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Jul 13 , 2024

Brewery Launches Livelihood Improvement Projects

Around 75,000 individuals in Addis Abeba City and Oromia Regional State will benefit from a 25 million Br skills training program aimed at economic empowerment. Heineken Ethiopia partnered with Mahber...

Jul 13 , 2024

Authority Delists over 250 CSOs for Failing to Report

Ethiopian Bar Association, Ethiopian Society for Consumer Protection and 253 other civil society organisations were dissolved last week for failing to submit their annual reports and re-register by th...

Jul 7 , 2024

E-Consultation Portal Launched to Boost Stakeholder Engagement

An e-consultation manual and portal designed to enhance stakeholder engagement in the drafting of laws before their final ratification stage was launched last week. Developed by the Business Enviro...

Jul 7 , 2024

Trade Ministry Changes Guard

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) made a series of appointments last week, assigning Kassahun Goffe (PhD) as the new Minister of Trade & Regional Integration. Kassahun, who previously served as the...

Jul 7 , 2024

Ahadu Bank Savours First Taste of Profits

Ahadu Bank registered a 175 million Br gross profits in the ended year, turning around its financial performance. The two-year-old Bank established with 503 million Br in paid-up capital mobilised fro...

Jul 7 , 2024

Ministry to Conduct Agricultural Census in Over Two Decades

A comprehensive national agricultural information project will be launched in early September 2024. The initiative aims to improve data collection and decision-making processes within the country's cr...

Jul 7 , 2024

MIDROC Gold Receives Safety Nod

MIDROC Gold, the largest industrial gold miner in Ethiopia, received certification from the Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise for its environmental protection and occupational safety standard...

Jun 30 , 2024

Feasibility Study Targets Sugar Estate Rebound

The Tana Beles Sugar Factory in Amhara Regional State edges closer to restarting operations following the completion of a second feasibility study by the Industrial Projects Services(IPS). It is one o...

Jun 30 , 2024

Ethio Tel Kicks Off Smart Campus Project

Ethio Telecom signed a strategic partnership agreement with Addis Abeba University for a project that allows digital grading, reporting, and smart learning capabilities at the Sidist Kilo Campus on Me...

Jun 30 , 2024

Boutique Mining Firm Commissions Processing Plant

Akobo Minerals, a Norway-based gold exploration and mining company, has completed the construction of its processing plant at its boutique mine in South Western Ethiopia. The company holds an explora...

Jun 30 , 2024

Half a Billion Birr Flood Management Project Onboards Contractors

Five local contractors have entered into a 515 million Br deal with the Ministry of Water & Energy for flood risk management projects in Oromia and Afar Regional States. Habib Hussein Construct...

Jun 30 , 2024

Power Supplier Looks to Consultants For Solar Project

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) is seeking consultants for a 10-month feasibility study on the Utility Scale Weranso Solar PV Project, including hydrology, geotechnical, seismic, and solar resource ass...

Jun 30 , 2024

Safaricom Inks Deal With Utility For Electric Bills

Safaricom Ethiopia and Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) signed an agreement last week that allows the latter's post-paid customers to settle monthly electric bills using the M-PESA mobile money servic...

Jun 29 , 2024

Bill Transfers Compensation Payment Duties to Regions

Parliament ratified an amendment to the compensation proclamation last week that transfers evaluations and payment responsibilities during resettlement for federal infrastructure projects to regional...

Jun 22 , 2024

Premier Pushes Domestic Drug Production

A six-day domestic pharmaceutical production and innovation expo was inaugurated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) last week. More than 110 local pharmaceutical manufacturers participated at the Mill...

Jun 22 , 2024

AfDB Lauds $8m for Solar Mini-Grid

Around half a million people foresee benefits from the pilot mini-grid built across nine sites in Amhara, Oromia, Sidama, and the Southern regional states. African Development Bank Group has approved...

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Commentaries | Sep 20,2025

Addis Abeba's Setback Rules Leave Homes Flattened, Voices Silenced

Getachew Reda's return to the national stage was always going to stir attention. Once at t...

Editorial | Sep 20 , 2025

Digital Payments Reshape Economy While Service Workers Lose Out

The way the Birr moves is changing, and with it, habits that have shaped daily life for ge...

Featured | Sep 14 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE

After the Exam Shake-Up, a Generation Left Behind

Haimanot Yonas discovered her exam result at dawn last week, squinting at a flickering pho...

Agenda | Sep 21 , 2025 . By NAHOM AYELE

Eyob Steps into the Hot Seat with Reform on His Mind

Eyob Tekalegn (PhD) assumed the governorship of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) last w...

Fortune News | Sep 21 , 2025