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Ethiopia’s biggest mall in the capital Addis Ababa, Edna Mall, is reportedly in foreclosure. It is located in Bole district, the city’s affluent area.
The Ethiopian Reporter, local news source, on Saturday reported that the mall is up for sale in foreclosure with all its recreation facilities.
Teklembirhan Ambaye, who is the owner of Tekleberhan Ambaye Construction, apparently took a loan from Commercial Bank of Ethiopia with Edna Mall as a collateral.
According to the source, Mr. Teklebirhan Ambaye was unable to repay his debt to the commercial Bank of Ethiopia – something that prompted the foreclosure.
The mall covers an area of 1938 square meters, and has facilities including cinema, entertainment and gym – among other things.
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is said to be working on the bidding process. The asking price, according to the Ethiopian Reporter, 236.9 million Ethiopian birr which is about $6,564,823.90 (Canadian dollars) – something like less than the cost of buying a luxury home in the current market.
Conversation in social media and citizen report tend to relate Teklebirhan Ambaye’s wealth as one of the manifestations of corruption under the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) government.
Mr. Teklebrihan’s construction business was started two years after the TPLF took power in Addis Ababa. It was claimed the best contractor award for 2012
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You have not heard the half of what Tplf did to the nation! In this one case, Teklebirhan did what he did (that is, looted the nation with his friends) on the cheap (squirreling away millions to a foreign account) and now citizens of the country are left holding the bag! How do you think fellows such as Seeye Abraha live in villas in America and send their children to private schools fully paid? Ethiopians who care about justice should go after Seeye and others like him. There is enough evidence out there to make a case for abuses they committed. Irony of ironies Seeye now writes on Foreign Policy as “expert” defending the terrorist Tplf! Remember Kelbessa was deported to Ethiopia!
Weird that no one at the agency noticed it, the article is about EDNA mall while the picture on the top is about Medhanialmem mall.
And not to mention, at the time the article was posted, EDNA mall was and still is not Ethiopia’s biggest mall. Century, Dembel and Zefmesh are much bigger than Edna mall.
Weird that no one at the agency noticed it, the article is about EDNA mall while the picture on the top is for Medhanialmem mall. And not to mention, at the time the article was posted, EDNA mall was and still is not Ethiopia’s biggest mall. Century, Dembel and Zefmesh are much bigger than Edna mall.