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Business

Ethiopia earns $645m from coffee export in 7 months

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia has earned over $645 million (R9. billion) from the export of coffee in the first seven months of the country’s current budget year, which began on July 8, 2021. The revenue came from the export of 162 818 tonnes of coffee, showing a $299 million increase, as against the same period

February 17, 2022 By Addis Insight
Opinion

The Word Coffee Comes From Kaffa

By Selam  Zhou Jie Gano This is one of the first English sentences Kaffa schoolchildren learn. It’s also, pretty obviously, true. It’s the same in almost every language–cafe, 咖啡, coffee, etc. Every Ethiopian knows coffee originated in Kaffa. The problem is, *you* (yes, you) might not. Though you sip $4 cappuccinos, you have probably never

November 15, 2018 By Addis Insight