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Sunday With Eden

Eden Sahle is founder and CEO of Yada Technology Plc. She has studied law with a focus on international economic law. She can be reached at edensah2000@gmail.com.



Sunday With Eden

Society that Lacks Reading Culture Bound to Fail, on Repeat

July 24 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

It is not unheard of for adults to proudly declare that they never read books or articles of any length. There is, of course, a high rate of illiteracy, where nearly half the adult population can neither read nor write. But ironically, the culture of reading is held in apparent contempt for a countr...

Dare Converse on Politics, But with Reason, Open Mind

July 18 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

A group of us, friends, met over the weekend. Unsurprisingly, the conversation soon veered into politics. What was unexpected was when a friend who has never followed Ethiopian politics started talking about it passionately. We were further shocked over the uninformed conclusions he made and even tr...

Abebech's Mortal, Her Legacy Lives Immortally

July 10 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

People Go Through Lots, It Helps to Listen Before the Rush to Judge

July 3 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

The Forgivers, Superheroes Amongst Society

June 26 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

'To Have and To Hold,' Easier Said than Done

June 19 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Beware Co-working! The Passion for Work's Contagious

June 12 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Pay Judges Better, They Will Judge Better

June 5 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

It's Only Natural to be Anxious Now, but Not Mentally Unwell

May 29 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Political, economic and public health crises coming all at once is devastating for people's mental health. The COVID-19 outbreak, and the tragedies of violence we hear about daily in various corners of the country, are increasingly impacting our psychological wellbeing, even if we do not directly su...

Clutter Wastes Away at the Tourism Sector's Potential

May 23 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

I have had the good luck of travelling to several parts of the country, visiting parks, mountains, and lake destinations. Everywhere one goes, what stands out like a sore thumb is the mismanagement of waste in these areas. Although the spectacular sites are refreshing, it is astonishing to see to wh...

COVID Keeps Taking, This Time a Compassionate Heroine

May 15 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Why Food Poisoning Becomes Criminal Enterprise

May 8 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

How Heroes Make it Through Intense Hardship

April 30 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Ageism Doesn't Age Well, but Wisdom Does

April 24 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Grieve Today, Work for Better Tomorrow

April 17 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Everyone Needs to Answer for Ethiopia Predicaments

April 10 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

COVID Makes Comeback: This Time Without Kidding Around

April 3 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Early Tuesday morning, I woke up to the heartbreaking news of the passing of a dear friend...

With Society Distracted, Underground Drug Market Thrives

March 27 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Early Tuesday morning, I woke up to the heartbreaking news of the passing of a dear friend...

Unlikely Lesson from SOS Children's Village to Ethiopia

March 20 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Early Tuesday morning, I woke up to the heartbreaking news of the passing of a dear friend...

Female Leadership, Political Loyalty Don't Go Together

March 13 , 2021 . By Eden Sahle

Early Tuesday morning, I woke up to the heartbreaking news of the passing of a dear friend...


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There was an alarming increase in the price of Teffin August 2017. It suddenly skyroc...

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The function held by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) to announce the...

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Sunday With Eden

Society that Lacks Reading Culture Bound to Fail, on Repeat

It is not unheard of for adults to proudly declare that they never read books or arti...

Dare Converse on Politics, But with Reason, Open Mind

A group of us, friends, met over the weekend. Unsurprisingly, the conversation soon v...

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Understood without Translation: When White People Speak Local

It is a universal thing for friends to use a secret language, or one assumed to be no...

Apple a Day Keeps the Ethiopian Health System Away

Not long ago, a friend’s relative became sick. Her grandson rushed her to a hospita...

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Import's Wild-Wild West

July 24 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

This year has been anything but a good year for Gabriela Esayas, a businesswoman who started a few years ago. Ordinarily, she would impor...

Deposit Mobilisation Barely Keeping Up With Cash Hoarding, Inflation

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A businessman trading in electronics, Abel never thought he would be burdened in making timely payments f...

Trouble Tying Construction Firms with Banks, Insurance Looms Large

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Established over two decades ago when a handful of businesspeople were interested in joining the construc...

Starting Business Never Gets Easier

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Finding a job in the Ethiopian labour market had been all but a pleasant experience for Lamesgen Wubshet, a graduate of computer engineering...

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2020 in Posterity

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With an election initially expected to be held in 2020, the past year was supposed to be eventful. It did not disappoint. In fact, it outpaced expectations. Much of 2020 was talked about, analysed and debated. And thanks to technology, it was caught...

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Farmers Sell for Pennies. Markets Starve for Agri-products. Where's the Missing Link?

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In a bid to open up the economy, parliament recently revised Ethiopia’s Commercial...

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country’s most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or tw...

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All Ethiopian diplomats, barring ambassadors and heads of finance, have been instruct...

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