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Jan 22 , 2022

ELABORATE EPIPHANY

The Epiphany (Timqet) celebrated last Wednesday featured several creative visuals to commemorate faith. One such work is in a park, whereimage of saints are displayed on a flag and map of the country...

Jan 22 , 2022

GAMING

Timqet (Epiphany) was celebrated in Jan Meda, Addis Abeba, with usual warmth, with holy water sprinkled on participants as is part of the tradition. But there were also other activities, including you...

Jan 22 , 2022

UNLOADING

Workers are unloading tyres for trucks from one vehicle to another in the middle of the street around Sengatera. The tyres are very heavy and it takes the men nearly half an hour to get all of it done...

Jan 22 , 2022

City Revenues Bureau Collects 31.4b Br in Half Year

The Addis Abeba City Administration Revenues Bureau reports that its offices collected 31.4 billion Br over the first half of the fiscal year. The figure is 18pc higher than what tax officials had tar...

Jan 22 , 2022

China Donates 2.2m Doses Amid Vaccine Campaign Slowdown

The Chinese government donated 2.2 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Ministry of Health last week. The aid comes as the Ministry's vaccination campaign, which started last April, faces a st...

Jan 22 , 2022

Coffee Export Earnings Near $600m

Export revenues from Ethiopia's most valuable trade commodity registered at 578 million dollars over the first half of the fiscal year. The figure is 274 million dollars higher than revenues recorded...

Jan 22 , 2022

Youth Employment Rate at 57pc: Study Finds

A study conducted by the Ethiopian Statistics Service reveals that the employment-to-population ratio of youth between the ages of 15 and 29 is 57.4pc at the national level. Close to 51,000 househo...

Jan 22 , 2022

Manufacturing Registers $238m in Export Revenues

Ethiopia obtained 238 million dollars from the export of manufactured goods during the first half of the fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Industry. The figure is 27pc higher than revenues rec...

Jan 22 , 2022

Council of Minsters Approves Formation of Road Safety & Fund Service

The Council of Ministers approved the establishment regulation of the Road Safety & Fund Service during a session last week. The Service is formed by the merger of the National Road Safety Coun...

Jan 22 , 2022

Ethiopian Electric Utility to Build 1.2b Br HQ

The Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) is embarking on the construction of a 36-storey headquarters to be built in Kirkos District along the way from Mexico Square to the Sarbet area. The EEU has bud...

Jan 15 , 2022

Conduit Headache

A roll of electric conduits means that a certain neighbourhood is about to undergo the painful process of having its streets dugout. It is a seemingly never-ending process in several parts of the city...

Jan 15 , 2022

Careering

Recent graduates visit booths at the annual Dereja Career expo at Ghion Hotel, which was held for two days beginning on January 13, 2022. Organised by Dereja.Com with the Jobs Creation Commission and...

Jan 15 , 2022

Asphalt Pickup

The hazardousness of waste produced from construction is not better evidenced from the look of this pickup car. It is carrying liquid material used in asphalt road paving in steel barrels. The man rid...

Jan 15 , 2022

UNOCHA Faces Funding Gap for Humanitarian Response in Ethiopia

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) is facing a 1.2 billion dollar funding gap for its humanitarian assistance efforts in northern Ethiopia and other parts...

Jan 15 , 2022

Hijra Bank Opens Over a Dozen Branches

Hijra Bank has opened 17 branches since it became operational in September last year. Seven of the branches are located in Addis Abeba and neighbouring towns while the remaining are spread across t...

Jan 15 , 2022

City Launches 8b Br Condominium Project

The Addis Abeba City Administration has embarked on an eight billion Birr condominium housing project. Dubbed the 'Akaki Prefab Housing Phase I' project, it will see the construction of 5,000 house...


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