One of the macroeconomic headaches of Ethiopia is a low domestic revenue. It has sunk the nation into debt stress and strained the adequate allocation of resources into critical parts…
The problem with Ethiopia is that too many people believe there exists a secret society which not only exists but is behind the world order, moving pieces around to its…
It was only last month since former State Secretary of the United States, Rex Tillerson, visited Ethiopia. For his arrival coincided with the decision of Hailemariam Deselagn to resign from…
It is nice that Ethiopia has a Ministry of Science & Technology, for most of the technology or science in the country is imported. The governmental body is understandably on…
Even in the late 18th century, humankind was wary of population growth. Englishman Thomas R. Malthus, in his 1798 book ‘An Essay on the Principle of Population’, argues that humanity…
There are too many drawbacks to being an Ethiopian consumer. If it is not cheap consumer goods and services that are not even worth the paper that the money has…
It takes a great deal of will for residents of a city to ignore the precarious political situation that exists all around them. Addis Abebans wake up in the morning,…
We live in the age of political commentary. Turn on the TV, and a comparatively wide range of hosts and guests on satellite channels offer the public a slew of…
It is said that what put Donald Trump in the White House was his promise of jobs. Many were willing to overlook the multiple red flags – his lack of…
The almost two-decade-long Yamoussoukro decision has realised, and the African skies have been liberalised, at least between the 23 countries that are on board with the Single African Air Transport…
The world does not lack for statistics. From economic growth to country livability, from crime rates to worker’s productivity, there remains little that has not been measured. Even the results…
To any one person that has paid attention to Ethiopia’s economy, what is immediately apparent is that exploitive wages to employees – at the risk of sounding perverse – is…
Ethiopia, akin to its developing counterparts, has a broad and lively underground economy. It does not contribute to the national coffer or gets regulated by the government. It is instead…
Rare as it may be, it is not utterly absurd to find an informed, informative, conversation in a minibus taxi about policies and lack of government services. It was a…
It does not do much to Ethiopians’ collective morale that individuals such as Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, and Warren Buffet, often termed…
It took hours since coming into effect for the warring factions of South Sudan to break the cease-fire that was signed three days ago. The armed opposition accused the government…
Economists, as well as multilateral institutions, have urged the need t...
For a country accommodating more than a hundred million peoples, provid...
It has been two weeks since Abiy Ahmed (PhD) was co...
Refreshingly original, both in form and substance, the emphatic inaugur...
Ethiopia is at a turning point. With the new Prime Minister in place, t...
One of the macroeconomic headaches of Ethiopia is a low domestic revenu...
Development projects are scarce measured on the damage they cause to th...
