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Oct 1 , 2022

Horticulture Exports Hit $628m Despite Hurdles

The export of horticultural products brought in 628 million dollars in revenues last year, according to the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration. Cut flowers accounted for the vast majority a...

Oct 1 , 2022

Safaricom Ethiopia Pushes Network Pilot Forward

The executives of Safaricom Ethiopia Plc have expanded their large-scale network pilot to Awoday and Gonder towns in the Oromia and Amhara regional states, respectively. The expansion brings the nu...

Sep 24 , 2022

Recyclable Cash

These types of scenes can be seen around the city. People collect different types of plastic materials to sell them in return for recyclers. Water bottles make up the majority of the recyclable plasti...

Sep 24 , 2022

Young Care

Sahlemariam Abebe (right), national director for SOS Children's Villages in Ethiopia, spoke at the launching project for a new program by the aid agency on September 20, 2022, at the Ethiopian Skyligh...

Sep 24 , 2022

Feeding on Road

In the middle of a recently constructed highway in Qera, on Alexander Pushkin Street, a donkey is grazing on grass on the road separator. It shares the infrastructure with pedestrians and vehicles as...

Sep 24 , 2022

World Bank Funds $210m Groundwater Project as Drought Intensifies

A sustainable groundwater project in drought-prone lowland areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia was launched last week with 210 million dollars in funding from the World Bank. The six-year initiati...

Sep 24 , 2022

Chinese Textile Manufacturer Joins Adama Industrial Park

A Chinese textile manufacturer has signed a 216 million Br deal for a lease at Adama Industrial Park. The managers of Lighthouse Garment Manufacturing Plc say they expect to invest close to one bil...

Sep 24 , 2022

Ethiopian, Italian Firm Open Blanket Manufacturing Facility

The national carrier has inaugurated a facility for the manufacturing of insulation blankets for Boeing 737-MAX aircraft at its hub in Addis Abeba Bole International Airport. The facility is part o...

Sep 24 , 2022

Election Board Request 541m Br for Latest Southern Referendum

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has submitted a budget request of over half a billion Birr to Parliament to organise a referendum scheduled to be held in the Southern Regional State. ...

Sep 24 , 2022

Ethiopian Airlines Consortium Wins Nigeria Carrier Bid

A consortium with the Ethiopian Airlines Group as one of the major shareholders has won a bid to control Nigeria's national carrier – Nigeria Air. The other members of the consortium are Nigerian...

Sep 24 , 2022

RedFox Latest to Roll out Data Centre

A privately-owned modular data centre in Addis Abeba's ICT Park has gone operational nearly two years after RedFox Solutions Group secured land in the Park. RedFox executives, led by General Manage...

Sep 24 , 2022

Siinqee Leaps into Banking Industry

Siinqee Bank has made its official debut in the banking industry with a capital base that puts it on a footing with veterans. The Bank's executives celebrated the entry during a launch ceremony las...

Sep 18 , 2022

AGRA Launches $550m Africa Farming Fund

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has announced a half billion dollar catalytic fund to back efforts to improve food security on the continent over the next five years. The organisa...

Sep 18 , 2022

Safaricom Ethiopia to Build Data Centre in ICT Park

Safaricom Ethiopia Plc has inked a sub-lease agreement with the Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) for the construction of a new data centre in Addis Abeba's ICT Park. Projected to cos...

Sep 17 , 2022

Recognition to Suppliers

Abdulkedir Gelgelo (MD), director general of the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service, oversaw recognition awards to pharmaceutical suppliers for their services at the height of the COVID-19 pandem...

Sep 17 , 2022

Carpet Load

A street vendor walks up the road near Sheraton Hotel and Friendship Park, carrying merchandise that instantly grabs attention. He is holding two carpets rolled up into cylinderical shapes. Despite ap...

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

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