Content: Radar

  • United Bank, Ethiopian Cement E-payment System

    United Bank and Ethiopian Airlines have launched an upgraded e-commerce payment system for e-ticket sales. The system was upgraded by United Bank’s internal ICT department. The bank has updated features of its system, enabling it to automatically interface with Ethiopian Airlines’ e-ticketing system. The two companies launched the e-ticketing system six months ago. During the […]

  • Dashen Joins WorldRemit Network

    WorldRemit, a digital money transfer service, has partnered with Dashen Bank to provide instant-money transfer services throughout Ethiopia. The partnership is expected to enable the Ethiopian diaspora to transfer money to Dashen customers spread across the bank’s network of 370 branches using WorldRemit’s smartphone application or website. Dashen is the fifth bank to partner with […]

  • Stylised Garbage Wagon

    Garbage collectors ferry off trash early in the morning. Their wagon is self-stylised. It employs stickers depicting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), as is the trend all over Addis Abeba where his pictures adorn vehicles and T-shirts. They move the trash to a central depot where it is placed on a garbage truck.

  • Trashcans Trashed

    Five trash cans that used to be fixed to posts for use by the public are lying discarded in a grassy area by a street near Mebrat Haile Condominium. Left unattended, some of them have already begun to corrode. The City Administration is undertaking awareness creation campaigns, rehabilitation works and landscaping for Addis Abeba to […]

  • Clean Cookstoves

    Tsegaye Nega (Prof.) (right), Fulbright Scholar at Addis Abeba University, and Deborah S. Gross, professor of chemistry at Carleton College, showcase cookstoves that can reduce by over 95pc and 90pc indoor air pollution and fuel requirements, respectively, at the United States Embassy on August 7, 2018. The fuel pellets for the stove come from biomass. […]

  • Advisory Council for Diaspora Fund Goes Live

    Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has formed an advisory council for the newly established Diaspora Trust Fund, a fund to be dedicated for development and social projects in Ethiopia. Chaired by Alemayehu G. Mariam (PhD), professor of political science at California State University and and an attorney, the council has 15 members composed of scholars, […]

  • Electric Tariff May Rise

    The Ministry of Water, Irrigation & Electricity has tabled a bill that will raise the electricity tariff four fold. The tariff increase comes after 13 years with no increases, The last amendment was made in 2005. “This resulted in a depletion of profit earnings for the government,” said Seleshi Bekele (PhD), minister of Water, Irrigation […]

  • Ethiopia Improves Ranking on Sustainable Assessment

    A recent report released by Boston Consulting Group pointed out that Ethiopia has improved its ranking eight places by enhancing the well-being of its citizens. The country tended to post faster economic growth over the past decade despite its lower income level. The country has improved its score from 23.8 in 2009 to 32.9 by […]

  • Export Misses Target Again

    Ethiopia earned 2.83 billion dollars from exports during the last fiscal year, which only met 54.1pc of the government’s performance target. The government had targeted 5.23 billion dollars to be generated from exports. The revenue also saw a decline of 71.43 million dollars, or 2.43pc, from last year. Earnings from the export of agricultural commodities […]

  • Stoves Fight Pollution, Save Fuel, Improve Health

    The United States Embassy in Addis Abeba and the Fulbright Scholar Tsegaye Nega (Prof.) have introduced cook stoves that eliminate indoor air pollution and reduce fuel consumption. The stoves can reportedly eliminate indoor air pollution by 95pc and reduce fuel consumption by 90pc. In addition to cooking, the stoves can also be used to light […]

  • UAE, Ethiopia Agree on Addis Asab Oil Pipeline

    Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to build an oil pipeline linking the Port of Assab in Eritrea with Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) and Reem Al Hashimy, the Emirate’s state minister for international cooperation, reached an agreement for the installation of the pipeline during their meeting held in Addis […]

  • UK Extends Hand for Jobs, Taxes

    The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has pledged 115 million pounds to two Ethiopian government programmes – Jobs Compact and Tax Systems Transformations. The agreement was signed on August 8, 2018, at the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance & Economic Cooperation located on King George Avenue in Addis Abeba by Minister Abraham Tekeste (PhD) and […]

  • Red Cross Assists Displaced People

    Local and international Red Cross Societies have begun providing humanitarian assistance to 10,000 displaced households in the inter-regional conflict between Gedeo and Guji zones. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society began delivery of emergency assistance for an estimated 60,000 individuals last week. Plastic shelters, sleeping mats, blankets, jerrycans, […]

  • Home Welcoming

    Abune Merkorios, the fourth patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church, returned after 27 years in exile in the United States, on Wednesday, August 1, 2018. He was welcomed at Bole International Airport in Addis Abeba by high government officials and religious leaders. After a mediation process led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), it […]

  • Unhinged Handrail

    Passersby peer down this pedestrian walkway between Mexico Square and Qera Road, under a bridge of the Addis Abeba Light Railway Transit (LRT). Its handrail was broken, and left hanging from the elevated structure. In the first nine months of the previous fiscal year, traffic-related loss of property was reported to be worth 266 million […]

  • $20,000 Game Show

    Ten Ethiopians participated in the Malta Guinness Maltavator Challenge, a Tv game show launched by Malta Guinness, held in Lagos, Nigeria. They competed between themselves and with participants from Ghana, Nigeria and Cote d’ Ivoire. The Tv show took 13 weeks, while the ultimate prize was 20,000 dollars. The winner was Keariam G.Michael, pictured second […]

  • Ethiopia Earns $3.5b from Tourism

    Ethiopia earned 3.5 billion dollars from tourism in the recently ended fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Culture & Tourism. The revenue was generated from 934,000 visitors who arrived in the country during the time period. For the current fiscal year, the ministry has plans to attract 1.25 million tourists. The tourism sector created […]

  • Vandals Overrun British Mining Firm 

    A mining concession in Borena zone of Oromia Regional State, operated by Web Gemstone Mining Plc, was vandalized last week. Web Gemstone, the local company, is largely owned by the British Gemfields Group Limited, based in Landon. “We don’t know how much of our investment has been vandalized, but our project camp was been overrun by […]

  • Ethio telecom Terminates Deals of 47 SMS Service Providers

    Ethio telecom, the state telecom service provider, disconnected the services of 47 Short Message Service (SMS) providers late last week. The action was taken following constant complaints from customers, according to Abduraim Ahmed, corporate communications officer at Ethio-telecom. The main complaint, according to Abduraim, is that messages are sent without the willingness and interest of […]

  • Air India, Ethiopian Airlines in Codeshare Deal

    Air India and Ethiopian Airlines signed a codeshare agreement last Thursday. The codeshare agreement will allow the two airlines to access each other’s networks in Africa and Asia. Ethiopian Airlines passengers will be able to access Air India’s network in Australia and Hong Kong. In addition to Indian domestic destinations, Air India will be able […]

  • Viettel Telecom Group Eyes Ethiopia

    Vietnam’s state-owned telecom company, Viettel Group, announced its interest in exploring business opportunities in Ethiopia following Ethiopia’s announced intention to liberalise key economic sectors including telecommunications. The government announced last month it plans to open up Ethiopian Airlines, Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise and Ethiopian Electric Power to private investment. Viettel currently operates or […]

  • Eritrean Airlines Lands in Addis

    Eritrean Airlines officially launched flights to Addis Abeba on Saturday, August 4, after two decades of absence. On this first trip to the capital, government officials, religious leaders, prominent individuals and other private passengers arrived at Bole International Airport. Three weeks ago, Ethiopian Airlines resumed daily commercial flights from Addis Abeba to Asmara. That inaugural […]

  • Health Ministry Budget Approved 1.4b Dollar Budget

    Parliament approved the Ministry of Health’s 1.4 billion dollar budget for the current fiscal year. Three-fourths of the ministry’s budget will go to health service delivery and access to essential medicines. The remainder will go to human resource development, infrastructure, information systems, financing, leadership and other governance efforts in the health sector. “The health sector […]

  • Fire Burns Properties, Vehicles

    A fire incident in Bole District, Addis Abeba, damaged properties worth 1.7 million Br last Thursday. The fire burned four shops, one garage and two vehicles. The fire broke out at 5:00pm around Jacros Square in Salite Mehret area. Thirty eight firefighters from the Addis Ababa City Administration Fire, Emergency Prevention & Control Authority responded […]

  • State Bank’s Inflow of Currency Hikes

    The amount of foreign currency that the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia exchanges for local currency went substantially up last week. The bank stated it is exchanging up to six million dollars a day. The bank noted that the foreign currency inflow increased after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s (PhD) announcement that individuals that have hoarded currencies […]