Recollections of a leading light of the Ethiopian print media

It is indeed painful to write reminiscences of one of the guiding lights of The Ethiopian Herald newspaper in the 1980s and 1990s because of the complexity of working in the Press... Read more »

 Ashenda Festival: A colorful cultural celebration of young girls  

Holding a little variant of names (Ashenda in the majority of Tigray), (Ashendiye in Lalibela), (Shadey in Waghimra), (Solel in Raya) and (Asynewari in Aksum), Ashenda is a young girls’ festival. Ashenda... Read more »

 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 »

 Green, affordable energy for Africa: Challenging but possible!

 Energy is an all-round treasure that has its hands in almost everything humans need in their lives. It is necessary to cook food, light the house, create healthy and educated society, facilitate... Read more »

 The unsung patriots from the east  (Book Review)

Repelling foreign invaders and intruders is a century-old culture for Ethiopians. To mention but a few, from the 16th century onward, Ethiopian patriots, regardless of their ethnic, cultural and religious differences, have... Read more »

Exploiting emerging opportunities for clean and affordable energy for Africa

Energy poverty is one of the challenges that Africa is facing currently as a developing continent. As a continent marred by lack of financial and technological capacity, Electricity generation capacity in Africa... Read more »

 All rounded efforts required to harness Africa’s mineral wealth for economic, social development

Mineral resources are vital input for social and economic development of a country. Indeed, not all countries of the world are endowed with these natural resources. The magnitude and variety of minerals... Read more »

Integrating youths with tech,innovation to brighten the future

The International Youth Day is marked every year on August 12, since 2000. Marking the day sought to create more awareness on the potential of the youths to change the world. Thus,... Read more »

Yacob Woldemariam wrote “immaculate Victorian English”

 An English language major at the former HAILESELASSIE University in the 1960’s agreed that Yacob Woldemariam wrote flawless English but said “ it sounded Victorian to me !” I still don’t know... Read more »

 The demise of an iconic journalist

In the 1990s I was a student at Arat Kilo Science faculty of AAU. I remember, early in the morning, a classmate of mine and I used to rush to the Ethiopian... Read more »