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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...

Jun 22 , 2024

Parliament Approves $275m Loan for Urban Project

A 275 million dollar loan agreement was approved by Parliament last week, to support the second phase of the Urban Water Supply & Sanitation Project. Set to be implemented over the next three ye...

Jun 22 , 2024

VAT Overhaul Targets Broader Revenue Base

The VAT-exempt items have been reduced following a directive signed by Finance Minister Ahmed Shide last week. The revised list now includes cereals, agricultural inputs, and capital goods. Notably, a...

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Commentaries | May 09,2026

Every Encounter with the State Should Not Become an Invoice

The Ethiopian state appears to have discovered a fiscal instrument that is politically con...

Editorial | May 9 , 2026

CAKE Takes the Place of Wine in Addis Abeba’s Social Visits

Weeks after the Easter holiday, Addis Abeba has slipped back into its ordinary pace. The h...

Featured | Apr 26 , 2026 . By MASTEWAL ZEMENE and BEZAWIT HULUAGER

Period Poverty Crisis Forces Women to Pay For Dignity

Luladay Abraham treats the arrival of her menstrual cycle less as a private inconvenience...

Agenda | May 9 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU and MASTEWAL ZEMENE

FED'S COSTLY TURN FROM MONEY PRINTING PILES PRESSURE ON BUDGET

Finance Minister Ahmed Shide entered the last quarter of the fiscal year with a budget und...

Fortune News | May 9 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE