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Oct 15 , 2022

Global Inflation Causing 'Horrifying' Food Insecurity

Africa's central banks are walking a tightrope trying to curb inflation mostly out of their control and causing "horrifying" food insecurity, the International Monetary Fund's Africa head warned. T...

Oct 15 , 2022

Business Incubator Launches 5.5m Euro Project

BIC Ethiopia launched a business incubator to be carried out in the next four years with 5.5 million euros, of which the European Union funds 90pc. Business Incubator Community Ethiopia - BIC Ethiopia...

Oct 15 , 2022

City Administration to Make E-procurement Mandatory

Products and service providers to the Addis Abeba City government will be compelled to use an online portal to do business with its many bureaus. The city's administration's Finance Bureau, led by Y...

Oct 8 , 2022

Ministry Hires Firm to Rethink Industrial Incentives

A private consulting firm has been hired to reexamine incentives for the industrial sector as earlier incentives made a decade ago were criticized for failing to encourage manufacturers. The incent...

Oct 8 , 2022

Governor Yinager Orders Bank Accounts Freeze to Counter Forex Upsurge

Central bank Governor Yinager Dessie (PhD) ordered the suspension of accounts by hundreds of people allegedly involved in illicit foreign currencies trade last week. The latest measures by the cent...

Oct 8 , 2022

Forgotten Board

An advertising sign board around Meskel square was neglected as it tilted without the advertisement and leaned on the tree next to it. ...

Oct 8 , 2022

Harmonize Educating

Alemayehu Haile Gebre (PhD) (left), Ethiopia country director and Asefa Nana, Ceo of Welita development agency, signing ceremony to educate 31000 school children with different local educators at Harm...

Oct 8 , 2022

Inside the art

A museum dedicated to the Lalibel church, " Carving Faith", with different information and high tec technology in Entoto park, was inaugurated by government officials, the French embassy and the Frenc...

Oct 8 , 2022

Ethiopia Lunch Brings Safaricom Shares Surge

Last week's launching of telecom services by the Kenyan-led consortium, Safaricom Ethiopia Plc, not only broke a century-old monopoly by a state-owned enterprise. The news brought good fortune to the...

Oct 8 , 2022

Logistic Lobby Group Enters Deal with East Africa Org.

Ethiopian Freight Forwarders & Shipping Agents Association (EFFSAA) and Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) signed a memorandum of understanding on October 4, 2022, to develop the logistics sector and l...

Oct 8 , 2022

COOP Inks Agreement With International Consultancy

The Cooperative Bank of Oromia (COOP) has signed Dar Al-Handas, an international consultancy firm, for the construction of its 40-story building in Addis Abeba's financial district, around National Th...

Oct 8 , 2022

Samaritan Ushers in First Stroke Treatment Facility

Samaritan Hospital ushered in Ethiopia's first stroke facility, which opened two weeks ago under Axon Stroke & Spine Centre. The centre has given services to no less than 100 patients who suffe...

Oct 1 , 2022

UNDP Nods $2m for National Dialogue

United Nation Development Program (UNDP) has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Finance and National Dialogue Commission, allocating 2.2 million dollars for the upcoming national discussion. Ma...

Oct 1 , 2022

Street Snack

The rainy season is going to be missed for at least one reason: boiled corn on the cob. As the customer captured here, it has been an enjoyable street food for the city's residents to keep them warm....

Oct 1 , 2022

Stair Shop

A shop and a shoeshine stall have been set up under the stairs of an overhead bridge. In the most crowded parts of Addis Abeba, there is always some type of vendor selling everyday goods, serving the...

Oct 1 , 2022

Tyre Sign

A tyre repair shop has put up a sign with a wooden base and a tire nailed to it at the top. A cheaper version of roadside billboards, the sign hangs by the light railway, around Meshawalekia, and is h...

Columns

Commentaries | Jun 06,2026

The Elections Offered Order at the Centre, Silence at the Edges

For a political veteran as controversial as Getachew Reda, last week's national elections...

Editorial | Jun 6 , 2026

Addis Abeba Pours a New Story in Every Cup, Where Tradition Meets Global Influence

Customers settle into a carefully curated space of dark wood, black accents, muted green f...

Featured | May 31 , 2026 . By HELINA HADGU

THE GOLD RUSH RUNS OUT OF FUEL

Zenebe Girja used to sit close to the centre of the formal gold trade, where sacks of raw...

Agenda | Jun 7 , 2026 . By MASTEWAL ZEMENE

National Census Delay Opens a New Fight Over Who Controls the Facts

The long-delayed census has returned to Parliament not as a counting exercise, but as a fi...

Fortune News | Jun 7 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE