Backing local pharmaceutical industry to meet demand, import substitution

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS Healthy community is an asset for a nation that contributes proficient share to the latter’s development which in turn makes provision of adequate health service mandatory. In Ethiopia, however,... Read more »

Expansion of pastoralist areas’ development decisive for Ethiopia’s prosperity

BY BACHA ZEWDIE Pastoral life style in Ethiopia has been practiced for long though not easy to anyone to mention the exact time of its beginning. People in such areas are characterized... Read more »

Amending proclamation of chambers of commerce for better performance

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS The sectorial association proclamation Promulgated in 2002/3 has various problems which need improvement and the association’s members forwarded their plea to the government for the last 20 years that... Read more »

 The sector that needs special attention to transform Ethiopia’s economy

BY BACHA ZEWDIE It has been repeatedly stated that occurrences related to the war in the northern part of Ethiopia became obstacle for the investment sector. According to the information released from... Read more »

 Manufacturing industry should not be crucified for the service

It is worth understanding that the manufacturing industry is the right and healthy sector of the urban economy, along with a simple, efficient public and private service sector. Therefore, the healthy growth... Read more »

Financial inclusion a viable solution for poverty reduction

 BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries in the world and almost 80% of the population lives in the rural part engaged in farming. The insufficient infrastructure which... Read more »

Support reforms to improve easing of doing business

BY MENGISTEAB TESHOME E-government has become a popular focus of government efforts in many countries around the world. More and more governments have implemented and introduced e-government systems as a means of... Read more »

Merging banks a timely venture

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS The African Business Magazine which rates the banks status announced its 2022 report and explained the names of 100 banks which have good performance. In the announcement only two... Read more »

 Horticulture achieved encouraging results amid the impact of COVID pandemic

BY BACHA ZEWDIE The data of the Ministry of Agriculture show that the horticulture sector, which includes flowers, vegetables and fruits, spices and herbs, which was severely tested due to the Covid-19... Read more »

Exerting concerted effort to better exploit the livestock resource

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS Though blessed with the largest cattle population in Africa, Ethiopia is not advantageous in terms of gaining corresponding benefit from the resource due to limited capacity in terms of... Read more »