , 2020

MasterCard Foundation Pledges 24.8m Br

The MasterCard Foundation's COVID-19 Recovery & Resilience Programme has committed 24.8 million dollars for emergency support to micro and small-sized enterprises and start-ups. The programme,...

May 31 , 2020

DONATION OF PROTECTION

Kassahun Follo, president of the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions, receives bottles of disinfectants from Angesom G.Yohannes, president of the Industrial Federation of Textile Leather & Gar...

May 31 , 2020

GATE DEMOLITION

The gate, constructed using stone instead of the lately common bricks, is being demolished. In its place is left large piles of rubble on the pavement that leads away from the National Theatre. No les...

May 31 , 2020

ENFORCERS

The Addis Abeba City Administration has taken the initiative to deploy health and safety enforcers. One is standing to the furthest right of the photo, holding a megaphone. Apart from communicating in...

May 31 , 2020

DStv Adds 8 Local Channels to its Offering

MultiChoice Ethiopia, the country's sole distributor of Digital Satellite Television (DStv), has added eight local television channels to its offering. The company has taken on Oromia Broadcasting...

May 31 , 2020

Central Bank to Feed Part of Supplementary Budget

The National Bank of Ethiopia is set to lend 10 billion Br for the government to cover part of the 48.6 billion Br supplementary budget approved by the parliament. The supplementary budget, which w...

May 31 , 2020

MPs Raise Concern Over Budget Transfer to Human Rights Commission

Lawmakers raised concerns over the new proposed procedure that allows the deposit of the entire budget of the Human Rights Commission with a month of the parliament legislating the federal budget. ...

May 31 , 2020

Lawmakers Legislate E-transaction Law

The parliament unanimously approved the e-transaction bill that supports the legal framework for the government and private institutions to start offering digital services, mainly e-commerce and e-gov...


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