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Oct 26 , 2019

LOGS

A big yard in the Jemmo area is filled up with logs for sale. Business is brisk for the youth in the area who are keeping busy supplying the insatiable need of the ever-expanding city. Despite recen...

Oct 26 , 2019

Nation Completes Megech Seraba Irrigation Project

Megech Seraba Irrigation Project, which was built for 1.3 billion Br, was inaugurated last week in Gonder, Amhara Regional State. Sileshi Bekele (PhD), minister of Water, Irrigation & Energy, a...

Oct 26 , 2019

Nation Generates $110 million from Industrial Parks

The nation generated 110 million dollars from industrial parks in the last fiscal year. For this fiscal year, the nation plans to increase the revenues gained from exported products by 50pc. The co...

Oct 26 , 2019

Ethiopian to Resume Flight to Athens after 18 Years

Ethiopian Airlines, the national air carrier, announced the resumption of its flights to Athens, Greece, effective December 13, 2019, after 18 years. Athens marks Ethiopian's 20th destination in Eu...

Oct 26 , 2019

IFRC Secretary General Delivered Speech

The Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Elhadj As Sy, made a three-day visit to Ethiopia. He had a meeting with the Ethiopian Head of Stat...

Oct 26 , 2019

Russia to Cancel Ethiopia’s $164m Debt

President Vladimir Putin announced Monday that Moscow will soon forgive the debt Ethiopia owes his country. That will make Ethiopia the fourth African country to get the debt cancellation as Russia mo...

Oct 19 , 2019

Amhara Bank Sells Half a Billion Birr of Shares

The under formation Amhara Bank S.C. announced that it has sold out of half a billion Br worth of shares in the last two months. "Even though we planned to sell the shares in three months, we were...

Oct 19 , 2019

Taxi Hailing Companies Form Association

Taxi-hailing service providers operating in Ethiopia are forming a fledgling union dubbed The Ethiopian Electric Taxi Service Union. On October 16, 2019, 13 taxi-hailing companies came together and...

Oct 19 , 2019

Oromia Allocates 3b Br for Job Creation

The Oromia Enterprise & Industry Development Bureau has allocated three billion Birr to create 1.1 million jobs in the regional state this year. The Bureau also began giving training to stakeho...

Oct 19 , 2019

Agency Finds 935 Unqualified Schools

Out of the inspected public and private schools in the capital, 935 schools were found failing to meet the required standard, according to the City Education Relevance & Quality Agency. Between...

Oct 19 , 2019

Eutelsat Penetrates Ethiopia's Market

Eutelsat, one of the longstanding market leaders in satellite television broadcasting, announced that Ethiopia will be able to receive high-quality broadband connection via its KONNECT satellite in 2...

Oct 19 , 2019

Finland Endows Ethiopia with 60m

The government of Finland has endowed Ethiopia with 60 million euros in financial support to promote the government's effort toward development projects. The financing was announced when President...

Oct 19 , 2019

Ministry Alleges 166 Companies Used Fake Receipts

The Ministry of Revenues announced allegations against 166 companies involved in tax evasion and using forged receipts. The investigation conducted by the National Intelligence & Security Servi...

Oct 19 , 2019

Open Society Invests $10m in Ethiopia

The Open Society Foundation is investing 10 million dollars to assist Cepheus, a private equity fund manager, in its effort to raise 100 million dollars for its Ethiopian investment fund. Soros, an...

Oct 12 , 2019

PILED UP

A big pile of trash is piled up on the side of a street around the goffa Mebrathaiel area in Addis Abeba. The garbage that is sorted and collected from the nearby condominiums is supposed to...

Oct 12 , 2019

LEBAWI

Noah Samara (left to right), chairman of the board of Lebawi International Academy, President Sahleworq Zewde and Bemnet Andualem, headmaster of the school, at the inauguration ceremony of a new high...

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