Business News/borkena January 2, 2017 Legadadi, a small town 23 kilometers outside of Addis Ababa, is to have biggest resort in four years time, according to a report by Capital. Seemingly, the project is a joint venture by local real estate developer from Ethiopia, who is throwing $150 million US towards the project, and Dusit […]
[adToAppearHere] African Business James Jeffrey December 29,2016 Since the government declared a six-month state of emergency at the beginning of October in response to escalating violence from protests seething since November 2015, internet restrictions and blocking of applications have increased in frequency. Beyond simple inconvenience, there is a mounting financial cost. Internet shutdowns in Ethiopia […]
[adToAppearHere] By Muluken Yewondwossen Capital Published on December 22,2016 The growing number of requests for tax refunds is causing the government to consider increasing the withholding percentage from Value Added Tax (VAT). In the first four months of the budget year over 2.6 billion birr was slated to be refunded. There have been so many […]
borkena December 20,2016 Ethiopian Airlines is poised to commence direct flight to Singapore starting June 2017, it announced yesterday on its website. It plans to use ultra-modern Boing 787 for the non-stop flight from Ethiopia to Singapore. Changi airport will be an addition to Ethiopian Airlines destination to its non-stop flights to Asia. Business Travelers […]