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Tanzania & Rwanda to invest in mega airports

Infrastructural push being given by several African countries would have its impact soon according to some experts. The focus on critically important  infrastructural segments like...

Ethiopia denies entry of M-Pesa

3 mts read Ethiopian Government has denied entry saying only local companies would be allowed to do offer such services. Safaricom had been in...

Agro-industrial park in Ethiopia

(3 minutes read) ·        Ethiopia's Oromia Industrial Parks Development Corporation will be  constructing an agro-industrial park on 250 hectares of land at...

Abiy Ahmed hails filling of GERD

(4 minutes read) · Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hailed the “historic” early filling of a massive dam on the Blue Nile River · Addis Ababa...

Ethiopia’s Meskel Square-Addis Ababa City Hall inaugurated

(3 minutes read) ·        Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmedb has inaugurated the grand Meskel Square-Addis Ababa City Hall project yesterday (Tuesday) ·   ...

Ethiopia introduces new bank notes

 (3 minutes read) ·        Ethiopia has introduced new bank notes to boost the country’s fledgling economy and reverse the hoarding of currency...

Dire Dawa Dry Port of Ethiopia to go in stream in 2022

(3 minutes read) The Dire Dawa Dry Port of Ethiopia will go in  stream in January 2022, according to the Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics...

Opposition parties cobble alliance in Ethiopia; may create cliff-hanger for Abiy

Opposition parties in Ethiopia including Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo Nationalist Party (ONP) have formed a coalition ahead of...

Kenya’s old shilling banknotes to become invalid from today

Today is the last day of legal tender for Kenya's old 1,000-shilling banknote and other smaller denominations. Customers were given a notice period of...

Tanzania government to de-privatise non performing enterprises

The Tanzania government has moved to repossess over 15 enterprises that had been privatised due to non-performance. Last week, Minister for Industry...

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