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Apr 30 , 2022

Dashen Bank, EagleLion to Roll Out Credit Platform

Dashen Bank has inked a deal with fintech firm EagleLion System Technology to introduce a credit-based application. Dubbed “DubePay”, the app will allow businesses to sell goods and services to...

Apr 30 , 2022

Economic Association Proposes Market Stabilisation Board

The Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) has proposed the formation of a 'supply and price stabilisation board' to rein in galloping inflation. A study it conducted reveals that supply shortages, u...

Apr 30 , 2022

Tech Ministry Issues Tender for Lagging National ID Programme

The Ministry of Innovation & Technology has issued a tender for the procurement of 315 biometric registration kits for a National identification card (ID) Programme initiated more than a decade ag...

Apr 22 , 2022

TENT SPACE

Vendors on the streets pop up every holiday season to take advantage of consumers' higher likelihood to spend. It does not always have a positive effect nonetheless, one of them being increasing pedes...

Apr 22 , 2022

AT EXTREME ENDS

In the streets of the capital, not many holidays pass without something strange taking place. This curious sight in the Shola Market is one good example. One end of a rope is tied to the rim of a car...

Apr 22 , 2022

RECYCLED FENCE

Months after the African Union Summit wrapped up in the capital, there are still banners from the event that could be found in the streets of Addis Abeba. In the Qera area, they have found a second li...

Apr 22 , 2022

EEP Signs $16.4 Equipment Deal with Chinese Firm

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has inked a 16.4 million dollar deal for the supply of electrical equipment from TBEA Co Ltd, a Chinese firm. The deal is for the supply of gas-insulated switchgears...

Apr 22 , 2022

Post Enterprise Jumps Aboard National ID Programme

The Ethiopian Postal Service Enterprise has signed an agreement with the national ID programme office to jointly conduct registration using its outlets. The state-owned Enterprise operates over 750 ou...

Apr 22 , 2022

Customs Commission Collects 103b Br

The Ethiopian Customs Commission reports its offices have collected over 103 billion Br in revenues over the first three quarters of the financial year. The figure is nearly a quarter higher than what...

Apr 22 , 2022

Telebirr to Introduce Airline Ticket Sales Feature

The country's two largest public enterprises have inked a deal to begin the sale of airline tickets on the state-owned Ethio telecom's Telebirr mobile money platform. Ethiopian Airlines and the tel...

Apr 22 , 2022

Troubled Manufacturing Sector Registers $390m Export Revenues

Close to 390 million dollars has been generated from the export of manufactured products over the first nine months of the financial year. Despite the growth, players in the manufacturing sector co...

Apr 22 , 2022

Consumer Protection Authority Approves Meta Abo Acquistion

The Trade Competition & Consumer Protection Authority has given the go-ahead to BGI to complete the acquisition of Meta Abo Brewery. In January, Diageo announced it had reached an agreement wit...

Apr 22 , 2022

IMF Projects 3.8pc GDP Growth

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Ethiopia's economy will grow by 3.8pc this year. The figure was published in its revised macroeconomic outlook released last week. The revis...

Apr 16 , 2022

REUSE ABUSE

The life of the homeless is one of endless tragedies, including being exposed to substance abuse. A few of them could be seen here, grabbing the opportunity to get some beer just when boxes of beer ar...

Apr 16 , 2022

MINIBUS SHOPPING

Colourful sandals hang from the trunk of a minibus for display to potential buyers. Inside the vehicle, the sellers boast an inventory of dozens of sandals. The minibus is parked close to the National...

Apr 16 , 2022

GIVING BACK

Representatives from Mela Event, an event planning and management company, and St. George Beer, owned by BGI Ethiopia, donate cooking oil and wheat flour to elderly folks from low-income households. T...

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