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Apr 8 , 2023

STUNTED SPROUTS

Fresh flowers are blooming on Africa Avenue (Bole Road) alongside a homeless child who fends for himself selling tissue paper. A 2019 World Bank estimate put the number of children under five who were...

Apr 8 , 2023

BREEZE AHEAD

Street vendors put small plants as a signpost to hint to drivers of the roadside market around the Cherkos area. Ethiopia's current administration has taken a proactive approach to give the urban aest...

Apr 8 , 2023

PHANTOM THREADS

A family of five engages in sewing bread baskets on the streets of the Arat Kilo area. Bread is slowly becoming a mainstay of the Ethiopian diet as the price of a quintal of teff skyrocketed to twice...

Apr 8 , 2023

Capital Gears Up to Host Youth Feast

Young residents of Addis Abeba foresee a two-day skills-building boot camp on technology, business, communications and health. The Youth Festival is part of a five-year initiative by USAID that lau...

Apr 8 , 2023

CBE Ushers Digital Remittance Payment System

International card users qualify to transfer up to 1,000 dollars void of service charge as Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) launches a digital remittance payment system. According to Abe Sano, pre...

Apr 8 , 2023

Coffee Exporter Firm Eyes Construction Sector

A private coffee producer and exporter company turn its head to construction earning an exclusive right to supply caterpillar machinery (CAT) in the local market. Kerchanshe Trading Plc partnered w...

Apr 8 , 2023

A Bank Initiative Resumes Share Sales after Two-Year Hiatus

Geez Bank, a private commercial bank under formation, has resumed share sales after a two-year interruption caused by the northern conflict. Initially, the Bank aimed to complete its share sales by Ju...

Apr 8 , 2023

Financial Technologies to Launch POS En Masse

ArifPay, a digital payment service provider, launches Point of Sale (POS) partnering with the national switch operator EthSwitch. Bernard Laurendeau, Arifpay CEO, said the new system allows all 28...

Apr 8 , 2023

Supreme Court Leaps to Digital Court System

A digital court system moves one step closer to the realisation as the E-court system foresees instalment following the partnership between the Supreme Court and Ethioteleco during the signing ceremon...

Apr 8 , 2023

Ministry Supports Trade Relations in Tigray Regional State

Trade activities are expected to resume in Tigray Regional State following the announcement of the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration of its plan to speed the process. Officials in the Mi...

Apr 8 , 2023

African Development Bank Obtain $90m Project to Support Agricultural Efforts

The production of wheat through an irrigation scheme foresees support as the Africa Development Bank plans to intervene in the agricultural sector with a 92-million-dollar project which is expected to...

Apr 3 , 2023

TIGHT TRACKS

A herd of donkeys are squeezed through a rail crossing around Debre Zeit road. The light railway system built with Chinese financial aid for 475 million dollars came to a grinding halt two months ago...

Apr 3 , 2023

TOURIST FANCIES

A row of electric bicycles around Meskel square charges 20 Br per round trip for prospective passengers. While these bicycles require the issuance of IDs as collateral, digital payments are what it ta...

Apr 3 , 2023

EXORCISED HISTORY

Seytan Bet' which translates as 'Devil's Pit' was the name given to the first cinema in the country around Churchill road. It garnered the name after attendees to the first few screening attributed t...

Apr 3 , 2023

Autism Care Centers Call for Notice

Centres tasked with providing care for children with autism reproach government stakeholders from Education and Health ministries for overlooking related issues. Owners and managers of several cent...

Apr 3 , 2023

Ethio-Djibouti Railway Resume Operation After Two Days Hiatus

Traders were apprehensive last week as the Ethio-Djibouti railway stopped operation for two days due to security concerns and railway line maintenance issues. Jeylan Abdi, head of federal police commu...


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