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 »

 Cooperatives: Path to create vibrant national economy

BY HIZKEL HAILU Different researches of scholars indicate that Cooperatives in the world, particularly in Ethiopia are playing a vigorous role in the fields of banking, input and output marketing, agro processing,... Read more »

 Applying functional mechanisms to stabilize the hard currency reserve, the market

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS The exchange rate between Birr and that of Dollar in the black market is alarmingly widening and the difference rose to 20 Birr as compared to the formal bank... Read more »

Green legacy progress to cope with climate change, ensure food security

BY MENGISTEAB TESHOME It is clear that Green Legacy emphasizes that initiative’s aim of re-establishing and protecting Ethiopia’s forest ecosystems with the plan of addressing environmental degradation through carbon sequestration, preservation of... Read more »

 Ethiopia’s effort to ensure sustainable water development

BY MENGISTEAB TESHOME  It is clear that having access to modern energy sources is essential for economic development and livelihood improvement. Access to modern energy supports both income generation activities and the... Read more »

ERA trying to make distance zero, putting legacy on economic transformation

BY LAKACHEW ATINAFU Confronting myriads of challenges both manmade and natural, Ethiopia has begun to wow the world in infrastructure development particularly in road construction, according to the FDRE Prime Minister Abiy... Read more »