July 14

• Ethiopia: Education Gaps Responsible for Poor Graduate Employability

  Alebachew Tesfaw , 23, graduated from theUniversityofGondarlast year with a cumulative GPA of 3.86. A year on, he is still looking for job. What's worse is that 67,595 new... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Addis to Host Third International Family Planning Conference

  Addis Abeba will host the 3rd International family planning conference from November 12 to 15, 2013. The conference is expected to bring together over 4,000 health researchers,... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Ethiopians Yet to Own Rights to Cities

  Human rights issues have gained centre stage in the development discourse and practice. Hence, human rights declarations and other covenants are being integrated with development... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Come Rain, Come Profit

  As the seasons change, so does the business of Samuel Degu, 23, who is into books in sunny times and umbrellas during the rainy season. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Copycat Culture

  All the more fanciful names of reforms, imposed on Ethiopians by the ruling elite in the past 22 years of power, seem to have brought only marginal changes in the workings of the... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Five International Companies Vying to Print Standardised Cheques

  Five companies are in contention to print the National Bank of Ethiopia's (NBE) first ever batch of standardised cheques. This was revealed on Tuesday, last week, when the NBE... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Business Delight

  Ayalew Zegeye, president of the Addis Abeba Chamber of Commerce & Sectorial Associations (AACCSA), launched the 16th edition of business directory at the ceremony held at the... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Addis Abeba Sewerage Works Expansion

  The previous administration have set a target of increasing the sewerage coverage to 50pc, within the next five years Read more »

• Ethiopia: Habesha Brewery to Sell Additional Shares Worth of Br300 Million

  Habesha Brewery is offering 300,000 shares for 300 million Br to existing shareholeders. This is in order to accommodate for the financial shortage, which has been caused by its... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Ethiopian Graduates 121 Pilots, Aviation Technicians, Cabin Crew

  Academy of Ethiopian Airlines graduated 29 pilots, 49 aviation technicians and 43 cabin crew. Five female pilots from Mozambique and two aviation technicians from Namibia are among... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Land Reforms in Oromia Regional State

  The Land Development and Management Agency will administer and control the development of the 11 industrial zones including in Sululta, Ambo, Heleta, Bishoftu, Dukem and Sebeta. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Expired Foods Filter Through Regulatory Cracks

  Gebresh Belay, a 48-year-old mother of four, frequents supermarkets both to buy food items and, if supermarkets agree to shelve her products, to sell small packets of spices she... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Regional Banking, ICT Conference to Be Held in Addis

  A continent-wide conference on banking and ICT will be held in Addis Abeba on August 2, 2013, under the theme "Harnessing Africa's Digital Future". The conference has been... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Can Haile Gebreselassie Break the Political Record? [opinion]

  Ethiopia's track legend, Haile G.Selassie, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, multiple world 10,000m champion and a holder of more than 27 world records in distances ranging from... Read more »

• Ethiopia: How Enset Can Save Ethiopia [opinion]

  Hunger is expensive: The World Food Program (WFP) announced recently that child malnutrition in Ethiopia costs 55.5 billion Br every year. That is 16.5pc of the gross domestic... Read more »

• Ethiopia: No Less Ambitious

  Despite only collecting 84.2 billion Br in the recently ended fiscal year, the Ethiopian Revenues & Customs Authority (ERCA) plans to collect 116.7 billion Br in 2013/14. Last... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Drab Gold Dims Mining Revenue

  Ethiopia's export mining revenue fell short of its target by a whopping 255 million dollars. This was largely due to what the Ministry of Mines (MoM)said was a dismal performance... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Vietnam Sign MoU to Start Air Transport Service

  Ethiopia and Vietnam last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin air transport service. The MoU was signed following a two-day discussion held between officials... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Tewolde Gebremariam Wins 2013 Airline Strategy Award

  Ethiopian Airlines announced last week that its CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, has won the 2013 Airline Strategy Awards for Regional Leadership on Sunday 14 July 2013 in London. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Vulnerability Rises While Poverty Declines

  In 2010, global leaders achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing the share of the world's poor to half of its 1990 level - five years ahead of schedule. But... Read more »

• Ethiopia: It Is Better to Have a Govt Without Democracy Than No Government.

  Haile G. Selassie, the renowned distance runner and businessman, said this in explaining his stance on the evolution of democracy in Ethiopia. Democracy is a process that takes... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Medical Testing Disparity Stunts Maid Migration

  Meseret Mekonnen, who came from Dessie in the Amhara Regional State, 400 kms north of Addis Abeba, was left with just a medical check up before leaving for Saudi Arabia as a... Read more »

• Ethiopia: High Demand Catalyses Cinema Construction

  The Addis Abeba Cinema Houses Administration selected Skyline Consulting Architects & Engineers Plc, for the design of a new seven-storey cinema hall, with a bid of 2.5 million... Read more »

• Ethiopia: Abyssinia Bank Shares Exceed Par Value By 224 Percent

  The Bank of Abyssinia (BoA) shares, auctioned by its previous owner, Nile Insurance SC, have managed to attract a maximum of 224pc above par value. Read more »

• Ethiopia: Piazza - a Place Where Street Inequality Thumps

  Roads are meant to serve everyone. But that depends on the way they are designed and constructed. Major roads of the city of Addis Abeba are far from this ideal. They seem to serve... Read more »