Women changing traditional coffee making into a modern business

Letay Fiseha, 36, and her nine friends here in Arat kilo area of Addis Ababa are engaged in traditional coffee-making business. She boldly asserts The Ethiopian Herald that making coffee traditionally gives... Read more »

“COVID-19 is a threat not only to health sector, but also to the economy,” Taye Dendea, Public Relations Head at Office of Oromia Region’s Prosperity Party

Taye Dendea had worked as Communication Head at Oromia Justice Bureau, and the Federal Attorney General. He had also worked as a lecturer at Rift Valley University. Now he works as a... Read more »

Financial flows in Africa’s agricultural development funding

A recently released ‘Money Flows’ report shows that only a fraction of agricultural research funding in Africa is being used to transform food and farming systems. For instance, only 3 percent of... Read more »

Greening campaign promotes fruit trees to ensure food self-sufficiency

There are multiple understandings of food self-sufficiency that could be applied at different levels of analysis (O’Hagen, 1975). According to FAO, “The concept of food self-sufficiency is generally taken to mean the... Read more »

Precursors of the ongoing GERD talks

Following the commencement of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2011, Ethiopia immediately invited the lower riparian countries since they raised concerns on the dam. Among the initiatives during the past... Read more »

Ten unique, endemic birds of Ethiopia

According to data from the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, Ethiopia is mostly known by its affluent endemic species, the country has 325 mammals, 872 bird species, 240 reptiles, 71 amphibians, 200 fish... Read more »

New tourist destinations to boost post corona-tourist flow

ADDIS ABABA – The state of the art construction of new tourist destination around Addis Ababa are hoped to raise the tourist flow to the city as well as the country after... Read more »

FM Pledge to jointly fight COVID-19

ADDIS ABABA – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Gedu Andargachew has received and discussed with European Union, and Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, briefed about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).... Read more »

Democracy in Ethiopia, reality and rhetoric

Democracy in my opinion is the most used but abused term in the Ethiopian political lexicon. Shoe shine boys, cobblers, students and persons of creative arts, as well as high placed politicians,... Read more »

Industrial agriculture receiving bulk of Africa’s agricultural development funding

ADDIS ABABA – Money flows in agricultural development are still reinforcing damaging industrial models in Africa, according to a new report by Biovision, IPES-Food and the UK-based Institute of Development Studies. Biovision... Read more »