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Apr 3 , 2023

Parliament Approves Digital ID Resolution

Parliamentarians approved the proposed bill to issue Digital Identity Cards with a majority voting for and one abstention. While the idea has been floated for a few years, the standing committee on Le...

Apr 3 , 2023

Trade Ministry Foresees Mandatory Cashless Fuel Payment Systems

Cashless transactions will be mandatory when filling up a fuel tank at gas stations beginning next year. Payment through the digital system will start operation for residents of the capital this month...

Mar 25 , 2023

CHERRY PICKING

Women around the Koshe area hunt through piles of trash to find scraps of metal to sell. With close to three million people unemployed in the country and a headline inflation of 33pc, unskilled labour...

Mar 25 , 2023

JUNGLE CREW

An old wooden car that was part of a commercial campaign by a furniture company around the Beherawi Theatre area. Ethiopia's forest coverage to national land size has been registered at 15pc to the la...

Mar 25 , 2023

OVER CAPACITY

A young boy attempts to pull a piece of cloth from an overloaded pickup truck around the Ayer Tena area. Observing an unsupervised child on the streets of the capital has become a common sight, with s...

Mar 25 , 2023

Ahadu Bank Avails Digital Document Authentication

Employees of Ahadu Bank will not need to make a visit to the federal bureaus to verify documents accessing service right from the Bank desk online. Ahadu Bank signed a deal with Federal Documents...

Mar 25 , 2023

Industrial Parks Foresee Waste Recycling Project

Industrial parks embark on a waste-recycling project as two Japanese firms, Tanabe Limited and Suntecno look to recycle waste products in the parks. The project involves knowledge experience exchan...

Mar 25 , 2023

Financial Institutions Usher in Research Centre

Financial institutions commence a training and research centre with close to 35 million Br paid-up capital. The new hub is expected to create skilful employees in the financial sector to curb the c...

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...

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Commentaries | Jul 18,2026

Millions Looking for Work. Companies Cannot Find Many to Hire. A Paradox?

Pressed in Parliament on jobs and household incomes, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) offer...

Editorial | Jul 18 , 2026

EL NINO MEETS A REGION EMPTIED BY WAR

Weldu Yiheysh, a farmer in Shibta District of Enderta Wereda in the Southeast Zone, was st...

Featured | Jul 19 , 2026 . By GEBRU KAHSAY and WORKINEH DIRIBSA

A Sack of Cement, with the Chain No One Can See

In the Jemo area of Addis Abeba, Fikremariam Wondimu no longer trades cement so much as ga...

Agenda | Jul 19 , 2026 . By FITSUM TADESSE

Adverse Opinions Pile Up as Addis Abeba’s Budget Hits a Record

Bureaus, agencies and institutions under the Addis Abeba City Administration are sitting o...

Fortune News | Jul 19 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER