Ethiopia

© Farmers harvest wheat to increase local production of wheat and compensate for the shortage of wheat in Egypt. April 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmoud Elkhwas / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

harsh consequences

Premium badgeEgypt: Farmers bear brunt of climate change and dam project

The Egyptian government has included small-scale farmers in its fight to counter the food crisis as it tries to feed over 100 million people amid a wo...

© File photo of Getachew Reda (L), leader of the new interim administration in Tigray, and former advisor and spokesman of the Tigray Region. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Tigray turbulence

Premium badgeEthiopia peace deal offers Tigrayans hope but dilemmas persist Tigray’s political parties are determined to restore peace, rebuild the war-torn society, and strengthen democracy, but they don’t all share the same ...
© Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (l) walks alongside Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (C) at Khartoum Airport during a welcome ceremony on January 26, 2023. (Photo by – / AFP)

BALANCING ACT

Premium badgeWhy Ethiopia’s Abiy opts for neutrality in Sudan’s war of the generals Just five days after Sudan’s rival generals started their war on 15 April, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed dismissed what he called “false allega...
© A Safaricom Ethiopia shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 29, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

opening up

Premium badgeSafaricom’s entry into Ethiopia signals liberalisation drive Last week, Ethiopia issued its first mobile money service licence to Safaricom last week, signifying a potential opening up of the economy – especiall...

Ethiopia top stories

© Farmers harvest wheat to increase local production of wheat and compensate for the shortage of wheat in Egypt. April 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmoud Elkhwas / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

harsh consequences

Premium badgeEgypt: Farmers bear brunt of climate change and dam project The Egyptian government has included small-scale farmers in its fight to counter the food crisis as it tries to feed over 100 million people amid a wo...
© File photo of Getachew Reda (L), leader of the new interim administration in Tigray, and former advisor and spokesman of the Tigray Region. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Tigray turbulence

Premium badgeEthiopia peace deal offers Tigrayans hope but dilemmas persist Tigray’s political parties are determined to restore peace, rebuild the war-torn society, and strengthen democracy, but they don’t all share the same ...
© Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (l) walks alongside Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (C) at Khartoum Airport during a welcome ceremony on January 26, 2023. (Photo by – / AFP)

BALANCING ACT

Premium badgeWhy Ethiopia’s Abiy opts for neutrality in Sudan’s war of the generals Just five days after Sudan’s rival generals started their war on 15 April, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed dismissed what he called “false allega...

Ethiopia top stories

© Farmers harvest wheat to increase local production of wheat and compensate for the shortage of wheat in Egypt. April 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmoud Elkhwas / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

harsh consequences

Premium badgeEgypt: Farmers bear brunt of climate change and dam project The Egyptian government has included small-scale farmers in its fight to counter the food crisis as it tries to feed over 100 million people amid a wo...
© File photo of Getachew Reda (L), leader of the new interim administration in Tigray, and former advisor and spokesman of the Tigray Region. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Tigray turbulence

Premium badgeEthiopia peace deal offers Tigrayans hope but dilemmas persist Tigray’s political parties are determined to restore peace, rebuild the war-torn society, and strengthen democracy, but they don’t all share the same ...
© Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (l) walks alongside Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (C) at Khartoum Airport during a welcome ceremony on January 26, 2023. (Photo by – / AFP)

BALANCING ACT

Premium badgeWhy Ethiopia’s Abiy opts for neutrality in Sudan’s war of the generals Just five days after Sudan’s rival generals started their war on 15 April, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed dismissed what he called “false allega...

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mobile money race

Premium badgeEthiopia: Telebirr given headstart over M-Pesa Government measures give Ethiotelecom’s mobile money offering, Telebirr, a boost as Safaricom’s M-Pesa gets the green light in Ethiopia
© A man takes part in celebrations for the return of the formerly banned anti-government group the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) at Mesquel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 15, 2018. (Photo by MIchael TEWELDE / AFP)

mounting tension

Premium badgeEthiopia’s Oromia region at risk of full-blown conflict amid stalled negotiations for peace In the aftermath of the peace deal signed in Tigray, over in the heart of Ethiopia’s most populous state, Oromia Region, a fierce battle continues to ...
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SUNKEN COST

Premium badgeEthiopia: Safaricom’s profit falls by a quarter for year-end 2023 Investments into the company’s business in Ethiopia and a volatile market back home has slashed Safaricom’s profit for the third year in a row.
© A labourer pushes a handcart at the Mercato open-air marketplace in Ketema, district of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Digital ROSCAs

Premium badgeEthiopian fintech eQub seeks banking partners for African expansion Ethiopia’s eQub, which provides digital versions of traditional collective savings mechanisms, is looking for banking partners to expand into the rest...
© Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, addresses the African Union in Addis Ababa, February 18, 2023. REUTERS

Borrowing from Mum

Premium badgeEthiopia-IMF currency compromise is key to limiting inflation, economist says Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in December 2019 that borrowing from the IMF is like borrowing from your mother.
© Girma Yeshitila was killed over the weekend. (photo: twitter)

'special forces'

Ethiopia: 47 arrests after murder of Girma Yeshitila, head of Abiy’s Propserity Party party in Amhara Ethiopian security forces said Sunday they had arrested 47 suspects after the killing of a leading member of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s ruling party,...