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The agency that works for the civil organizations to regulate CSOs has asked all the societies, including locals and foreign ones, to register properties and provide reports on the assets to date. The civil society organizations are tube. Time to furnish the reports in both soft and hard form within the same year. The Agency provided six different forms, including sold vehicles, fixed assets, vehicles...

Africa is currently witnessing a boom in urban investments; however, their nature differs significantly across different cities. Most of the investments are motivated by political – the city of Addis Ababa, for instance, which has grown and developed tremendously in the last twenty years, is witnessing a different urban vision, targeting mainly aesthetic, Ethiopian diaspora, and urban...

China is currently Ethiopia’s largest trading partner. By 2015, the trade volume between these two countries had already reached a margin of 6 billion dollars. So far China has invested in various sectors in Ethiopia including the manufacturing industry which is at the top, followed by the construction sector, real estate, and consultancy, among many others. At the start of 2017, the private Chinese...

Demand for residential houses in Addis Ababa has continued to rise over the past few years. More Ethiopians are relocating to town putting pressure on the government to satisfy the housing demands. Nevertheless, the private sector has really stepped into at least cater for some of the demand, especially demand for high-end residential houses. The private sector has been experiencing impressive steady...

Flooring minimum wages is a global challenge. It is complex as several variables have to be considered. This is vital as it promotes fair resources distribution, protects workers against unduly low wages and solves the inequality in living standards. Minimum wage floor is also an element for policies development seeking to reduce poverty levels. This issue proves quite challenging to developing countries...