With the intent to bring together investors and entrepreneurs and advance innovative endeavours, both the #Ethiopia|n government and some private participants are sprouting to enable bootstrapping startups to take off, writes our staff writer. ow.ly/6MRg50uVuxa

The family of Mulugeta Asfaw filed a lawsuit against Boeing in the United States asking a court to impose $100 million in punitive damages against the aircraft manufacturer. ow.ly/nOxH50uVvke

The family filed the lawsuit against Boeing in the US asking a court to impose $100 million in punitive damages against the aircraft manufacturer for defective design and failing to issue adequate warnings about the Boeing 737 Max model. ow.ly/JGHd50uVvqd

The administration of PM #AbiyAhmed has been amending the investment law to enable the private sector to engage in the manufacturing of weapons, ammunition and explosives, which were exclusively reserved for the state. ow.ly/n7e850uVwYG

A local construction and building materials supplier, acquired the Chancery of Libya Embassy in #AddisAbaba that rests on 4,920Sqm of land near Bisrate Gabriel for 205 million Br in a bid that saw 21 participants.
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IMMEDIATE VACANCY: Independent News & Media Plc, publisher of (Addis) Fortune, the largest #Ethiopia|n english weekly, is Hiring. ow.ly/qv3d50uQKXe

As a starting point we need to have open and honest conversations in order to soothe the post-traumatic effects that political prisoners in #Ethiopia experienced before the dawn of the current reforms, writes Tibebu Bekele. ow.ly/7boZ50uVqRh

The different & often conflicting narratives coming from the leaders of each party in EPRDF is a testament to a fracturing culture founded on democratic centralism that holds its leadership & the rank and file, claims gossip. (Paywall) ow.ly/7hCH50uWrsL

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Ethiopia needs to turn its focus to its youth and the economy instead of being consumed in the political mudslinging most of us experience in our public discourse, writes Haben Mehari. ow.ly/TwSO50uVr0y

Last June, both food and non-food inflation rates showed a slight decrease to 19.8pc and 10.2pc, respectively, from the previous month that saw 20.7pc for food and 11.1pc for non-food inflation. ow.ly/o6HP50uVyPz

EDITORIAL: All breeds of nationalists in #Ethiopia have camped in their different islands of truth with narratives that are untested in the marketplace of ideas. http://ow.ly/6pFX50uVpYI

(Addis) Fortune's obituary for Ambachew Mekonnen (PhD), one of the reformers within the Amhara Democratic Party that pushed for the change of direction #Ethiopia undertook in 2018, dwells on the leader's alacrity and perseverance. http://ow.ly/ytgm50uVtsb

EDITORIAL: The potential of ongoing polarisation in #Ethiopia turning to radicalisation is a frightening prospect too scary to contemplate. https://addisfortune.news/missing-voices-of-elders-against-radical-pluralism/

The revival of the Ethiopian music industry in the 1990s, mainly sustained by a diaspora desperate to retain a glimpse of a bygone era, never gathered the impetus to successfully reclaim its 1960s and early '70s glory, writes Ambessaw Assegued. http://ow.ly/gjhK50uVrRj

The new VAT proclamation incorporates an amendment that aims at reducing the workload on taxpayers as well as the time and human resources of the Ministry spent on handling filings from taxpayers who collect zero VAT. ow.ly/EiVN50uVAok

Men In Black: International is a spin-off we never asked for, and it turns out, neither is it one we deserve, slams our own film critic, Christian Tesfaye, awarding it 4 out of 10 stars. http://ow.ly/fOY750uVsJx