Ethiopia’s BRICS membership: A gateway to increased investment, trade relations

Ethiopia’s membership in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) bloc brings forth a multitude of advantages, particularly in terms of investment inflows and access to the New Development Bank... Read more »

Diversifying export items, volume: Question that matters

 BY LAKACHEW ATINAFU The sky rocketed cost of living and the ever increasing rate of inflation willy-nilly forced the nation to diversify options to secure foreign currency gaining’s increasing the volume of... Read more »

Ethiopia embraces appealing investment potentials for Chinese investors

BY TEWODROS KASSA Chinese investment is one of the largest in Ethiopia. Currently, the two countries are enjoying long-standing relations and multilateral cooperation. The Ethio-Chinese relations were established in 1970. The 50th... Read more »

Tele Birr, 4G technologies: Creating cashless society, spurring national economy

BY HIZKEL HAILU Notably, Ethiopia has been undertaking different reform activities in order to improve the life of its citizens during the last three years despite different challenges. The state-owned operator ethio-telecom... Read more »

Value chain development in Ethiopia

Value chain is a process by which a firm adds value to an article during production, marketing and provision of after-sales services. A sector approaches to value chain development recognizes that arriving... Read more »

Concerted effort against high cost of living

 BY MENGESHA AMARE One has put in social media communication peculiarly in Facebook a message reads, “The prices of all commodities like ‘Teff’ and cereals, that of vegetables, beer, beef and you... Read more »

The new commercial code a password to look for multiple business dimensions

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS Following the coming to power of the reformist government of Ethiopia some three years ago, the Ministry of Trade and Industry has established a committee that runs the amendment... Read more »

Making land holding system instrumental for economic growth

 BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS When it is combined with labor and capital, land becomes a source for wealth creation. In the modern era of Ethiopia various land systems were introduced but their role... Read more »

Cooperatives key for sustainable economy, peace in Ethiopia

 BY HIZKEL HAILU Traditional cooperatives associations existed in Ethiopian society centuries ago in the form of iqub and idir. Iqub is an association of people having common objectives of mobilizing resources, especially... Read more »

Ethiopia: First-mover advantage for investors with long-term outlook

David Owino, founding partner of Nairobi-based private equity firm Ascent Capital Africa, shares his thoughts on investment opportunities in Ethiopia. Interview by Betsy Henderson (How we made it in Africa). Ascent has... Read more »