Economy & Business

Dr. Costantinos: Can Ethiopia ever feed itself?

Last month, at the 23rd anniversary of the downfall of the Dergue regime, Prime Minister Hailemariam declared that Ethiopia's have…

Contradictory Explanations, as Tourism forum drops Nairobi moves to Addis Ababa

A major hotel investment conference, originally scheduled to take place in Nairobi, has been moved to Addis Ababa, according to…

Ethiopia: Tendaho Sugar to be inaugurated, Indians blamed for delay

Shiferaw Jarso, director general of Ethiopia's Sugar Corporation, under a ministerial portfolio lamented the performance of the Indian companies involved…

Interview| Dr. Costantinos explains Ethiopia’s first credit ratings

The three top agencies gave Ethiopia her first sovereign credit ratings, as per her application in late 2013. Sovereign credit…

Beles sugar project: A visit to Meles Zenawi village, Resettled farmers

In western Ethiopia, about 576 km from Addis Ababa, lay a mega sugar project expected to double Ethiopia's current sugar…

Special report| Ethiopian Sugar Corporation’s “May Day Dam”

[HornAffairs staff Fetsum Berhane visited the project sites of Ethiopian Sugar Corporation this month. This is the first of his…

Can Kenya Replicate Ports Success in micro and small enterprises?

(Ben Kiragu) One of the things Kenya’s new government succeeded in doing within its first year was to reduce the…

U.S. has Higher Income Inequality than Britain, Bangladesh, Ethiopia

(Eric Chemi and Joshua Green) This month, Bloomberg Rankings dove into U.S. census data to measure the level of economic…

Labeling China’s African Investment ‘neocolonialism’ is ‘absurd’ | Chinese Ambassador

(Peter Wonacott) China has become Africa's largest trade partner, and with the Asian giant's bigger footprint on the continent has…

Ethiopia’s first credit rating as “B” and “B1” | Financial Times

(Javier Blas and Katrina Manson) Ethiopia has received its first sovereign credit rating from the top global agencies, a step…

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