Opinion

The War between Ethiopia and TPLF: A Double-Edged Sword Unsheathed against Ethiopia

Henok Abebe (LLB, LLM) Human Rights Advocate  During the good old days, this time around, it was the sound of a whip, the lowing of cattle, and the whistle of farmers that used to echo across the farmlands of the northern northcentral and northwestern parts of Ethiopia. It was the laughter of shepherds and the

September 1, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

The first research document that informs the amount of reserves of natural gas and crude oil in Ethiopia has been released

The first research document that informs the amount of reserves of natural gas and crude oil in Ethiopia has been released The first scientific study that informs the actual amount of crude oil and natural gas reserves in Ethiopia and suggests how to extract them has been released. Ministry of Mines Engineer Takele Uma said

August 26, 2022 • By Addis Insight

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NASA Engineer, Dr. Berhanu Bulcha, Develops Tiny, High-Powered Laser to Find Water on the Moon

#NASA Engineer, Dr. Berhanu Bulcha, Develops Tiny, High-Powered Laser to Find Water on the Moon Finding water on the Moon could be easier with a Goddard technology that uses an effect called quantum tunneling to generate a high-powered terahertz laser, filling a gap in existing laser technology. Locating water and other resources is a NASA

August 24, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Ethiopia expects IMF visit in September – Finance Minister official

LONDON (Reuters) – Ethiopia expects an IMF mission to visit in September, following a visit by the Fund three months ago, a finance ministry official said on Tuesday, noting that an IMF program was necessary to restructure its debt. Ethiopia expects an IMF mission to visit in September, following a visit by the Fund three

August 23, 2022 • By Addis Insight

News

Ambassador Mike Hammer: Your Mission on Ethiopia Needs a Reboot  Yonas Biru, PhD 

Ambassador Mike Hammer: Your Mission on Ethiopia Needs a Reboot  Yonas Biru, PhD  Ethiopian politicians are irredeemably polarized. If sensibly engaged, external parties such as the US can play a decisive role to break the impasse. The US requires to be judicious without being judicial and impartial without being neutral. This is where the challenge

August 23, 2022 • By Addis Insight

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Cultural Enigma in Development Dynamics: Ethiopia & Iran Vs. China & Japan

 Yonas Biru, PhD* In a Bloomberg Opinion Piece titled “Ethiopia Already Is the ‘China of Africa,’” Professor Tyler Cowen, the author of over 20 critically acclaimed economic books, argued Ethiopia is destined to take off if proper policies are put in place.   He took note that “China and Ethiopia feel secure about their pasts

August 20, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Chinese companies to develop new industrial park in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) — The Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) on Wednesday signed an agreement with China’s WODA Metal Industry Private Limited Company (PLC) and its partners to build an industrial park in Ethiopia. The agreement involves the upgrading of the WODA Metal Industry PLC into WODA Industrial Park with an outlay of 95

August 12, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Books

Sankofa Video Books & Cafe taken off from auction after a property tax relief

The Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR) recently honored an arrangement that grants Sankofa Video Books & Cafe an exemption from paying property taxes for a decade but it would be an arduous, three-year-long process that included a slew of tax bills and the discovery of a certification process. In the fall of 2019, the Mypheduh

August 12, 2022 • By Addis Insight

Business

Ethiopia completes third round water filling of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

It has been announced that the third round of water filling of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been completed and water has started to flow on top of the dam. Following the completion of the 3rd round of water filling of the dam, senior government officials including Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Deputy Prime

August 12, 2022 • By Addis Insight

News

The Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has started generating electricity from its second turbine

The Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has started generating electricity from its second turbine. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and various government officials inaugurated the second turbine in Benishangul Gumuz Guba Woreda today. The installation and testing of a second turbine, Unit 9, which is among the other 13 turbines of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, has

August 11, 2022 • By Addis Insight