''Capital'' (also known as ''Capital Ethiopia'') is an Ethiopian weekly business
newspaper
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published and distributed by Crown Publishing Plc. It is published once a week, on Sundays. It was established in December 1998 with a pro business perspective, and styles itself "the paper that promotes free enterprise".
Contents
The newspaper has opinions and special segments like the historian
Richard Pankhurst's Corner, sports commentary, cartoons, editorials, etc.
''Capital'' subscribers are often from local business community, non governmental organizations, international organizations, academics and individuals. It aims to boost the
free press and information flow, while encouraging and nurturing the
private sector
The private sector is the part of the economy which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government.
Employment
The private sector employs most of the workfo ...
with necessary information. It promotes ideological changes and development among the civil society for the betterment of the country, and creates employment opportunities, whilst developing professional journalism.
Its managing director and
executive editor, Teguest Yilma, was awarded the
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* National Order of Merit (Algeria)
* National Order of Merit (Bhutan)
* National Order of Merit (Brazil)
* National Order of Merit (Ecuador)
* Ordre national du Mérite (France)
* National Order of Merit ...
on 16 December 2009 at the embassy of France in Addis Ababa.
Its main competitor is ''
Addis Fortune
''Addis Fortune'' (also known as ''Fortune'') is a private and independent newspaper based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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'', whose circulation it surpassed in 2007. However, the circulation of the two does not exceed 20,000 out of the 150,000 total newspaper circulation, which itself compares to a national population of over 90,000,000 persons.
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1998 establishments in Ethiopia
Business newspapers
Mass media in Addis Ababa
Weekly newspapers published in Ethiopia
Newspapers established in 1998