Five Reasons Why Ethiopia Could Be the Next Global Economy to Watch

Addis Fortune

Ethiopia is Africa's oldest independent country and its fastest growing economy today. With a population of over 100 million and an annual economic growth rate of 10pc over the… Read more »

Ethiopian Airlines Launches Wechat Pay and KNET With Cellpoint Digital's Velocity Payment Platform [press release]

PR Newswire

CellPoint Digital enables Ethiopian Airlines to rapidly deploy two new popular alternative forms of payment to serve its fast-growing Chinese and Middle Eastern markets Read more »

Why Showcase Sugar Projects Face Huge Challenges [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

If it's completed, the Kuraz sugar project in Ethiopia will be a mega-scheme unprecedented in size and processing capacity. The project sits on 100,000 hectares in the southwestern… Read more »

Ethiopia Must Do More to Stop Recurring Chikungunya Outbreaks [interview]

The Conversation Africa

Ethiopia's second largest city, Dire Dawa, is dealing with a chikungunya fever outbreak. Around 20,000 cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection have been reported since the… Read more »

Five Scenes Disappearing From Social Life in Addis Abeba

Addis Fortune

There was a time back in the 1980s and 90s where different scenes and consumer products were commonly used and practised. However, changes have led these trends and consumer… Read more »

Saudi Co. Ahead of Contenders to Build 250mw Solar Project

Addis Fortune

ACOA placed its financial offer of 0.025 dollars a kilowatt-hour on Friday, September 5, 2019, through the Independent Power Purchase agreement framework. Read more »

Interpol Say Victims of Ethiopian Airlines Crash Successfully Identified

East African

Six months after the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people, families of victims of the crash may have closure after the International Criminal Police Organization on… Read more »

Japan's Tool to Out Compete Other Asian Giants in Africa

Addis Fortune

The three-day TICAD 7 Summit, which Japan launched to strengthen its presence in Africa, was held last week in Yokohama under the theme of "Advancing Africa's Development through… Read more »

Govt Partners With Kenya, Uganda to Develop Bamboo Sector [opinion]

Reporter

Ethiopia has forged a partnership with Kenya and Uganda to develop the bamboo sector in what is called Triangular Bamboo Development. Read more »

Ethiopian New Year in Joburg Is a Show of Resilience

New Frame

A shared culture and history bind Ethiopians living and working in central Johannesburg. It is what keeps them going when the police raid their businesses and xenophobic attacks… Read more »

Enterprise, Trade Ministry At Loggerheads Over Oil Supply

Addis Fortune

The Enterprise claims it was not paid 597 million Br for the oil it has supplied to the Ministry of Trade & Industry (MoTI), over the past five years beginning 2012. Read more »

Ethiopia Exam Agency Admits Technical Errors, Promises Review but Students Remain Frustrated

Addis Standard

Thousands of students continued flocking to the national exam agency building in Addis Abeba to file complaints Read more »

Why Ethiopia's Rastafari Community Keeps Dwindling

Deutsche Welle

Rastafarians from around the world have been settling in Ethiopia for the last 50 years, after being given land by Emperor Haile Selassie. Today, life in "the promised land" is far… Read more »

Ethiopia Largest Recipient of FDI in Eastern Africa

Monitor

Ethiopia beat all other eastern African countries last year as the largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), according to a new report authored by financial consulting… Read more »

New Year Offers a Chance to Unite the Country [analysis]

The Conversation Africa

Meskerem is the first month in Ethiopia's unique 13-month calendar. Ethiopia celebrates its New Year on the first day of Meskerem, which falls on September 12 of the… Read more »