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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...

May 31 , 2020

Oxfam Develops COVID-19 Response Strategy

Oxfam Ethiopia has developed a Novel Coronavirus (COVID–19) response strategy and preparedness plan that focuses on four priority geographies in Ethiopia: Addis Abeba, Dire Dawa and the Gambella and...

May 31 , 2020

MasterCard Foundation Fund to Ramp up Pandemic Preparedness

The MasterCard Foundation has committed 1.6 million dollars to buffer the ongoing response activities of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The project, w...

May 31 , 2020

Six Rehab Centres Start Face Shield Production

Six physical rehabilitation centres in Bahir Dar, Dessie and Assella have started the production of face shields with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The cent...

May 31 , 2020

Committee Raises Inter-Regional Transportation Fare

The COVID-19 National Ministerial Committee has issued a directive that increases the tariff on inter-regional transportation by between 75pc to 100pc, intending to curb the movement of people. The...

May 23 , 2020

CYCLING FRIENDLY

The Addis Abeba City Administration's ambition to make Addis Abeba a cycling-friendly city has not been without its challenges. This street in Lebu is one of the places where the experiment has come t...

May 23 , 2020

CROWDING CONTINUES

Even as the daily number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rises, and despite media campaigns to encourage social distancing, crowding in the streets continues, there still are many people that avoid wearin...

May 23 , 2020

ROAD UPTURNED

Two traders in the business of selling charcoal take a break from rolling this two-wheel carriage to watch an ongoing construction along Debreziet Road, commonly known as Agona. The road construction...

May 23 , 2020

CDC, Institute to Conduct COVID-19 Lab Tests

The U.S. Centres For Disease Control Ethiopia (CDC) and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) have started conducting a COVID-19 lab test at the Institute's Reference Lab. The Centre has als...


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