Addis Fortune

Dear Editors, My name is Dr Bojia, country representative of the Donkey Sanctuary UK operations in Ethiopia. First of all I would like to congratulate you for pioneering to disclose the Donkey Abattoir issue to the general public There are some clarifications that I feel should be made in the article Donkey Meat Up for […]

Dear Editors, This letter comes as a response to your recent viewpoint published on February 19, 2017 headlined “Change from Farming to Industry Herculean Task” [Volume 14, Number 877]. The viewpoint presented in the article misunderstands the relationship between cooperative agencies and the cooperative sector. The intent of this letter is to clarify the relationship […]

National Insurance Company of Ethiopia (NICE) is the first private company, established in 1994, to engage itself in General Insurance. It was locally a moment of truth, at a time when few entrepreneurs dared to invest their contributed shares. It was the first stride to officially get out of the controlled economy of the country. […]

In response to your news story headlined, “Factory Owners Skip Town, Investors Cry Foul” [Volume 17, Number 869, December 25, 2016, we hereby would like to use our right of reply against the news. The shareholders of ELSE Addis Industrial Development Plc, Seyfettin Kocak and Imam Altinbas, have made total investments of nearly 40 million […]

Dear Editors, This letter comes as a response to your recent story headlined “Nile’s CEO Departs, profit down” [Vol.17 Number 869, Dec. 25, 2016]. The viewpoints presented in the article are grossly biased and misinformed. The very intent of this letter is not only to point meticulousness but also to build partnership where there is […]

Dear editors, While reading your editorial headlined, “Normalizing owning a car in Ethiopia” [Volume 17, Number 866, December 4, 2016] I could not help but wonder why finding better mechanisms to make new vehicles ownership affordable to the emerging middle class is such a difficult thing to do. Considering the development of infrastructure, social services […]

I would like to respond to your feature entitled: “Clinton-Trump Mud Fight Frazzles Ethiopian-Americans [Volume 17 No. 861].” I saw the social media posts of young Ethiopian American men and women who were saying that they would move back to Ethiopia if Donald trump was elected. I pray that Trump wins, not for ideological or […]

Dear editors, I would like to share my current state of fury hoping the cry of my soul is heard. I also hope to find a compassionate ear among our leaders who should be sensitive to the principles of “causes and consequences” and who would agree with my views. Shutting down Internet connection can never […]

Dear editors, News stories recently published in your weekly covering the nail manufacturing industry are not devoid of inaccuracy, while they are misleading and biased. For far too long, the business of importing nails from the overseas market had been the exclusive reserve of wealthy traders and importers. No doubt it was not in the […]

  Dear editors, We are one of the pioneering steel manufacturing industries in Ethiopia, with an annual production capacity of over 360,000 tns of reinforcement bar and wire rod. We are in the industry after investing over 1.2 billion Br, while creating employment opportunities for more than 2,000 citizens. We believe we play a vital […]

This letter comes as a response to your recent story headlined “Zemen Bank Laying Foundations Amidst Turmoil” [Vol.17 Number,851, August 21,2016]. The viewpoints presented in the article are grossly biased and misinformed. First, the article quotes a few shareholders’ views that some loans were allegedly given without any credit appraisal. This is just simply false. […]

Dear Editors, It is with excitement that we have read your story headlined “D-Day for Ethiopia’s Textiles Industry” (Volume 17, Number 846, July 17,2016). We are impressed by the effort you made to incorporate a wide range of views from actors in the cotton and textile sector. Your report made a reference about the National […]

By Abdul Mohammed Chief of Staff for the African Union High Level Implementation Panel on Sudan