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Jun 3 , 2023

City Hosts Digital Consumer Security Discourse

Concerns over the guaranteed safety of user data in the digital economy were discussed amongst participants from legal firms, commercial banks and the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) last week. Ensu...

Jun 3 , 2023

Continent-wide Tax Policy Calls for Revenue Mobilisation

The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) partners with the African Union Commission citing a potential to fight illicit financial flows and help mobilize domestic resources efficiently. The two...

Jun 3 , 2023

Parliament Ratifies Bilateral Tax Treaties

Parliamentarians greenlighted a tax treaty agreement with Switzerland and Luxembourg, expanding the number of countries with bilateral tax treaties with Ethiopia to 20. Tax treaties entail the wavi...

Jun 3 , 2023

Farm Africa Ethiopia Signs 30 million Deal with Swedish Embassy

A three-year project to combat soil acidification and erosion through nature-based solutions was availed last week. It was spearheaded by Farm Africa Ethiopia with financial assistance from the Swedis...

Jun 3 , 2023

Sudan's War Heighten the Humantarian Crises in Ethiopia

Over 18,000 children under five and more than 4,000 women in displacement sites in Amhara Regional State require supplementary feeding due to malnutrition, according to United Nations Office for the C...

May 27 , 2023

HEFTY GREEN

Street vendors around the Shola area take a rest in the shades of the capital's newly planted trees. Upon reporting on its 10-month performance before Parliament, the Agriculture Minister, Girma Ament...

May 27 , 2023

DAMP DENIMS

Residents of communal houses around the Weji area hang their clothes on the fences outside. Textile manufacturing accounts for 87pc of Ethiopia's products from industrial parks. Expulsion from the Afr...

May 27 , 2023

PRICY PLEASURES

Vendors put traditional beauty products from the Somali Regional State for sale around Mexico area. In November of last year, the Ministry of Finance banned imported goods under 38 categories, includi...

May 27 , 2023

Climate Change Conference Stipulates Resillience

A conference focused on agro-innovation to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in the face of a changing climate was held last week. The discussion focussed on integrating digital agricu...

May 27 , 2023

Ministry Endeavours to Privatise Sugar Enterprises

In an effort to privatise the eight sugar enterprises, interested bidders were invited to submit proposals By the Ministry of Finance and Ethiopian Investment Holdings. The enterprises up for grabs wh...

May 27 , 2023

Ukrainian Foreign Policy Eyes Africa

A bilateral Trade Commission between Ethiopia and Ukraine may see the light of day, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba revealed. He met Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last week with the aim of lobb...

May 27 , 2023

French Funded GI Project to Boost the County's Exports

A brand creation based on geographical indication aimed at boosting export earnings was availed to stakeholders last week. Geographical Indication (GI) is a 400,000 euros project funded by the Agence...

May 27 , 2023

University Autonomy Proclamation Endorsed by Parliament

The autonomy of universities which was a hot topic amongst Parliamentarians for months was ratified with only four opposing votes and 13 abstentions last week. With Addis Abeba University leading t...

May 27 , 2023

Digital Transactions to Repose the Construction Industry

The groundwork to digitise cement transactions is underway by the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration (MoTRI) as officials revealed their intentions to create a favourable environment in the...

May 20 , 2023

PSEUDO LUXURY

Hiding between luxury hotels around the Kazanchis area, the delayed construction of a swimming pool collects rainwater. The little over 20,000 registered contractors in the country have been battered...

May 20 , 2023

DRY HAZZARD

A gaping hole in the middle of Debre Zeit Road obstructs traffic flow as a drainage system's construction commences following the rainy season. Aside from the seven rivers that flow across the capital...

Columns

Commentaries | Jun 06,2026

The Elections Offered Order at the Centre, Silence at the Edges

For a political veteran as controversial as Getachew Reda, last week's national elections...

Editorial | Jun 6 , 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

THE GOLD RUSH RUNS OUT OF FUEL

Zenebe Girja used to sit close to the centre of the formal gold trade, where sacks of raw...

Agenda | Jun 7 , 2026 . By MASTEWAL ZEMENE

National Census Delay Opens a New Fight Over Who Controls the Facts

The long-delayed census has returned to Parliament not as a counting exercise, but as a fi...

Fortune News | Jun 7 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE