THE TROUBLESOME TRAVEL Observation

It is unfair and entirely wrong to detain man in one place; keep him waiting or preventing him from leaving or going elsewhere. Man travels from place-to-place for business, visits or other... Read more »

Oh, Humility, Where Art Thou!

I recently with a couple of guys sipping coffee for a price that used to get you a couple of double shots of whiskey! Hmmm. A guy they know ‘joins’ us. I’m... Read more »

Did you say cholesterol?

“Be sure not to eat too much meat.” “Why not? “Well, you know, you have to watch out this cholesterol thing…” “What! I’ve been waiting for months for a bite of some... Read more »

Giving kiss of life toEthiopia’s education system

Dr. Tilaye Gete is an outgoing Education Minister. He resigned his post recently and has taken up a new role as Deputy Permanent Envoy for the UNESCO with a rank of Minister... Read more »

Ethiopia’s satellite in the eyes of Diasporas

It was to be recalled that a few weeks back Ethiopia launched its first satellite into space. The country has made the impossible possible and the unthinkable thinkable. Nobody had expected Ethiopians... Read more »

Investment to surge as lawmakers poised to ratify new proclamation

Since the introduction of the Free-Market Economic Policy in 1992, five investment proclamations, including the current Investment law No. 769/2012, have been ratified. And the aims have been to attract, manage and... Read more »

Handsets for financial transaction

Mobile money penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has substantially grown over the last decade. A 2014 data compiled by a firm called Findex Database witnesses that 30 percent of adults have mobile... Read more »

Banking the unbanked

. Mobile money transaction stands far below Sub-Saharan The expansion of banking services offered by the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and private banks is creating access to the unbanked population, yet... Read more »

Activities to preliminary power generation gain momentum

ADDIS ABABA – Works are going ahead to a preliminary power generation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Project Manager, Eng. Kifle Horo, told The Ethiopian Herald. Plantation of steel that... Read more »

CBE to deepen toe in regional countries

ADDIS ABABA – Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) is planning to extend its business presence around the Horn of African countries including Somaliland as Jubaland poised to endorse Financial and Investment act... Read more »