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Feb 19 , 2022

Parilament Approves Pension Proclamations

Two proclamations to govern public and private pension scheme were approved by Parliament during an extraordinary session last week. A provision in the public pension fund proclamation states the p...

Feb 19 , 2022

World Bank Donates $64m to Somali Region Drought Response

The World Bank has approved a fund of 64.3 million dollars to bolster humanitarian response efforts for the victims of drought in the Somali Regional State. Its officials announced the decision las...

Feb 12 , 2022

WEIGHTED DISPOSAL

The proliferation of water bottling companies has not been without its price. The streets are littered with plastic bottles that are toxic to the environment as they take decades to decompose. Here, c...

Feb 12 , 2022

WIDE SHOW

The mattress retailer in the Saris area has a wide selection of products but not enough space to spare. It is displaying mattresses all over a pedestrian walkway. People in the area walk between mattr...

Feb 12 , 2022

PLUG UP CAR

Fitsum Deresa, managing director at Green Tech Africa, a renewable energy company, plugs in a charger showcasing electric and solar chargeable vehicles at its showroom in Qality on February 10, 2022....

Feb 12 , 2022

Ethio Lease Appoints New CEO

The board of directors of Ethio Lease Ethiopian Capital Goods Finance S.C. has appointed Degol Gossaye as its chief executive officer (CEO). Degol has over 16 years of experience working in the ban...

Feb 12 , 2022

5.7m People Affected by Severe Drought Need Food Assistance: WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that 5.7 million people affected by severe drought need food assistance in eastern Ethiopia. The organisation plans to support 2.9 million people with food...

Feb 12 , 2022

National Quality Infrastructure Project to See $14.6m in Additional Financing

The World Bank has approved 14.6 million dollars in additional funding for the National Quality Infrastructure Programme. The programme kicked off in 2017 with an outlay of 50 million dollars to su...

Feb 12 , 2022

Industrial Parks Generate $104m in Half-Year Exports

Industrial parks have exported 104 million dollars worth of goods in the first half of the financial year, around a quarter higher than the figure from the same period last year. The Industrial Par...

Feb 12 , 2022

First Batch of WHO Supplies Reach Meqelle

The World Health Organisation (WHO) dispatched the first batch of medicines, medical supplies and equipment to Tigray Regional State last week. The 10tn shipment arrived in Meqelle, capital of Tigr...

Feb 12 , 2022

January Inflation Rate Tops 34pc

Headline inflation, an indicator of the cost of living, slowed down in January, reaching 34.5pc, according to the latest consumer price index from the Ethiopian Statistical Service. The rate is slight...

Feb 12 , 2022

State Giant CBE Inaugurates $303m HQ

Nearly 304 million dollars and six years of construction later, the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has inaugurated its new headquarters in Addis Abeba. The 48-storey building on Ras Des...

Feb 5 , 2022

BILLBOARD CHANGE

Workers have climbed up the skeleton of a frame that holds billboards in Megenagna. They are removing one advert in favour of another. The business has become lucrative over the past years with advert...

Feb 5 , 2022

HELLO ASSEMBLY

Daniel Yohannes, founder and general manager of Hello Taxi, speaks at a press briefing at its assembly plant in Aqaqi Qality on February 1, 2022. The plant as assembled 100 vehicles and plans to deliv...

Feb 5 , 2022

OVERPASS COLUMN

A load-bearing concrete structure pokes out of the ground on the ring road near Imperial Hotel, around Gerji. A roundabout has been removed in favour of an overpass to ease traffic. With the construct...

Feb 5 , 2022

Kombolcha Industrial Park Tenants Commence Export Activities

Three companies leasing space in Kombolcha Industrial Park, located 380Km north of Addis Abeba in the Amhara Regional State, have begun shipping their products abroad. The armed conflict between fe...

Columns

Commentaries | Jun 22,2026

The Budget Bill Asks the Most from Citizens with the Least Slack

When Parliament takes up the appropriation bill, federal legislators will receive a docume...

Editorial | Jun 20 , 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

For Consumers in Addis Abeba, Even Thrift Becomes Expensive

For Senayit Bekele, the day's rhythm begins at a vegetable stall. The lunchtime crowd spil...

Agenda | Jun 21 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER

AG MESERET MAKES AUDIT MISMATCH HARD TO DEFEND

Federal and regional authorities have spent months urging taxpayers to pay more into the t...

Fortune News | Jun 21 , 2026 . By NAHOM AYELE