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May 4 , 2019

Continental Free Trade Area to Go Active in July

The African Continental Free Trade Area, which aims to create a single continental market for goods and services, will officially enter into force in July. It is expected to start during the next E...

Apr 26 , 2019

OPEN HOLIDAY MARKET

In an open holiday market in the area close to the National Stadium, a dealer displays paintings and posters. The pictures ordered on the ground offer different colours and themes. The paintings and p...

Apr 26 , 2019

SMASHED

A group of dancers perform a musical drama show at the Diageo Smashed Project at Mosaic Hotel on April 24, 2019. The project was held to educate young people on the dangers of underage drinking throug...

Apr 26 , 2019

VENDING

Two street vendors carry chairs, tables and kitchenware in the middle of Piassa. The vendors sell their merchandise in and around the neighbourhoods ahead of Fasika, Ethiopian Easter. An approaching h...

Apr 26 , 2019

Ministry Grants Three Exploration Licenses

The Ministry of Mines & Petroleum has given exploration concessions to three companies to explore gold, metals and coal in Tigray, Amhara and Benishangul-Gumuz regional states. The companies ar...

Apr 26 , 2019

Export Revenue Keeps Sliding

Ethiopia earned 1.9 billion dollars from the export of goods in the first nine months of this fiscal year. It is a decline of nine percent compared to the same period last year and 39pc below the t...

Apr 26 , 2019

US Ag Firm Launches New Brand

Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of global chemical behemoth DowDuPont, launched a new brand in Ethiopia. At the brand launch ceremony, Corteva Agriscience signed a collaboration agree...

Apr 26 , 2019

Private Equity Firm Buys Stake in Detergent Maker

The Swiss-based private equity firm, Zoscales Partners, bought a majority share of Ethio-Asian Industry, a detergent producer partly owned by East African Holdings. In 2018, Zoscales Partners annou...

Apr 26 , 2019

Premier Moves Alemu Sime to MetEC

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has appointed Alemu Sime (PhD), former head of the Oromo Democratic Party's secretariat, as deputy director of the Metals & Engineering Corporation (MetEC). Alem...

Apr 26 , 2019

IFC Pledges to Assist Local Hospital

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed an advisory services agreement with Hallelujah General Hospital to promote improvements in patient safety and quality assurance in Ethiopia. IFC w...

Apr 26 , 2019

Gas Pipeline to Go Operational by 2020

The Ministry of Mines & Petroleum has unveiled a plan to begin exporting natural gas within two years. The Ministry estimates to get up to a billion dollars a year from exports. The constructio...

Apr 26 , 2019

Two Electricity Projects Near Completion

Ethiopia will get a hydroelectric dam and an electric transmission line that connects the country to Kenya. The Genale Dawa III Hydroelectric Project and the transmission line, which are being cons...

Apr 20 , 2019

EMPOWERING

Ivanka Trump (left) and Sara Abera, founder of Muya Ethiopia, a handmade-clothing company, at one of Muya's workshops in Shiro Meda on April 14, 2019. During her two-day visit, Ivanka Trump attended a...

Apr 20 , 2019

LUNCH BREAK

A group of daily labourers in Arat Kilo, next to Tourist Hotel, relax at the top of a protruding part of an unfinished building after having had their lunch. Passing the time until their lunch break i...

Apr 20 , 2019

ROADBLOCK

A boutique shop displaying outfits on four mannequins is getting help from a fallen wooden electric pole to prop them up in case of a strong wind. Located in Gerji, the shop's mannequins are blocking...

Apr 20 , 2019

Shoa Breaks Tie with Wheat Subsidy Scheme

Shoa Bakery has terminated its agreement with the government to sell bread at prices set by the government. Shoa, which has 16 branches in Addis Abeba, had to abide by prices set by the government...

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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...

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Soaring Fares Strand Families on Highways

At the sprawling Lamberet Long-Distance Bus Station near Asmara Road, the usual din of eng...

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

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