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Mar 25 , 2023

Telecom Expands Digital Services

Ethio-telecom upgraded its Telebirr application expanding its services with the new digital-financing application. The new service features micro-credit, credit pay, and micro-saving services were...

Mar 25 , 2023

Ministry Gears Up to Host Manufacturing Event

Over 350 local manufacturers, foreign investors and more than a quarter million visitors are expected to gather in an event aiming to expand the market destinations of locally manufactured products. ...

Mar 25 , 2023

Forum Reviews Policy for Women's Wage Labour

Women employed in the textile, garment, floriculture and hospitality industry in Addis Abeba city are facing challenges according to a study done by Forum For Social Sciences (FSS) that hosted a discu...

Mar 25 , 2023

Capital Market Authority Showcases Finance Terminal to Bankers

The functions and uses of the finance terminal, used by nearly 400,000 people worldwide were highlighted to the Bank executives last week. Advisors of the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority came to...

Mar 18 , 2023

ARCANE MARKERS

Hamere Berhan' at the old post office prints books using ancient paper made from animal skin called 'Birana'.  It is part of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church which has had scribes for close to...

Mar 18 , 2023

GREEN SHIFT

A palm tree is moved to a new location for replanting around Meskel square. The global effort to battle man-made climate change has gained steam over the last few years. African countries have shifted...

Mar 18 , 2023

STRUCTURAL MAKEOVER

The area around Ambassador, famous for its souvenir shops, is getting demolished for real estate development. The Addis Abeba City Administration has ramped up efforts to remodel the city's architectu...

Mar 18 , 2023

Ahadu Bank Begins Payment Gateway Partnership with ECX

Ahadu Bank joins the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) payment system as the 21st member. The Bank signed a memorandum of understanding focused on the payment and transaction entity for the exchange...

Mar 18 , 2023

Economics Association Devises Development Index

Ethiopian Economics Association developed a multi-dimensional development index to assess the country's economic progress. Degye Goshu (PhD), director of research & policy analysis in the Assoc...

Mar 18 , 2023

Switch Operator Executives Aspire 3b Br Capital

Shareholders of EthSwitch decided to raise its capital to three billion Birr in the next five years during the general assembly held at Sheraton Hotel last week. Chaired by Solomon Desta, the Natio...

Mar 18 , 2023

African Member States Pledge for Nuclear Energy Accession

Members of African states pledged to nuclear energy accession following the five-day conference held in the capital. One of the foreseen endorsements is the establishment National Steering Committe...

Mar 18 , 2023

Amhara Bank Launches Interest Free Banking Service

Amhara Bank clients will get interest-free banking (IFB) which allows them to have segregated transactions with regular bank accounts. The Bank launched a separate core banking system (multi-company m...

Mar 18 , 2023

State-owned Telecom Partners with Samsung

Ethio telecom, the state-owned telecommunications provider, has teamed up with Samsung Electronics Company to launch an initiative aimed at boosting smartphone usage among its customers. This comes...

Mar 18 , 2023

Blinken Puts Ethiopia on Notice for Reinstatement to AGOA

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored the need for Ethiopia's leaders to meet clear benchmarks in order to be reinstated to AGOA and expressed his concerns that the exit of external forces...

Mar 18 , 2023

African Finance Ministers Point Fingers Elsewhere

African ministers of finance attribute the poor economic performance of the continent to the worldwide pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine at the 55th session of the Economic Commission fo...

Mar 11 , 2023

HOT WHEELS

A truck catches fire after ramming into a metal partition last week, around the Welo Sefer area on Africa Avenue (Bole Road). Traffic accidents are a common sight in the streets of the capital, where...


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