[Addis Fortune] The owners of the hotel also operate Empire Addis Hotel

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Maltries Soufflet, a French company has signed a land lease agreement yesterday with Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) to build barely malting plant in Bole Lemi II industrial park in Oromia State. The plant has a capacity to producing 60,000 tons of malt and will commence production in 2020.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Fiche Chambalala, the traditional New Year celebration of the Sidama People, was colorfully celebrated on Tuesday at Hawassa, the capital of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' State (SNNP).

[U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa] The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in coordination with Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources, the National Animal Diagnostic Health and Investigation Center, and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute conducted a three-day workshop on anthrax sample collection and transport from May 16-18 to improve sample collection and safety procedures to confirm suspected anthrax cases as part of the National Anthrax Prevention and Control Plan.

[Addis Fortune] The Ethiopian insurance industry has remained too tame to adapt to the digital age and enhanced competition for market share. New models of doing business need to arise where technology solutions are integrated, and existing advantages are better leveraged, writes Asseged G. Medhin ([email protected]), deputy CEO of operations at the National Insurance Company of Ethiopia (NICE).

[Addis Fortune] To describe the series of changes in the corridor of power as significant is an understatement. In less than three months, Ethiopia has seen changes of The guard in its most powerful institutions, beginning with the ruling EPRDF chairmanship and the Premiership. No less has been the shift in power with the cabinet, the many federal agencies, and most importantly with the police, the intelligence and the defence agencies.

[Addis Fortune] It is that time of the year when the Minister of Finance & Economic Cooperation - Abraham Teksete (PhD) in this case - appears before Parliament to table the budget bill for the upcoming fiscal year to the federal government. In the past couple of years, the session has been characterised with ambitious budgets to match development goals.

[Addis Fortune] The power of political satires to help us see officials as public servants and government as an end to the state, is often underestimated. The significance of having a much overdue debate on politically hot-button issues cannot be overstated at this point. Min Litazez, a half an hour sitcom, has risen to the occasion and is doing so pretty humorously. Christian Tesfaye awards 7 out of 10 stars.