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Feb 18 , 2023

Shipping & Logistics Brings 185 Freight Trucks

About 185 new heavy-duty freight trucks are added to the import-export corridor with more than 1.4 billion Br cost. The Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Service Enterprise Executive Director, Roba M...

Feb 18 , 2023

FAO Rolls Out a 2.5m Br Donation for Trading System

Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) recieves a 2.5 million Br donation to realise the trading system that includes wheat and provide warehouse finance services. The food and Agriculture Organization (F...

Feb 18 , 2023

BGI Expands Meta Abo Brewery with 550m Br

Meta Abo Brewery's expansion with over half a billion Birr investment was launched last week by BGI Ethiopia. The investment is expected to reequip, renovate and expand the Brewery, the newly appoi...

Feb 18 , 2023

Medical Schools Foresee $300,000 Worth Equipments

Health professionals will have the adequate tools to train as more than 650 pieces of medical equipment including autoclaves, microscopes, intubation kits and resuscitation machines make their way. US...

Feb 18 , 2023

Foreign Policy of South Korea Eyes Africa

The Republic of Korea prepares to host the first Korea-Africa Summit in 2024. Jang Sungamin, senior secretary for future strategy, has made an upturn in Addis Abeba amidst the 36th African Union summi...

Feb 18 , 2023

Chain Coffeehouse Expands to Middle East

Kaldis Coffee, a chain coffeehouse headquartered in Addis Abeba, stretches its presence to the Middle East making its official debut in Dubai, UAE three weeks ago. The Cafe was opened with 200,000 dol...

Feb 11 , 2023

OFF TRACK

Car rams into a light railway system track around Debre Zeit road early last week. The 17Km light railway was built with a loan of 475 million dollars from the Chinese Exim Bank. China has been suppor...

Feb 11 , 2023

BACKLOG

Three-wheeler vehicles locally called 'Bajaj' line up around the Gotera condominium as they have been prohibited from moving on main roads during the AU summit. The summit will take place between the...

Feb 11 , 2023

HIGH POWER

Electric technicians fix street lamps around the Sheraton area using a crane loaded on the back of a truck. Ethiopian Electric Power recently revealed that it had gained up to 40 million dollars expor...

Feb 11 , 2023

Ethiotel Embarks on Financing Start-ups

Start-up businesses are set to receive financial and technical support from Ethiotelecom. The CEO Frehiwot Tamiru mentioned that Ethiopia's procrastination in start-up funding inspired the company...

Feb 11 , 2023

Agency Crosses E-Procurement Training

More than 200 professionals have trained to implement electronic procurement procedures. The Public Procurement Property & Administration Agency organised training at Harmony Hotel partnering with...

Feb 11 , 2023

Italy Unveils €182m Loan, Grant

Access to basic services such as health and education is met with a loan and grant agreement from the government of Italy worth close to 182 million euros. Last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and...

Feb 11 , 2023

Firm Plunges Executive Training Leering at 30m Birr Investment

A private company based in Addis Abeba in partnership with a Kenyan firm eyes investing up to 30 million Br to launch executive courses. The proposed curriculum and venue of the training centre are un...

Feb 11 , 2023

ICT Park Marks Sectional Data Center Completion

The first ICT village Ethio ICT Park marks the halfway completion of its data III tier centre. Raxio Data Centre Plc, a subsidiary of Raxio Group, is constructing the first private tier III colocation...

Feb 11 , 2023

Ministry Calls for Partial Privatization of Ethiotelecom

The partial privatization of Ethiotelecom is reinstated as the Ministry of Finance announced for Request for Proposal (RFP) last week. The Ministry announced a 45pc stake in the public enterprise woul...

Feb 11 , 2023

Despite Limitations Ethiopia Ramps Up Efforts to Join World Trade Organization

Having remained on the periphery of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for many years, Ethiopia is scaling up efforts for accession. Although ratifying the agreement to establish the African Continent...

Columns

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