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Mar 30 , 2019

STREET ART

A local artist in Gofa Gabriel has put paint to wall to portray famous world and local personalities. His work ranges from a portrait of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevera and musicians Bob Marley and...

Mar 30 , 2019

CARRY ON

Merkato, one of the biggest marketplaces in Africa, has a lot of different things to showcase to residents of Addis Abeba that visit it for their shopping. This also means goods have to be transported...

Mar 30 , 2019

STUDY PRESENTATION

Alisa Kaps, from the Berlin Institute of Population & Development, gives a presentation, “From Land of Famine to Land of Hope: Will Ethiopia Become a Model for an African Uprising?” The report...

Mar 30 , 2019

Authority Born to Regulate Fuel Distribution

Ethiopia is going to get a new government organ to oversee the supply and distribution of fuel products in the country. The Council of Ministers approved a proclamation for the formation of the Pet...

Mar 30 , 2019

City Pledges to Create More Jobs

The Addis Abeba City Administration created job opportunities for 66,229 people in the last eight months, which amounted to 63pc of its plan. The City Administration also plans to implement the two...

Mar 30 , 2019

Crop Exports Continue Underperforming

Ethiopia exported 612.2 million dollars worth of crops in the first eight months of the current fiscal year, 167.2 million dollars short of the plan. The revenue was generated by exporting 484,000t...

Mar 30 , 2019

Korea Pledges $10m for Water, Sanitation

Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has donated 10 million dollars to the second phase of One Wash National Programme. The agreement was signed by Negash Wagesho (PhD), state minister o...

Mar 30 , 2019

Toothpaste Factory Perches in Dukem

Unilever inaugurated its fourth factory in Ethiopia on March 28, 2019, at the eastern industrial zone in Dukem to manufacture Signal brand toothpaste. Lifebuoy soap, Sunlight detergent and Knorr Bo...

Mar 30 , 2019

Danish Gov’t Extends Hand for Gender Equality, Democracy

The Danish Government has signed a cooperation agreement with UNDP and UN Women to provide 4.5 million dollars for the two agencies in support of their work in Ethiopian governance and gender equality...

Mar 30 , 2019

New Brewery Joins Market

Kangaroo Plast Plc, in partnership with Mauritius-based United Africa Breweries, has launched a new brewery with a capacity of 1.6 million hectolitres a year. The plant has an investment of 88 mill...

Mar 30 , 2019

Ministry Eases Business Registration Process

The Ministry of Trade & Industry has eased business registration and licensing procedures. The new procedures include removing the requirement of authentication and confirmation for a memorandu...

Mar 23 , 2019

BURIAL

A funeral ceremony was held a week ago at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, where victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 were laid to rest. The aeroplane crashed on March 10, 2019, in Ejera, close to...

Mar 23 , 2019

DRY CLOTHE

At the centre of Addis Abeba, around Harambe Hotel, on the Ras Desta Damtew Street, is a pedestrian fencing, which separates a walkway to the road for motor vehicles. It is serving a dual purpose here...

Mar 23 , 2019

CAR HAULER TRAFFIC JAM

A car hauler, carrying 2000s model Toyota vehicles, is blocking traffic. Despite high tariffs, car numbers are growing at a rate of 10pc, having reached 975,000. With 85pc of all imported cars being s...

Mar 23 , 2019

Ethio-Re Nominates Nib Exec to Chair Board

The lone re-insurance firm operating in Ethiopia, Ethiopia Reinsurance S.C (Ethio-Re), nominated the founder and former CEO of Nib Insurance as its new board chairperson. The board, during its meet...

Mar 23 , 2019

Ethiopia Leads Black Box Data Analysis of Fight 302

Ethiopia has begun analysing the black box data of Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft that crashed near Ejere on March 10, 2019. A group composed of experts from the Accident Prevention &...


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