Ethiopia’s economy may expand rapidly while households lose purchasing power, young people struggle to find productive work, and the country...

Ethiopia’s decision to float the birr was one of the most consequential economic reforms in the country’s recent history. But...

There is a costly misunderstanding at the heart of many economic debates: the belief that when inflation falls, life becomes...

By invoking the lived experience of a simple three-kilometre ride costing 300 birr – and another 350 birr to return...

At the end of last month, global investors, development partners, and policymakers converged on the Skylight Hotel for the fourth...

In the highlands of Ethiopia, where coffee first entered the world’s imagination more than a millennium ago, the crop that...

For most investors, media has never been an obvious destination for capital. It is a sector defined less by predictable...

Ethiopia is confronting a new and unexpected health crisis: the simultaneous rise of obesity alongside persistent undernutrition. This dual challenge...

In Ethiopia today, gold tells a story that no statistic alone could capture. It is at once a measure of...

Some years ago, while working in the private sector, a senior colleague once told me that “good intentions do not...