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Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, may boast Africa’s tallest building by 2017

By Shem Oirere, construction.com Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa, may boast Africa’s tallest building by 2017. While a 58-story building had been announced, plans unveiled by a private Chinese developer now call for a 99-story office-hotel tower. Guangdong Chuanhui Group has … read more »

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Ethiopia: What If Banks Were to Cultivate Potatoes?

By Binyam Mesfin, Addis Fortune opinion Since the 1994 opening of the financial sector, Ethiopian banks have enjoyed high profits and steady growth. Even government-owned banks, such as the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), have managed to drag themselves out … read more »

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Ethiopia Tries to Capitalize on Its Running Fame

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — On a warm Sunday morning in late November, about 36,000 people set off on the Great Ethiopian Run, a 10-kilometer race across the center of Addis Ababa. Diplomats, students, merchants, Orthodox priests, homeless children and professional … read more »

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Ethiopia: Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister, Summoned Some of His Senior Officials

Addis Fortune True to his promise, Hailemariam Desalegn, prime minister, summoned some of his senior officials in the macroeconomic team to his office up at Lorenzo Te’azaz Street last week. Among these officials were two or three who are locked … read more »

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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2012 Article IV Consultation with Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 2, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — On September 12, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Ethiopia.1 Background Ethiopia’s macroeconomic performance in 2011/12 has been mixed. Strong, … read more »

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Ethiopia: The Devil in the Details

Ethiopian Recycler blog The devil is in the details. And the producer of ESAT, Abebe Gellaw, is that devil. Abebe says he got his information about Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s death NOT from International Crisis Group [ICG] per se but … read more »

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