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May 14 , 2022

Dashen Brewery Inaugurates 1.7b Br Expansion Projects

Dashen Brewery S.C. has inaugurated a 1.7 billion Br project to expand its plants in Gonder and Debre Birhan in the Amhara Regional State. The brewer began operations at its plant in Gonder, 750Km...

May 14 , 2022

Abyssinia Bank Awards 60-Storey Construction Project to Chinese Firm

The Bank of Abyssinia has awarded the contract for the construction of a 60-storey building in Addis Abeba's financial district to China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. The Bank's exec...

May 7 , 2022

Eka General Hospital Sees Off Sole COVID-19 Patient

For the first time since the early days of the pandemic in 2020, the wards of Eka Kotebe General Hospital have no patients admitted for COVID-19 treatment. The final patient left the Hospital on Ma...

May 7 , 2022

Dashen Bank Becomes Latest to Join National ID Programme Registration

The executives of Dashen Bank signed an agreement with representatives of the National ID Office last week, availing the Bank's branch network for registration efforts. It is the latest in the industr...

May 7 , 2022

FIFA TROPHY

Essayas Jira (right), head of the Ethiopian Football Federation, and Daryl Wilson, managing director of Coca Cola Beverages Africa, shake hands at an event at Sheraton Addis on May 3, 2022, partnering...

May 7 , 2022

SQUEEZE PAST

Around Mexico Square, near a taxi stop, a traffic light is holding up a line of vehicles. To the right are parked cars, some of them double parked. Since construction of a nearby building has taken up...

May 7 , 2022

SPLASH STREET

Whenever there is rain or a small drizzle, the roads on Sierra Leone Street form puddles as a result of clogged drainage. The street fills up with contaminated water, especially from plastics...

May 7 , 2022

Amhara Bank Opens Maiden Branch, Awaits Operational License

Amhara Bank has opened its first branch in the Arat Kilo area of Addis Abeba while its promoters await an operational license from regulators at the central bank. The Bank is looking to join the in...

May 7 , 2022

Retail Prices at Pumping Stations Surge

Prices for benzene and diesel will go up beginning May 8, 2022. Officials at the Ministry of Trade & Regional Integration have set the price for a litre of benzene at 36.87 Br, a 16pc jump. It...

May 7 , 2022

State Telco Ready to Launch 5G

The state-owned Ethio telecom is to launch a 5G network on May 9, 2022. Executives says they have completed all necessary preparations for the launch, which has been in the making for over a year i...

May 7 , 2022

Fed Eyes 7.2m Housing Units Erected in Decade

Federal officials say they want to see up to 7.2 million housing units erected over the coming decade. Officials at the Ministry of Urban Development & Infrastructure have announced plans to ha...

May 7 , 2022

T-bill Auction Sees 15.7b Br Bids

The central bank's latest auction of treasury bills (T-bills) saw a total of 15.7 billion Br worth of bids. The government-guaranteed bonds are auctioned off bi-monthly to financial institutions, pens...

May 7 , 2022

Afar Revenues Authorities Report 1.5b Br Collected

Tax officials in the Afar Regional State say they have collected 1.5 billion Br in revenues over the past nine months. It represents a growth of over 300 million Br compared to the same period last...

Apr 30 , 2022

COFFEE BUS

The repurposed Anbessa buses that serve as retail outlets for the Sheger Bread & Flour Factory are notable for being used for purposes other than what they were intended for most of the time. This...

Apr 30 , 2022

UNBUILT

Among the high-rises, light railway system and overpasses, there are still significant chunks of Addis Abeba that are severely underdeveloped. One good example of this is the intersecting cut between...

Apr 30 , 2022

HORTICULTURE INCLUSION

Emebet Tafesse, CEO of Zebad General Export & Import, discusses enhancing opportunities for women in the agriculture sector at a conference organised by the Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporte...

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