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Oct 2 , 2023

PRICKLY FIGS

Bundles of sticks and figs are sold for 40 Br around the Gofa area, as urbanites prepare for Mesqel celebrations. Soaring prices of everyday amenities in the capital as conflict resurges in Ethiopia's...

Oct 2 , 2023

BEATIFIC SPARKS

Mesqel Square fills with smoke as thousands gather to mark the eve of the eponymous holiday by lighting ritual bonfires. Followers of the Orthodox Tewahdo Church celebrate the day each year that marks...

Oct 2 , 2023

Industrial Park Garners $10m from Free Trade Zone

A report from the Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) has revealed that over 10.7 million dollars (half a billion Birr) has been gained from the Dire Dewa Free Trade Zone in the last fisca...

Chinese Institution Covets Bamboo Development

Ethiopia aspires to develop the bamboo industry through technology, research, and training partnering with China's Nanjing Forestry University last week. Officials at the Ethiopian Forestry Develop...

Oct 2 , 2023

Fuel Prices Go High

Officials at the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration have made an average three percent increase on the price of fuel, effective September 29, 2023. After only a month since the last adjustme...

Oct 2 , 2023

Ethiopia-China Cooperation Committee Bridges the Gap to Rural Electrification

With hopes of scaling up the solar power capacity through a special vehicle funding system, the Ethiopia-China Cooperation Committee has a discussion with the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) off...

Oct 2 , 2023

Telecom Facilitates the Lifeline of Emergency Management

The state-owned Ethio telecom has partnered with the Addis Abeba City Administration's Technology & Innovation Development Bureau to digitise data collection and improve the response time of the d...

Oct 2 , 2023

IGAD Opens a Bridge to Cross-Border Cooperation in Moyale

To bolster the country's logistics performance, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), along with the Regional Migration Fund (RMF), has inaugurated its cross-border development facili...

Oct 2 , 2023

Ethiopian Electric Utility Sparks Innovation with New Technology Centre

Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) is vying to build a state-of-the-art technology incubation centre in two years with a budget of 9.34 billion Br. The centre will be constructed by the Chinese Civil En...

Sep 23 , 2023

WET MIRAGES

A booming plastic container market around the Saris area bustles with shoppers inspecting the selections. Water supply shortages have plagued the capital as an expanding population size's demand is un...

Sep 23 , 2023

LEANING LOSSES

A telephone pole gently rests aside DebreZeit road, tucked into the city's ageing infrastructure. Ethiopia's infrastructure has been under rising assault by robbers who mimic maintenance workers appoi...

Sep 23 , 2023

FESTIVE MEDLEYS

Traditional holiday hymns are sung by a group of men dressed in cultural outfits with decorations made from a horse's mane around the Bole area. The early weeks of September bring with them a panoply...

Sep 23 , 2023

Addis Chamber Launches International Trade Fair

Over 500 domestic and foreign companies are expected to attend the international trade fair organised by the Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Association (AACCSA), which was launched at...

Sep 23 , 2023

European Bank Invests in Primary Health Care

Ethiopia's primary healthcare foresees a one million euro finance availed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) through the World Health Organization (WHO). The services are widely accessible to th...

Sep 23 , 2023

Ministry Eyes Partnership with Microsoft

With hopes of partnering to leverage technology and boost innovation in Ethiopia, officials from the Ministry of Innovation & Technology had a discussion with senior executives of Microsoft on cap...

Sep 23 , 2023

Fuel Authority Demands Stock Reports of Stations

Fuel stations across the country are instructed to report the amount of stock in their inventory through a notice signed by Sahrela Abdulahi, director general of the Ethiopian Petroleum & Energy A...


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