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Sep 10 , 2023

Sovereign Wealth Fund Inks Deal with Canadian Energy Company

A strategic agreement for developing the Harmokale Geothermal Project in the Somali Regional State has been reached between Ethiopia Investment Holdings (EIH) and 4th Resource Corporation, a Canadian...

Sep 10 , 2023

Capital Looks Forward to Usher Aviation Innovation Expo

The first Aviation Innovation Expo that aims to provide a networking platform and commercialise inventions while promoting aviation products and services is slated to open at the Ethiopian Science Mus...

Sep 2 , 2023

PULLING THROUGH

Construction workers push trolleys around a project near completion in the Ayat area. Ethiopia's construction industry accounts for nearly a fifth of the nation's GDP while employing around three mill...

Sep 2 , 2023

BRIDGING GAPS

The 11km long and 50m wide Qaliti-TuluDimtu-Road nears completion on the outskirts of the capital. The City Administration has taken up the mantle for its construction after major financier Chinese Ex...

Sep 2 , 2023

MELLOW MULE

Donkeys around the Sebategna area in Merkato munch on leftover Khat leaves. Albeit a stimulant consumed by millions of Ethiopians both for spiritual and recreational reasons, the green leaves are also...

Sep 2 , 2023

Public-Private Partnership Sows the Seeds of Digital Agriculture

Nearly one million smallholder farmers across 150 woredas in six regional states foresee digital profiling and capacity-building services as the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) a...

Sep 2 , 2023

Authorities Move to Keep Holiday Inflation At Bay

The Addis Abeba City Administration has allocated the 1.4 billion Br revolving fund to the City Cooperatives Agency to mitigate the impact of inflation during the holiday season. A concomitant effo...

Sep 2 , 2023

Autonomous University Welcomes New Captain at the Helm

The restructuring towards the country's pioneer Addis Abeba University (AAU) saw the Minister of Education appointed as its chancellor to serve as high ambassador, execute appointments of presidents a...

Sep 2 , 2023

Council Approves over $300m Concessional Loans

The Council of Ministers approved a series of concessional loans from the Italian government and the International Development Association (IDA) during its 24th meeting last week. These loans are c...

Sep 2 , 2023

Ethiopia Offers Safe Harbour to Sudanese Refugees

Ethiopia has housed nearly 300,000 Sudanese refugees who fled the breakout of a five-month-long widespread conflict. The hospitality was commended by the United Nations' designated expert on Human Rig...

Sep 2 , 2023

Prime Minister's Audience with Trade Union a Sign of Change

Following months of unheeded requests by the Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Union (CETU), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed granted an audience to the members led by their president Kasahun Follo at his off...

Sep 2 , 2023

Customs Tightens Noose on Car Imports Amid Embargo

Vehicles reported under the ownership of returning Ethiopians from abroad will be subjected to 10pc penalties after paying full duties while purported owners need to be physically present for the clea...

Aug 26 , 2023

BALLADS & BEER

Roha Band graces the stage as Heineken Ethiopia introduced a new look to its Bedele Special beer at the Skylight Hotel last week. It has been a formidable force in Ethiopia's beer industry since joini...

Aug 26 , 2023

HOLLOW HEAPS

An abandoned billboard around the Gotera area seamlessly fuses into a food silo next to it, a relic of the communist era in Ethiopia. While food silos are a thing of the past set aside as primitive to...

Aug 26 , 2023

DAILY BREAD

Youth around the Saris area weave bread baskets for sale in a losing battle against inflation. As the federal government aspires to become "self-sufficient", subsidised bakeries like Sheger Bread have...

Aug 26 , 2023

State-owned Logistic Company Endures a Stellar Year

The state-owned logistics powerhouse Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics (ESL) has amassed 42.73 billion Br in revenues and 6.06 billion Br in profits through its shipping, freight forwarding and dry p...

Columns

Commentaries | Jun 22,2026

The Budget Bill Asks the Most from Citizens with the Least Slack

When Parliament takes up the appropriation bill, federal legislators will receive a docume...

Editorial | Jun 20 , 2026

Addis Abeba Pours a New Story in Every Cup, Where Tradition Meets Global Influence

Customers settle into a carefully curated space of dark wood, black accents, muted green f...

Featured | May 31 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

For Consumers in Addis Abeba, Even Thrift Becomes Expensive

For Senayit Bekele, the day's rhythm begins at a vegetable stall. The lunchtime crowd spil...

Agenda | Jun 21 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

AG MESERET MAKES AUDIT MISMATCH HARD TO DEFEND

Federal and regional authorities have spent months urging taxpayers to pay more into the t...

Fortune News | Jun 21 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE