Achievements, challenges of the home grown economic reform

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS For more than two years and half, the home grown economic reform is under implementation and for its effectiveness, various measures have been taken. Among others, tackling the obststacles... Read more »

 Farmers harvesting more practicing cluster farming

BY HIZKEL HAILU Ethiopia, where most of its people directly or indirectly depend on the agricultural sector has been taking different mechanisms to increase agricultural productivity. A series of agricultural development activities... Read more »

 Supporting small scale farmers through insurance provision

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS Agriculture in Ethiopia is the foundation of the country’s economy, accounting for half of gross domestic product (GDP), 83.9 percent of exports, and 80 percent of total employment. Yet... Read more »

 Addis Chamber to better serve business community, Ethiopia’s economy

BY HIZKEL HAILU Global trading is one of the earliest activities of human being. However, it is agreeable that trading needs willing of at least two parties to conduct between them. In... Read more »

Excavating gem stones from belly of Ethiopia opportunities and challenges

BY LAKACHEW ATINAFU The marriage between human beings and ornaments has not been clearly depicted in known history. However, it is crystal clear that unlike non-human beings son of man shield his... Read more »

 Irrigation-based wheat production; prospect for ensuring food security

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS As a nation of mostly agrarian population, 34.1 percent of Gross Domestic Product of Ethiopia’s economy is based on Agriculture. Besides, the sector is a means of living for... Read more »

 Telebirr: Engine for economic growth with millions of subscription, billions of transaction

BY HIZKEL HAILU Despite different challenges and difficulties, Ethiopia’s reform that has been underway for the last four plus years is directly or indirectly the outcome of the wide ranging enrage of... Read more »

Lifting off fuel subsidy; does it stabilize the market?

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS The government of Ethiopia decided to lift fuel subsidy on selected transport units. It is expected that the new plan to subsidize only the legible transport sections will be... Read more »

Ministry’s action in revoking licenses encourage legality, development in the mining sector

The best thing to explore this time is natural resources. The continent of Africa has untapped natural resources that could drop the jaws of those colonizers in the past. On the other... Read more »

Lowland irrigation uptake in water-rich Ethiopia claim more effort to secure food self sufficiency

BY TEWODROS KASSA Abdi Assefa, a farmer in the Central Gondar zone in Ethiopia’s Amhara State, earns more than one million Birr (about 19,200 USD) from garlic farming. He employs more than... Read more »