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The Culture of Hard Work: Shock Felt from Ethiopia to US

May 8 , 2021 . By Yonas Assefa

Cultural shock is an inevitable phenomenon that every immigrant encounters. It is a challenging, dehumanising, and ultimately educational journey that shapes characters and gives individuals an all-rounded personality. It occurs in the form of lifestyle, awkwardness due to lack of language, racial i...

The Swiss-German Lesson of Volunteerism, Vocational Work

May 8 , 2021 . By Melat Tekletsadik

It has been a little over a year since I immigrated to Switzerland. I got married during these unprecedented times and officially settled in the highlands of Zurich. The past year has been quite an adventure. I arrived here just a few hours before the borders of the European Union (EU) closed due to...

In Driving Business Growth, IP Protection Pays in Royalties

April 30 , 2021 . By Thomas Bundi

In Fits and Starts, Insurance Sector Comes Out of Its Cocoon

April 30 , 2021 . By Asseged G. Medhin

How Africa Should Approach Trade, Industrialisation

April 30 , 2021 . By Nimrod Zalk

Stuck in Yesteryear, Higher Education Assessment Needs to See Beyond the Basics

April 24 , 2021 . By Shewangezaw Seyoum

The 'Virtue' in Voting, Responsible Political Participation

April 24 , 2021 . By Halima Abate (MD)

Employment in the Platform Age

April 17 , 2021 . By Jayati Ghosh

Career Anchor Secures Place in the World of Labour

April 17 , 2021 . By Asegid Getachew

Organisations in developing countries, including Ethiopia, employ a career management system that focuses on its external aspect. Such a system is designed to ensure that employees progress along a defined career ladder until they reach a certain plateau. Career, however, has an internal dimensio...

Global Financing to End the Pandemic

April 10 , 2021 . By Jeffrey D. Sachs

This week’s spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank offer a historic chance for financial cooperation. The major economies, including the United States, the European Union, China, and other G20 countries, have already signaled their support for a new allocation...

Ethiopia! Wake Up and Smell the Stench

April 10 , 2021 . By Leilt Eshetu

Counterintuitively, Negotiation Can Push GERD Dispute into War

April 3 , 2021 . By Dejen Yemane

In Institutionalising Risk Management, Insurance Sector Indispensable

April 3 , 2021 . By Asseged G. Medhin

With COVID Making Comeback, No Time for Apathy, Vaccine Nationalism

March 27 , 2021 . By Asegid Getachew

Avoiding a K-Shaped Global Recovery

March 27 , 2021 . By Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz

In Business, Novelty Sees the Future, Veterans Manage Reality

March 20 , 2021 . By Million Kibret

Stock Market, Digitisation: Drivers of Insurance Sector Out of Traditionalism

March 20 , 2021 . By Asseged G. Medhin

Just like a daily routine – think drinking coffee – the news of the death of our fello...

“V-shaped” Recovery? Manufacturing Sector Lights the Way

March 13 , 2021 . By Austine Sequeira

Just like a daily routine – think drinking coffee – the news of the death of our fello...

The Long-time Coming, Yawning Failure to Close Cement Supply Gaps

March 13 , 2021 . By Zelalem Bezabih

Just like a daily routine – think drinking coffee – the news of the death of our fello...

It Takes More than Excuses to Address the 'Social Monster'

March 6 , 2021 . By Zelalem Bezabih

Just like a daily routine – think drinking coffee – the news of the death of our fello...


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The Tasteless Musical Tune of Female Objectification

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Green Revolution Yet to Come to Ethiopia

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The Birds Chirp No More. But Addis' Robbers Do

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Crackdowns on Hotel Properties Leave Workers Dismayed

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Truce Isn't Settlement, But Promising Start for Durable Peace

Editorial

Truce Isn't Settlement, But Promising Start for Durable Peace

July 31 , 2021

They say making peace is harder than waging war. It is a real test of the courage of...

Clouds Gathering on Inflation, Policy Consistency Keeps the Rain at Bay

July 24 , 2021

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

Voters Want Stability, Order. Prosperity Can Find It through Negotiated Settlement

July 18 , 2021

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

Absent Competent Bureaucracy, Economic Policies Get Stuck

July 10 , 2021

There is no shortage of drafts beings drawn, and bills authored these days. The more...

Sunday With Eden

The Birds Chirp No More. But Addis' Robbers Do

Gone are the days where my family and I used to wake up to the singing of the birds n...

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...

Life Matters

The Tasteless Musical Tune of Female Objectification

There are two epidemics in the music industry. One is not as bad but essential enough...

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...

Agenda

Crackdowns on Hotel Properties Leave Workers Dismayed

July 31 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

It is a tiny dwelling made of corrugated iron near the Gerji Mebrat Hail area, Bole D...

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

July 18 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

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

July 11 , 2021 . By SAMUEL BOGALE

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

Gallery

2020 in Posterity

January 5 , 2021

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...

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

September 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

December 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

April 26 , 2019

Mourning Nation, Grieving World

March 17 , 2019

Commentaries

State-sanctioned Treasury Bills Spoils Gov't, the Market Offers Salvation

The move towards a market-based treasury bills' auction is one of the significant ste...

One More Treaty for Gov't, One Giant Leap towards Legal Certainty for Businesses

In a bid to open up the economy, the government is taking various steps. One of these...

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...

Fortune news

Abinet Gebremeskel Departs MIDROC, "Sacked" or "Resigned"

July 31 , 2021

Abinet Gebremeskel, a close confidant of Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi (Sheikh) for over...

Businesswoman Acquires Nexus Hotel for 740m Br

July 31 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

A businesswoman with assets in the hospitality industry has acquired the Nexus, a fou...

Tenants in Historic Piassa Buildings Breathe Sigh of Relief

July 31 , 2021 . By BAMLAK FIKADU

Tenants of two historical structures in Piassa, Addis Abeba, breathed a sigh of relie...

Federal Government to Harmonise Regions' GDP Computation

July 31 , 2021 . By HAWI DADHI

Regional authorities will soon start computing the size of their respective economies...

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