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May 28 , 2022

Hundreds of Khat Exporters See Licenses Revoked

Officials at the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration have revoked the licenses of 830 khat exporters. They claim they took the measure following an assessment that uncovered illicit tradin...

May 28 , 2022

Pandemic Pushes 55m Africans into Poverty; Ethiopia, Nigeria Top List: UN

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an estimated 55 million Africans into poverty, with Ethiopia and Nigeria the major sources for the "new poor" created over the past two years, according to the annual...

May 21 , 2022

Leather Industry Struggles to Meet Expectations

The struggling leather industry managed a little over 33 million dollars in export earnings over the first 10 months of the financial year. It is less than half of officials' aspirations to generat...

May 21 , 2022

Corporation Calls on Suppliers for 200,000tn Sugar Procurement

Executives of the Ethiopian Sugar Corporation have taken steps to procure 200,000tn of sugar from international suppliers. The Corporation had invited shortlisted companies to submit offers, after...

May 21 , 2022

TAGGED

Youth in the National Theatre area are waiting for the bus to start moving. They have found a handle to grab and accelerate them ones its starts moving as they ride their skateboard. Although skateboa...

May 21 , 2022

AD TRAIN

The Addis Abeba Light Rail has got a new look. The cars are now draped with ads for various companies, giving them an aesthetic look compared to their usual light coloured tone. It is an alternative s...

May 21 , 2022

TELE BILL

Firehiwot Tamiru (centre), CEO of Ethio telecom, and Shumete Gizaw (Phd) (left), head of the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), laugh boisterously during the signing ceremony to launch water...

May 21 , 2022

Ethiopia's Internal Displacement Tops Global List: Report Reveals

Ethiopia recorded the highest number of internally displaced people (IDPs) of any country in 2021, according to a report published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. The armed conflict...

May 21 , 2022

Launches Water Payment Services in Major Towns

Residents of seven regional towns now have the option to settle their water utility payments through Ethio telecom's Telebirr mobile money platform. The state-owned operator has availed the service...

May 21 , 2022

Discrepancies Force Health Ministry to Cancel $30m Bid

The Ministry of Health has cut short a 30 million dollar tender for the procurement of mosquito nets following allegations of discrepancies in the integrity of the bidding process. Floated through...

May 21 , 2022

Wealth Fund Gains Access to International Forum

Ethiopian Investment Holdings has been approved as an associate member of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, a global network of sovereign wealth funds from over 40 countries. It in...

May 21 , 2022

Financial Institutions to Lease Data Centres from State Telco

Four financial institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding with the state-owned Ethio telecom to lease space at its data centre in the Gola area of Addis Abeba. Zemen Bank, the fully-fle...

May 14 , 2022

STREET MADE

Sometimes, work could be a lonely endeavour. Under the sweltering sun, this professional proceeded to meticulously paint the entrance way to a hotel. He uses plasters and paintbrushes to craft his han...

May 14 , 2022

AWAY FROM STREETS

Ergoge Tesfaye (PhD) (right), minister of Women & Social Affairs, and Senait Gebregziabher (left), international director for eastern and southern Africa region at the SOS Children's Villages Inte...

May 14 , 2022

5G DAY

Frehiwot Tamiru interacts with a service robot that uses a 5G network to operate. The robot walked around and engaged with invited guests at the inauguration of 5G network by Ethio telecom at Sheraton...

May 14 , 2022

Zemen Bank Rolls Out Cash Deposit ATMs

Zemen Bank has deployed automated teller machines (ATM) that enable clients to deposit cash. The two machines are installed at the Bank's main branch on Tito Street in the Casanchis and its banking...

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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