Cookie-cutter approach in the hotel industry

When one talks about the economic growth of a country, it is debatable to get return more than expected in the hotel industry. As the hotel industry is a portion of the... Read more »

A peek into upcoming African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF)

Seeking a briefing on the sidelines of the upcoming African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from the 22nd of September, The Ethiopian Herald has succeeded to contact... Read more »

A lesson for Ethiopia? Somalia is leading the rest of Africa in mobile shopping

News coming out of Somalia have these days increasingly positive components such as the recent report from Mogadishu that people in the capital are increasingly using electronic or mobile shopping for making... Read more »

Keeping the peace in the Horn: A collective challenge and a collective opportunity Events in the Horn of Africa are currently turning in favor of peace, stability and development. There is now... Read more »

IGAD on the verge of a historic diplomatic breakthrough in South Sudan

The Intern-governmental Agency for Development, known by its acronym as IGAD is, according to recent reports, on the verge of a diplomatic breakthrough to end the South Sudan conflict. The wind of... Read more »

Win-win diplomacy -Proactive negotiations and the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Some writers on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) say it was launched when Egypt was politically weak following the 2011 Arab Spring revolts in the country. This is an erroneous assumption... Read more »

Ethiopia’s Resounding Diplomatic Success In Sudan: A Victory for all Parties HORN OF AFRICA-Nile diplomacy

The recent diplomatic success in the Sudan by Ethiopia and the African Union (AU) is being given wide coverage and positive appraisals and even appreciation around the diplomatic world and media outlets.... Read more »

Superpowers in the Horn

Introduction: The Horn of Africa is a region that has been infested with conflicts. These conflicts arise between neighboring countries due to claims on their respective borders. Some of these claims are... Read more »

Hidden agendas of the pushing states

Addis Ababa was, after Djibouti, the second stage of President Macron’s visit to East Africa. A few months earlier, between Ethiopia and its direct neighbour, Eritrea, a sudden peace had emerged, after... Read more »

Junk food invasion in the poorest Africa

“Poor quality foods contribute significantly to the double burden of malnutrition in developed as well as less-developed countries and throughout the life course,” this is a keynote speech of WHO’s representative to... Read more »