Ethiopia’s $53 Billion Debt Challenge Is Entering a New Phase
For years, Ethiopia embodied one of Africa’s great economic paradoxes: spectacular growth built atop increasingly fragile financial foundations.
The state borrowed aggressively to finance dams,...
How Bisaya Abdullahi Built Bisous Travel Into a Global Luxury Brand
In an era where travel has become increasingly commoditized — dominated by booking engines, algorithms, and endless tabs comparing hotel rates — Bisaya Abdullahi...
Safaricom’s Ethiopia Bet Begins to Pay Off as Group Profit Surges 67%
For years, Ethiopia was viewed as Africa’s final major telecom frontier — a vast market of more than 120 million people with enormous digital...
Ethiopia’s Gold Exports Surge 747% to $3.46 Billion After FX Reforms
For years Ethiopia’s gold trade operated like an open secret.
The country officially exported modest quantities of gold, earning a few hundred million dollars annually....
15,000 Ethiopians Await Life-Saving Heart Procedures as Fewer Than 10 Specialists Serve
In Ethiopia today, an estimated 15,000 people are waiting for life-saving cardiac procedures.
That number alone would constitute a national emergency in many countries. In...
Tigray’s Power Shift Explained: Debretsion’s Return and a Fragile Peace
The TPLF reinstates its pre-war council and elects Debretsion Gebremichael as president, testing the limits of Ethiopia’s fragile peace
In what may prove the most...