Curbing unemployment through manufacturing

The government has been using all the efforts to eradicate poverty and backwardness throughout the nation. In the previous years, from micro to mega projects have been set up and implemented based... Read more »

Resilient, self-reliant community

The Government of Ethiopia joining hands with development partners has been working to increase families’ long-term resilience to food shortages. The Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is one among such efforts. PSNP... Read more »

What it takes to achieve economic recovery

In the past three years, Ethiopia has been undertaking a deep political transition. Following the severe political repression which resulted in the violation of human rights and restriction of freedom of speech... Read more »

Improve water quality of Awash River Basin

For someone who resides nearby the riversides, uttering about the extent of water pollution and the gradual dwindling of water levels would not be hard. The writer of this piece lives close... Read more »

Capitalizing on the untapped tourism potential

Ethiopia is a country with abundant natural and manmade tourist destinations. However, the number of international tourists’ inflow to the country is still below the expected rate. Since the country took the... Read more »

An innovation that benefits many

“The major thing that initiated us come back to Ethiopia is love for our country,” said Professor Eyasu Woldesenbet, inventor of Zera medicine that destroys cockroach and kills rats which are enemy... Read more »

A flower in the forest (The untold story of Dendi and its Caldera Lake, A travel story)

Last Saturday when the cock crowed I got up and headed straight to the main gate of Addis Ababa City Administration to join a crew of journalists and tourism officials, waiting for... Read more »

Improving access to electricity to ensure development

‘Imagine life without electricity’, says an article published few years ago and details the critical importance of electricity in bettering the lives of citizens and advancing countries’ development. Unarguably, energy is a... Read more »

Leveraging financial loans to cultivate entrepreneurial culture in SMEs

There is a broad consensus that entrepreneurship is positively linked with innovation, job creation and economic development. The economic growth trajectory of various countries have shown that entrepreneurship, or entrepreneurial firms, have... Read more »

Boosting the 722 bln USD Cooperatives’ economy

Ethiopia has a rich tradition of cooperatives such as Iqub and Idir. Iqub is a collection of peoples in the form of association having common goals in mobilizing resources, especially financial savings... Read more »