The Role of Credit in Ethiopia’s Economic Progress

By Tsehai Alemayehu Whether or not Ethiopia’s external debt is growing too fast and too large has become an emerging topic of conversation among many observers.  While the government is seeking to tap any and all sources of financing domestic and foreign, observers argue that the country needs to be very careful about acquiring any

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The Role of Credit in Ethiopia’s Economic Progress

By Tsehai Alemayehu Whether or not Ethiopia’s external debt is growing too fast and too large has become an emerging topic of conversation among many observers.  While the government is seeking to tap any and all sources of financing domestic and foreign, observers argue that the country needs to be very careful about acquiring any

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Ethiopian Airlines and the Japanese airline ANA has signed a codeshare agreement

Business Traveler From October 26, ANA passengers will be able to book connecting flights on Ethiopian Airlines between Addis Ababa and Bangkok, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Nairobi and Mombasa through ANA. Ethiopian will place its flight code on ANA’s Bangkok and Hong Kong routes. Passengers on both the Star Alliance airlines will continue to

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Ethiopia picks three banks for debut US dollar Eurobond

Reuters By Michael Turner and Helene Durand LONDON,(IFR) – The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has picked BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan to arrange a debut US dollar-denominated Eurobond, according to sources. The bond is likely to have a minimum 10 year tenor, according to a source. The banks declined to comment. Ethiopia

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Local Tiger Ato Redwan Hussien on Investment in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Communication Minister Ato Redwan Hussie talks about investment. He runway from Diaspora without saying anything about the confrontation, ‘domestic tiger’. : http://youtu.be/BtK5gFLz4Lo

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Fastest Growing African Shoe-Brand ‘SoleRebels’ Launches Flagship Store In Silicon Valley

By Farai Gundan Farai Gundan ( Forbes)-Named one of the 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa in 2011 by FORBES, celebrated Ethiopian entrepreneur, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu launched her first US offering at the beginning of this month; a flagship store of her eco-friendly shoe brand, SoleRebels, in Silicon Valley, California. The Ethiopian shoe brand’s first

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Ethiopia: International Borrowing and Its Consequences

By Daniel Teferra* Governments in rich as well as poor countries borrow money from domestic and international markets. In rich countries, government borrowing stimulates the private economy. It creates jobs, raises incomes and improves standard of living of the majority of the population. However, in poor countries, government borrowing does not generally produce the same

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Boom times for Ethiopia’s coffee shops

BBC By James Jeffrey Murad Hiyare, one of Tomoca’s experienced baristas, plying his trade Tomoca now has five cafes across Addis Ababa Traditionally it takes rather a long time to be served a cup of coffee in Ethiopia – but things are now speeding up. As coffee plants originate from the east African nation –

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Ethiopian Sheep Skin Keeping Europeans Warm

By Alex Court and Lillian Leposo     (CNN) – The steady hum of sewing machines fills the air inside a large glovemaking factory on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the bustling Ethiopian capital. Patches of leather move through an array of working stations as busy laborers work feverishly to meet the company’s export quota: 5,000

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Ethiopia to Extend Tullow Oil Exploration Permit as Data Studied

By William Davison Bloomberg- Ethiopia will grant Tullow Oil Plc (TLW) an extension to its exploration license after the company reported “encouraging” results in its search so far, Mines Minister Tolesa Shagi said. “We will definitely grant them because they’ve done so much and we appreciate whatever they’ve tried to do,” Tolesa said in a

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