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The Embassy of United States in Ethiopia says it has resumed processing all categories of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, including Diversity Visas (DV), in accordance with the priorities set out by the Department of State. “We appreciate your patience as there are significant backlogs globally in most visa categories, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Applicants […]

Mesfin Tassew is the new chief executive officer of the Ethiopian Airlines, the leading aviation company in Africa. Replacing Tewolde Gebremariam, who was leading Ethiopian for the last 11 years, Mesfin has been the managing director of Asky Airlines, where Ethiopian is a major shareholder, since May 2021. Mesfin will be tasked to lead over

Ethiopian Airlines long-serving CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, has resigned from his post. It was a position he held for the last 11 years. It also means the end of his 37 year stay at the most profitable Airlines in Africa. Undeniably, the tenure of Tewolde has been one a kind. His active years at Ethiopian saw

Ethiopia will stop importing wheat beginning from next year, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. It is a part of his initiative to fully substitute the cash crop locally. The country spends over half a billion dollars on imports of wheat annually, despite being the largest producer of wheat in Africa. Last year, an estimated five

Prices of oil have surged to the highest level since 2008 after European countries placed a sanction on oil exported to the continent by Russia and the US signalled there will be a potential embargo on Russian supplies with its allies. Brent crude – which is usually used as global oil benchmark – soared to

The United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a new investment of $60 million (3.1 billion Birr) to lift up millions of vulnerable youth across Ethiopia.  Over the next five years, the new USAID Kefeta activity—which means ‘to elevate’ in Amharic—will help youth in 18 cities find meaningful jobs and expand