Walid Bagersh has received an award for Tarara Coffee from President Abiy Ahmed for retaining the title and honour of being the top roasted coffee exporter from Ethiopia – for the fourth year running! The Bagersh family has taken pride in producing and promoting fine Ethiopian coffee ever since 1947. In the last decade , […]
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Oasis Salon & Spa owner Mimi Seble Kassahun has more than 20 years of professional Salon experience following training and running her own salon in Canada. She also speaks Amharic, English and French fluently! Oasis Salon is located in the Atlas area of Addis and during her several years back in Addis, Mimi has attracted
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Meet Mastewal Abera, a children’s book author, librarian, and educator at ICS Addis who is passionate about her work. Come on Adey, her second published title, takes the reader on a journey through Addis Ababa in search of the adey the main character has promised to bring to her grandmother for New Year’s celebrations. Will
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Hub of Africa Addis Fashion Week (HAFW) is back once again this year with its annual international showcase from October 19-23, 2022 at Hyatt Regency Addis Ababa, Kana Studio & Italian Embassy. Since 2010, HAFW has featured over 150 international, continental and local designers. HAFW takes great pride in having been a launching and showing platform
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Green heart Plantscaping is a dynamic start up business aiming to produce the highest quality indoor plants along with attractive planters decorated or made from natural materials. Throughout her life General Manager Eyerusalem Samuel has always been passionate about plants: caring and researching them, lovingly creating a jungle in her own home and greening the
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The All Africa Leprosy and Rehabilitation Training Center (ALERT) Hospital today is the continuation and expansion of the leprosy hospital originally built by Dr. Thomas Lambie in 1922, (later renamed the Princess Zänäbä Wärq Hospital) which expanded to include TB and HIV as well as leprosy. It has recently opened its doors to a dedicated
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Enkutatash, Ethiopian New Year, falls on September 11 when the rain decreases and the sun begins to shine once again. Enkutatash means “gift of jewels.” When the Queen of Sheba retuned from her journey to visit King Solomon in Jerusalem, her chiefs welcomed her back by replenishing her treasury with enku, or jewels. Following New
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This summer, Heritage Watch Association Ethiopia (HW) partnered with the Institute of Ethiopian Studies (Addis Ababa University) to locate and interview individuals who survived the Yekatit 12 massacre and sought shelter at the American Gebbi (Merkato). The story of how the American Gebbi in Addis Ababa served as a site of refuge for hundreds of
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Cleft Lip and/or Palate(Orofacial clefts) are one of the top birth defects in the world. The CDC defines the condition as ‘Cleft lip and cleft palate occur when a baby’s lip or mouth do not form properly during pregnancy.’ Globally, Every year more than 170,000 children are born with cleft lip or palate while In
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Mieraf Girum is a talented digital sketch artist and historian. In her spare time and separate from her career in advertising, for the past 4 years, she has been working on her passion – producing customised children’s storybooks focussing on researching Ethiopian history and highlighting Ethiopian culture. Mieraf has just published a delightful coloring book
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