Kenya and Djibouti cross fingers over UN Security Council post

 United Nations members are scheduled to vote on June 17 for new non-permanent members of the Security Council in a race that could test future relations of Kenya and Djibouti. The vote... Read more »

Dire Dawa City Administration, residents plant 202,000 see dlings-City plans to plant 1.5 million trees

 ADDIS ABABA – As part of the ‘green legacy’ campaign, the Dire Dawa City Administration and residents have planted some 202,000 seedlings during the launch of this year’s campaign. The City Administration... Read more »

Environment and Sustainability

Ethiopia’s ‘green legacy’ is attracting the attention of global community  Under the initiative of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia has recently launched this year’s ‘green legacy’ campaign. Besides greening the environment, the... Read more »

City on the move: Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

 Approximately 120km northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the city of Debre Berhan is establishing itself as an alluring investment destination. Thanks to infrastructure upgrades over the last decade it now only... Read more »

The Ethiopian entrepreneur who wants to disrupt the paper industry

 This week, ‘How We Made it in Africa’ published a story about an Ethiopian entrepreneur. During the first year of her studies at Addis Ababa University, Bethelhem Dejene Abebe visited the Atkilt... Read more »

Ethiopia’s livestock can support export sector

Ethiopia’s livestock export trade has not been supporting the country’s economy in terms of earning foreign exchange like coffee. Despite the abundant resources at hand, the country’s supply of livestock products to... Read more »

Saving saves an economy

 National saving rates are among the major determinants of economic growth of a nation. The national saving rate, in macroeconomic theory, is the combination of public and private savings. It is a... 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 »

Gambella State plants 14,000 tree seedlings

ADDIS ABABA – Gambella State has planted 14,000 tree seedlings on the launching day of the national Green Legacy campaign. Preparations are underway to plant over 5.5 million seedlings this year. Kassahun... Read more »