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Apr 16 , 2022

Agri Shops Establish Input Import Company in Oromia Region

Over 50 agricultural one-stop shops operating in the Oromia Regional State have joined to establish an inputs supplier company with an initial capital of 58 million Br. Dubbed Mariganama Agricultur...

Apr 16 , 2022

AfDB Approves $5.5m Grant for East Africa Energy Projects

The board of directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a 5.5 million dollar technical assistance grant to kick-start the roll-out of the flagship Desert to Power initiative to be im...

Apr 16 , 2022

Ethio-Re Appoints United CEO as Chairperson

Ethiopian Reinsurance (Ethio-Re) has appointed MeseretBezabih, chief executive officer (CEO) of United Insurance, as its board chairperson. NetsanetLemessa, CEO of the state-owned Ethiopian Insurance...

Apr 16 , 2022

Flower Growers Request Help in Sourcing Sugar

The Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) is petitioning the Ministry of Industry for help in sourcing sugar on behalf of five flower growers. Floriculturists use sugar as a...

Apr 9 , 2022

PRIVATISED SPACE

It is sometimes the case that public property could be transformed into private in an informal and barely perceptible manner. The bus station in Kazanchis has been taken over by informal service provi...

Apr 9 , 2022

HUNGER INDEX

A panel discussion was held at the launching event of the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 Ethiopia policy brief by Alliance 2015 at Elilly International Hotel on April 5, 2022. It painted a bleak pictu...

Apr 9 , 2022

GROOMING THE SQUARE

A worker grooms the grass between the famous concentric steps at Mesqel Square, the vegetation of which is a recent feature after its costly rehabilitation. But it is rarely closed to the public, with...

Apr 9 , 2022

Somali Launches 51m Br Irrigation Schemes Amid Drought

Irrigation schemes built at a cost of over 50 million Br have gone operational in the Somali Regional State. Officials say the irrigation facilities in the Libon Zone have the capacity of irrigatin...

Apr 9 , 2022

Fuel Truckers, Ministry Reach Agreement

Officials at the Ministry of Transport & Logistics say they have reached an agreement with the Ethiopian Bulk Fuel Transport Owners Association over the adjustment of tariffs paid for the transpor...

Apr 9 , 2022

Shipping Enterprise Announces Plans for Jimma Terminal

The Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise (ESLSE) has announced plans to erect a new dry port and terminal post in Jimma town, Oromia Regional State. The port to be erected on 20ht...

Apr 9 , 2022

Trade Ministry Handles 1b Br of Acquisitions and Mergers

The Ministry of Trade & Regional integration processed the acquisitions and mergers of 39 local companies with a value of 1.08 billion Br over the first eight months of the financial year. The...

Apr 9 , 2022

Semera Industrial Park Nears Completion

Executives of the Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) say that 98pc of construction at Semera Industrial Park in the Afar Regional State has been completed. Eight production sheds have bee...

Apr 9 , 2022

Customs Commission to Approve Franco Valuta Import for Consumer Goods

The Ministry of Finance has announced that franco valuta import of designated consumer goods can be approved by the Ethiopian Customs Commission. The Ministry had allowed the import wheat, sugar, b...

Apr 9 , 2022

NBE Mandates Banks Erect Disaster Recovery Data Centre

Last week, regulators at the National Bank Of Ethiopia (NBE) introduced a new directive that obliges commercial banks to build a recovery data centre. The directive dictates the data centre needs to b...

Up Right Mop

It is a sight not often encountered. Four floor mops lean against the back of a bus, to dry off after their owner has utilized them. Like most types of mops found in Ethiopia, they are made by artisan...

Apr 2 , 2022

Rusty Neglect

Steel and wood scrap materials are dumped inside a compound near the National Theatre. They are haphazardly thrown around near a parking lot along with debris from a bulldozed structure. In the harsh...

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