Entries by Addis Fortune

Ethiopia: New Luxury Apartments On the Horizon

[Addis Fortune] Metropolitan Real Estate is set to break ground on a new luxury apartment site near the African Union Headquarters in Sarbet. The 19-storey apartment project is expected to be launched in March with a total investment of one billion Birr.

Ethiopia: Cemented Fate

[Addis Fortune] Bags of cement are stacked up high in Megenagna, one of the more famous retailing areas in Addis Abeba. But the closed warehouses in the photo betray the turbulence of a market where production is low, prices escalating, and the authori...