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African Negotiation with China Requires Assertiveness

September 14 , 2019 . By Ahadu Y. Assefa

Africa has a huge infrastructure gap that reached 45.5 billion dollars in 2018. Between 2018 and 2040, this infrastructure investment gap is expected to stand at 1.6 trillion dollars. Developing infrastructure in the region to address this gap is key to enabling African economies to prosper. Acco...

High Time for Electric Vehicle Policy in Ethiopia

September 7 , 2019 . By Clay Webster

The forex crunch. At this point, it has almost become an afterthought. Not a month goes by without another news story mentioning how a lack of forex has stalled another investment project, forced a factory to run at half its capacity or idled construction workers at a building site. In many ways, it...

The Ethiopian Dream: Immigration

September 7 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

The Grief Police

September 7 , 2019 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

The Anatomy of the Coming Recession

August 31 , 2019 . By Nouriel Roubini

Trump Good for Africa

August 31 , 2019 . By Hintsa Andebrhan

Making Migration Work for Everyone

August 24 , 2019 . By Md. Shahidul Haque

Responsible Emancipation

August 24 , 2019 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

How Africa Can Adapt to the Digital Revolution

August 17 , 2019 . By Kartik Akileswaran and Georgina Hutchinson

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is reshaping the world of work. While policymakers in the West are struggling to respond, the task facing African governments appears even more daunting. In navigating the challenges and opportunities of the digital age, the continent’s policymakers must be willing...

Change is Inevitable. Embrace it, Ethiopia

August 17 , 2019 . By Asseged G. Medhin

The financial sector in Ethiopia has shown growth, but as compared to regional financial institutions, in areas like resource mobilisation, profitability, creditworthiness, job creation, accessibility and innovation, there is still a lot of work to do for policy makers. When one considers the high...

Mind Your Language

August 10 , 2019 . By Etenat Awol

The High-Growth Promise of an Integrated Africa

August 10 , 2019 . By Landry Signé and Ameenah Gurib- fakim

Private Sector Solutions for Infrastructure Problems

August 3 , 2019 . By Getachew Yilma

Next Business Challenge for Ethiopia

August 3 , 2019 . By Asseged G. Medhin

How Africa Measures Up on Governance

July 27 , 2019 . By Marie Laberge

Robust Science Diplomacy for Africa

July 27 , 2019 . By Mekonnen Teshome

Populism, Radicalism Feeds on Constant Coverage

July 20 , 2019 . By Christian Tesfaye

When I was still in my freshman year at the beginning of my communication studies, I remem...

Ethiopia; Embrace Business Process Outsourcing

July 20 , 2019 . By Haben Mehari

When I was still in my freshman year at the beginning of my communication studies, I remem...

Getting African Women into the Boardroom

July 13 , 2019 . By Marcia Ashong

When I was still in my freshman year at the beginning of my communication studies, I remem...

Easy Way to Keep Healthy

July 13 , 2019 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

When I was still in my freshman year at the beginning of my communication studies, I remem...


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Commentaries | Feb 22,2020

Ethio-Djibouti Economic Corridor, Match Made in Heaven

Life Matters | Feb 22,2020

The Way with Money

My Opinion | Feb 22,2020

Ignorance Isn't Bliss

Sunday with Eden | Feb 22,2020

Growth Does Not Need to Be Foul

Agenda | Feb 22,2020

Anniversary of Armed Struggle Boosts Meqelle Economy

Editorial | Feb 22,2020

Whatever Happened to Political Parties` Code of Conduct?

Editorial

Whatever Happened to Political Parties` Code of Conduct?

February 22 , 2020

By the day, Ethiopians are inching closer to national elections on federal and region...

Politics Dominates National Discourse, to the Detriment of the Economy

February 15 , 2020

Senior government officials of African countries recently descended on Addis Abeba to...

History Will Judge Negotiators on GERD

February 8 , 2020

Belatedly, negotiators over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (DERD) took the rare...

Does Ethiopia Welcome the Political Marketplace?

February 1 , 2020

If there is anyone in the pundit circles who understands the political phenomenon tha...

Sunday With Eden

Growth Does Not Need to Be Foul

It is unbearable to pass by Qera slaughterhouse, let alone to live and work in that neighbourhood. Ironically, it is found in close proximit...

To Silence the Guns, Walk the Talk

African leaders have failed Africa. From staggering mismanagement of welfare, fiscal and monetary policies to weak institutions, conflicts a...

Life Matters

The Way with Money

There is an oxymoronic nature to the saying, “All men are born equal, but some are more equal than others.” But it fits perfectly well w...

Unwary Tribalists

It is hard to forget a teacher who makes an impression on us. I had one of those, and I would never forget his colourful eye-catching slides...

Agenda

Anniversary of Armed Struggle Boosts Meqelle Economy

February 22 , 2020 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

On Tuesday, February 18th, the eve of the 45th anniversary of the Tigrai struggle aga...

A Story of the Displaced

February 18 , 2020 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

In the late afternoon of Tuesday, February 11, 2020, Chaltu Abedela, 40, was in front of her small shop that sells very few fast-moving cons...

ET Maintains China Flights, while Ethiopia Braces for Coronavirus

February 8 , 2020 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

On the late afternoon of Tuesday, February 4, 2020, over a hundred people milled about inside Addis Abeba...

Bank Robbery Rampant as Police Fail to Arrest Perpetrators

February 1 , 2020 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

Elias Fikadu is one young person who has benefited from the aggressive branch expansion of banks in recen...

Gallery

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION  

December 14 , 2019

President Sahle-Work Zewde hosted a state dinner reception to congratulate and welcome the Prime Minister on his return home from Oslo, Norway, where he accepted the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize two days earlier...

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

THE FINISH LINE

March 16 , 2019

Pizza Hut Triples Branches

February 2 , 2019

Commentaries

Ethio-Djibouti Economic Corridor, Match Made in Heaven

Ethiopia and Djibouti have realised a strategic partnership in their bilateral relati...

Jobs, Promises Still Unmet to the Youth

We have gone through rough times in search of democracy and prosperity over the past...

Fineline

The squabbling within the negotiating team comes primarily from lack of clarity on who is in charge in providing leadership, claims gossip...

There has hardly been any issue that has galvanized Ethiopians - despite their many d...

A feud is raging between government through the liberalisation process...

A feud is raging between government through the liberalisation process and officials...

Fortune news

Gov't to Launch Housing Projects Through Public-Private Partnership

February 22 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

If approved by the Ministry of Finance, private companies can partner with the govern...

Entity Crops Up to Administer Land

February 22 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

A group of experts are expected to table a proposal to higher officials of the Ministry of Agriculture for the formation of an autonomous bo...

America's African Dream

February 22 , 2020

Mike Pompeo, secretary of state of the United States, was casual, affable and positive discussing Africa’s prospects in his meeting with V...

Hidasie Telecom Founds Microfinance Institution

February 22 , 2020 . By TEMESGEN MULUGETA

A local telecom products and services distributor has jumped into the financial industry by establishing...

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Street Books

February 22 , 2020

Plastic Hat

February 22 , 2020

Sign of the Times

February 15 , 2020

Fallen Fence

February 15 , 2020

Ghanian Cornerstone

February 15 , 2020

To the Brim

February 22 , 2020

Makeshift public trash cans are placed across the streets of Meqelle, capital of the Tigray Regional State. This one, placed right next to a bus stop, is full to the brim and has flipped backwards, with its contents almost spilling over...

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