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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...

Mar 11 , 2023

OMNI MART

A man around the post office in Piassa offers up a multitude of services from one tree shed. Sidewalks around the capital are ubiquitous with vendors that also shine shoes. With over four million peop...

Mar 11 , 2023

AQUA FLESH

A man chops up fish around Atkilt Tera, the hub for fishmongers in the capital. With one of the major fasting seasons by Orthodox Christians currently at hand, culinary offerings see a shift in the co...

Mar 11 , 2023

Tikur Anbessa Hospital Lauds Half a Century of Service

Tikur Anbessa Hospital, the largest specialized hospital in the country, celebrated 50 years of service at an event held this week. The college of health science located in the hospital compound is...

Mar 11 , 2023

Addis Abeba Bans Three-Wheeled Vehicles

Banning three-wheeled vehicles on Addis Abeba streets has resulted in lengthy queues at public transport terminals, impacting the over 2.7 million residents who depend on the city's public transport s...

Mar 11 , 2023

Hibret Bank Beholds Novel Digital System

Hibret Bank upgrades its mobile banking system by launching an application and USSD dubbed "Hibir Mobile". Other than the usual services of mobile banking, the new application comprises new features o...

Mar 11 , 2023

Ethiopia Shifts Gear for Accession to World Trade Organization

Rebecca Fisher Lamb, ambassador to the Economic Agencies in Geneva and deputy Perm Rep to the World Trade Organization was appointed the previous week to chair the working party that reviews Ethiopia...

Mar 11 , 2023

Logistics Professionals Embark on Capacity Building

Logistics professionals drawn from the sector that committed to two weeks of training to build their freight forwarding, shipping and logistics capacity have gained their certificate last week. Eth...

Mar 11 , 2023

ZayRide Avails Company Shares to Public

The first taxi-hailing company, ZayRide made a total of 300 million Br worth of shares available to the public. The company offers a minimum of 25,000 Br worth of shares for drivers while 75,000 Br is...

Mar 11 , 2023

Unlicensed E-commerce Sites Prompt Timid Digital World

Only one website is legally registered with an e-commerce license in the country leaving out the current online markets unrecognized by the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration. According t...

Mar 11 , 2023

Land Related Services Reopen Void of Clarity

The suspension of property transaction services by the Addis Abeba City Administration has been lifted after a two-month hiatus. However, officials in the City Cabinet did not reveal if the ban on lan...

Mar 4 , 2023

HAZARDOUS WEIGHT

A 16-wheeler carries beyond-capacity scraps from a renovated construction site around the Vatican area. Transport regulations in Ethiopia have gone through multiple revisions due to the country averag...

Mar 4 , 2023

CULTURAL CROSSROADS

The 127th celebration of the victory of Adwa at Menelik square becomes a spectacle as government security block passage to the statue of the Emperor who led the battle. The battle which saw invading I...

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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