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Jun 17 , 2023

Decline in Annual Export Earnings Despite Agricultural Boost

Ethiopia has fallen short of its annual export goal, having only generated three billion dollars in revenue over the past ten months, according to a recent report by the Ministry of Regional Trade &am...

Jun 17 , 2023

Ministry Moves to Stress Efficiency of State-Owned Enterprises

Officials at the Ministry of Finance are on the move to amend the 34-year-old proclamation with hopes of boosting the role of state-owned enterprises in commercial affairs while serving the public. Th...

Jun 12 , 2023

PARALLEL PRESSURES

Public transport commuters use downed electric poles as a seat while they shade themselves from the sun through hanging billboards waiting for the city bus around the Stadium area. The capital's trans...

Jun 12 , 2023

DIM and DIMMER

Solar-powered speed indicator shimmers around the Piassa area barely showing any number. Averaging around 5,000 deaths due to traffic accidents, experts cited poor road signs as one of the likely cont...

Jun 12 , 2023

CALLOUS CONCRETE

The area around Piassa, which used to house sunglasses vendors appears void as it juxtaposes the Mayor's Office in its horizon. A sustained campaign has been launched in the capital and neighbouring c...

Jun 12 , 2023

Ethiopia's Solar Energy Sector in Limbo over Possible Close Down

Solar housing system manufacturers and assemblers call for attention citing foreign currency shortages, issues with customs clearance and lack of tax incentives are driving them out of the market. ...

Oromia Bank, Ethio Engineering Group Affiliate to Oversee Finances

Ethio Engineering Group partners with Oromia Bank to facilitate its foreign currency needs while it manages its finances through the Bank. President of Oromia Bank Teferi Mekonen inked a mutual agr...

Jun 12 , 2023

Ministry Organises Agro-processing, Plastic-print Expo

Participants hailing from 16 different countries and over 130 companies exhibiting their products attended the agro-processing and plastic print packaging expo last week. Over 3,000 visitors came to s...

Jun 12 , 2023

Ethiopian Women Envisage Menstrual Hygiene Products

Over five million women across the regional states foresee sanitary pad supply with a 146 million Br project. Launched by the French Development Agency (AFD), East African Gate (Eastgate) and Ethio...

Jun 12 , 2023

City Administration Embarks on Interconnecting Public Offices

Over 44 bureaus from 58 sectors under the Addis Abeba City Administration are set to be inter-connected through a main data centre in the next four months. The networking system is launched with a...

Jun 12 , 2023

UNDP Panel Underscore Capital Markets' Potential to Attract Investors

A bill for public offerings and trading is underway by the Ethiopian Capital Markets Authority, which will restrict offering shares to the public to its purview and regulation. Brook Taye (PhD), di...

Jun 12 , 2023

Capital Ushers Civil Society Organisation Exhibition

Over 75 local and international civil society organisations including professional associations, labour unions and charity organizations gathered at Ghion Hotel for a three-day exhibition and panel di...

Jun 3 , 2023

LOFTY CONSTRUCTS

A painting depicts traditional farming equipment at the Science Museum around the Arat Kilo area. Since the seizing of power by the current administration, large-scale architectural projects marked by...

Jun 3 , 2023

CLEAN BILL

A queue for diagnostics at the nation's largest state-owned hospital, Black Lion. As the health sector is largely funded by development partners from abroad, decreased support as donors shied away due...

Jun 3 , 2023

ACRID GROUNDS

A street vendor puts up pepper for sale around the Lideta area. With agricultural produce accounting for the largest share of the nation's GDP at around 40pc, setbacks in the delivery of fertilizer ha...

Jun 3 , 2023

Regional States Foresee Rehabilitation Scheme to Promote Sanitation

Over 64,000 residents in Afar and the Southern regional states foresee a rehabilitation scheme through a three-year project with a 7.6 million euro deal to promote health care, education, clean water...

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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 |

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