Addis Fortune

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Federal university funding provides a flat 1.2 billion Br to campuses in stable regions, the same amount given to institutions that have recorded structural damage and have had assets looted. Implementing a needs-based formula could apply a 25pc "stability haircut" to intact campuses, reducing their baseline to near 850 million Br, and pool the savings for reconstruction. Under a conflict-adjusted model, damaged institutions such as Wollo University could receive 2.5 billion Br for rebuilding efforts without breaching existing spending limits. The current fiscal approach replicates previous baseline numbers with a uniform uplift, making it difficult for the budget to distinguish between routine institutional expansion and necessary rehabilitation and reconstruction works. #Budget #Bill #Ethiopia Read more - https://shorturl.at/1aiYJ

𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗠, 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗧 & 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗢: Over nearly 30 years, Product Development Partnerships (PDPs) have operated as non-profit mechanisms designed to bridge the operational gap between scientific possibility and real-world implementation. These configurations intentionally align public, private, philanthropic, academic, and civil-society actors to develop tools for areas where traditional markets fail to provide adequate incentives. By shifting the primary objective from commercial market returns to public health priorities, the PDP framework effectively realigns institutional incentives to treat medical innovation as a global public good. #Global #Health Read more - https://shorturl.at/5ItFE

𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗪𝗘 & 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡: The systematic mispricing of risk in developing countries extends beyond financial ledgers. Inflated capital costs, driven by legacy assumptions rather than current data, alter the trajectory of physical and structural development. As elevated risk premia demand unrealistic returns, critical investments in areas such as energy, transport, digital infrastructure, healthcare, and climate resilience face persistent delays, even when the underlying projects are fully viable. #Global #Finance Read more - https://shorturl.at/uuKH6

𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘: Many adults assume health becomes important only later in life but scientific evidence disagrees. #Health #Living #Food Read more - https://shorturl.at/7zP3I

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗩𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗢-𝗤𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗔 & 𝗠𝗢𝗞𝗚𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗦𝗜 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗜: When sudden-onset disasters displace people, countries’ emergency response systems deliver aid with varying levels of success. Beyond the emergency phase, people uprooted by disasters may find it impossible to rebuild or return, requiring long-term solutions. Most climate-displaced persons remain within their countries, but those who cross borders face an added challenge, falling into a legal gray area that makes it difficult to protect them from threats. #Climate #Action Read more - https://shorturl.at/McJQs

Addis Abeba remains the only place that generates sufficient tax revenue to cover its operational costs. #Revenue #City #Budget #Ethiopia #Mayor #Adanech #AddisAbaba

𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗨: Following their ordeal on the road, the mother and her 16-year-old child arrived in Meqelle, where they registered alongside thousands of other displaced persons at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) centre. Humanitarian displacement facilities are built to provide basic physical shelter, yet they routinely lack the confidential frameworks necessary to address deep-seated psychological trauma. Choosing silence over exposure, the mother concealed her trauma from her family and camp officials due to cultural norms, shame, and the pervasive fear of community stigma. #Human #Rights #Ethiopia #Tigray #War Read more - https://shorturl.at/6Qpzp

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𝗞𝗜𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗬𝗜𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗞𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗪: A broken dish, a stained shirt, or a spilled cup can provoke surprising levels of anger. #Parenting #Children Read more - https://shorturl.at/fvctz

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𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗔: A large portion of public debt within African countries is tied to external and fiscal deficits. Rather than financing temporary consumption subsidies or recurrent expenditures, these funds are directed toward building critical public infrastructure, including schools and hospitals. Standard debt-sustainability models frequently evaluate obligations on short-term horizons. This framework overlooks the long-term economic nature of public assets, which have operational lifespans of 50 years or more and carry considerable productivity multipliers. #Inflation #Africa Read more - https://shorturl.at/25wL6

𝗞𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗞 𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗨: Since the Enlightenment, humanity has increasingly rejected superstition, nurturing the belief that scientific progress, despite destructive individual discoveries like the atomic bomb, is an unqualified force for greater human welfare. This unquestioning faith in science can itself evolve into a form of dogma, obscuring the potential perils of unchecked technological advancement. A shift in perspective challenges the historical assumption that understanding nature inherently benefits society, prompting a closer evaluation of how new tools are integrated. #Artificial #Intelligence Read more - https://shorturl.at/UjdyU

𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗠 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜: A new airport is not the same as a commercially sustainable one. What impresses on opening day can later become a burden on public finances. The terminals that endure, the argument goes, are those that treat revenue generation as a design decision rather than an operational afterthought. #Aviation #Investment #Airport Read more - https://shorturl.at/xZx9C

𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗨: Founded by Beza Hailu, a filmmaker, and Banda'mlak Yimenu, a film critic, Video Bet began in 2025 as a Friday gathering at Century Mall before establishing its permanent screening venue at Meskel Square. The initiative deliberately derives its name from the informal and small-scale video houses that once populated the capital, adapting a historical neighbourhood model to the contemporary era. Shifting the focus from the commercial transaction of renting physical copies to the shared time spent in a single room, Video Bet provides a new meeting point for film dialogue. #Cinema #Culture #Ethiopia Read more - https://shorturl.at/79uCw

Capital spending has increased by 36.8pc to 568.3 billion Br, with the Ethiopian Roads Administration (ERA) receiving 121.8 billion Br (21.4pc of all capital spending). Agriculture, natural resources, and food security collectively receive 61.1 billion Br, while the national health capital program is allocated 91.8 billion Br. The budget allocates funds based on an incremental model, funding new civil works, such as bypass roads, in stable regions over post-conflict recovery programs. #Budget #Bill #Ethiopia Read more - https://shorturl.at/1aiYJ

𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗠, 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗧 & 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗢: Global health architecture currently faces a structural burden, characterised by fragmented delivery systems, shrinking resources, and escalating public scrutiny. While contemporary reform efforts emphasise reducing bureaucratic duplication and empowering local country leadership, a critical challenge remains in maintaining the pipeline for new medical tools. Reforming the administrative and logistical frameworks of global health without simultaneously prioritising scientific innovation risks creating an architecture that is more organised but fundamentally no more effective against evolving biological threats. #Global #Health Read more - https://shorturl.at/5ItFE

𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗪𝗘 & 𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗡: A newly released Global Emerging Markets Risk Database analyses more than 15,000 private-sector loans issued between 1994 and 2024 by 29 multilateral development banks and development finance institutions. The data reveals a sharp disconnect between prevailing market assumptions and actual financial outcomes in developing economies. Despite enduring financial crises, commodity shocks, pandemics, and political upheaval, private-sector loans in emerging markets recorded default rates of only 3.54pc. #Global #Finance Read more - https://shorturl.at/uuKH6

𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘: Healthy eating is often criticised while unhealthy eating is normalised and parents who teach nutrition early are frequently told they are depriving their children. #Health #Living #Food Read more - https://shorturl.at/7zP3I

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗩𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗢-𝗤𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗔 & 𝗠𝗢𝗞𝗚𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗦𝗜 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗜: At the inaugural Berlin Climate Mobility Forum, leaders from vulnerable countries highlighted an urgent reality. Climate change threatens not only the planet but also its people. Frontline communities face increasingly difficult choices as the effects of climate change intensify. While some people remain to preserve cultural traditions and livelihoods despite mounting risks, others feel they have no choice but to leave their homes, and in some cases, entire communities have been displaced. #Climate #Action Read more - https://shorturl.at/McJQs