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Oct 28 , 2023

Zemen Inks Integration Deal With Safaricom

An interoperability and integration partnership was inked between Safaricom Ethiopia and Zemen Bank executives allowing the bank to work as a super agent for the M-Pesa mobile money platform last week...

Oct 28 , 2023

British Council Invests in Ethiopia's Education Quality

In the wake of a mere 24pc of teachers passing the qualification exam which revealed severe incompetency, English language proficiency training to enhance their skills was piloted on 375 principals an...

Oct 28 , 2023

Medical Entrepreneurs Victorious in Tech Competition

A year-long competition challenging skills such as pitching business ideas, interpersonal communication and impactful mentoring was completed last week. Dashen Bank has rewarded a one million Birr pri...

Oct 28 , 2023

Officials Gear Up for Refugee Forum

Six pledges were identified at the validation workshop organised by Ethiopian Refugees and Returnees Services (RSS) in Bishoftu (Debrezeit), Oromia Regional State last week to endorse the government's...

Oct 28 , 2023

Dashen Maintains Financial Dominance Boasting 3.5b Br Profit

Dashen Bank has registered another record-high profitable year netting 3.5 billion Br. Total assets soared over 144 billion Br during a year in which the bank wrapped up its five-year strategic plan....

Oct 28 , 2023

Ethiopia Bolsters Resilience with African Risk Capacity Treaty

A treaty to enable preparation, planning and response to extreme weather events and natural disasters was signed with the African Union Agency and African Risk Capacity Insurance (ARC). The ceremon...

Oct 28 , 2023

Ministry Forges New Partnerships to Advance Policy Framework

A policy oversight board meeting on persistent issues of health, sanitation and education sectors alongside significant progress in job creation was held between officials from the Ministry of Finance...

Oct 23 , 2023

CAFFEINE CANVAS

A young girl adorned in Ethiopian cultural attire hosts a traditional coffee ceremony around the Bole area. Coffee is intricately woven into the country's societal fabric for its communal and economic...

Oct 23 , 2023

RIDGE BUGGY

A tour and travel car decorated with several national flags and pictures of famous Ethiopians loads up on customers around the Laphto area. Ethiopia's tourism, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors a...

Oct 23 , 2023

GREEN TIDINGS

A row of kiosks around the Stadium area were painted green to mark their functions as Telebirr agents. Ethiotelecom's two-year-old mobile banking platform has stormed the digital finance landscape, re...

Kacha Joins Digital Finance Triad

The first private payment instrument issuer Kacha Digital Finance Services officiated its services four years after incorporation and receiving a permit. Kacha is the third payment issuer to offici...

Oct 23 , 2023

Plastic & Rubbers Association Calls for Assist

Calls for partnership and assistance marked the third general assembly of the Ethiopian Plastics & Rubber Manufacturers Association. The 41 members, led by President Mintesinot Lemma, discussed...

Oct 23 , 2023

Expo Hopes to Revive Overlooked Agricultural Subsectors

A three-day agricultural exhibition assembling traders from the poultry, aqua & apiculture and the African Livestock Congress is set to kick off at Millenium Hall on Airport Road. Organised...

Oct 23 , 2023

Policy Bank Launches Interest Free Services

President of the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) Yohannes Ayalew (PhD) commenced lease financing through interest-free medium and short-term loans for agro-processing and tourism sectors last week...

Oct 23 , 2023

Zemen Bank's Global Ambitions Take Off with Ethiopian Airlines

Zemen Bank's banners will be blasted across all media outlets of Ethiopian Airlines including the 133 local and international offices, as they ink a communications and media partnership deal last week...

Oct 23 , 2023

Contentious Labour Agreement Moves to Standing Committee

Parliamentarians greenlight the Ethiopian and Lebanon bilateral labour agreement treaty for further scrutiny by the Human Resource Development, Employment & Technology Affairs Standing Committee c...

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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