SLEEPLESS CAPITAL


SLEEPLESS CAPITAL

A street fence around Saris provides residents with an alternative to hang washed clothes for drying. New regulations from the Addis Abeba City Cabinet Buildings must be at least 10m from the leading road edge. At the same time, five metres and two metres distance are required from sub-main roads and neighbourhood roads, respectively. While the regulations stemmed from realisations during the construction of the Grand Corridor project, they will determine construction aesthetics in the foreseeable future. Despite being a few months away from competition, the project has transformed the capital's aesthetics. In addition to the 100Km of bicycle lanes and 96Km of pedestrian sidewalks, several street-side sub-standard neighbourhoods have been razed to make way for contemporary projects.

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FROZEN FOCUS

A man and woman, cast in bronze outside Menelik II School in Arat Kilo, inhabit separate worlds, he buried in ink-stained pages, she captivated by the glow of a screen. Side by side yet divided by decades, their silent conversation bridges time, technology, and habit. The sculpture captures humanity's attachment to what's immediate, a nod to scrolling and screens, while quietly celebrating the near-vanishing ritual of reading. It's a frozen meditation on focus, distraction, and the delicate danc...


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RECYCLING LEGACY

Lelise Neme, Director General of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), and Helen Debebe, State Minister at the Ministry of Urban & Infrastructure, take a closer look at recycled packaging displayed by Mador Packaging during the Circular Economy Hotspot Ethiopia 2025 at the Science Museum in Addis Abeba. The event showcased innovations in recycling and sustainable products, linking the green legacy ambitions with the practical realities of circular economy solutions...


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CHAINED MEMORY

The marble gentleman of Addis Abeba, Piazza area  stands eternally pensive, hand to chest as if swearing loyalty to an invisible audience. In reality, he is the statue of Abune Petros, the Ethiopian bishop executed by Italian forces in 1936 for resisting the Fascist occupation. Today, he gazes over a city jammed with traffic, bureaucracy, and high-rise ambitions, holding a broken chain that once symbolised defiance but now competes with satellite dishes and billboards. History wanted him rememb...