Ethiopia - The Business

Here's some pictures of how hard working people are making a living in Addis Ababa.  I was surprised to see this clothing store's sign in English.

Sometimes,  a "store front" is more like a lean to or a tent.

In the next photo, it first looked to me like all the merchandise was merely under the canopies. I think now that it's a whole store spilling out onto the sidewalk under the canopies.

I appreciate the dedication and hard work that business owners have to set up shop however they can. Sometimes it's in nothing more than a shack.

Sometimes it's a real shop.

But there were lots of shacks.

Here's a butcher with meat hanging unrefrigerated right out in the open. 

Ummm, no thanks.

Sometimes a business is a mere blanket out in front of, perhaps, one's home.....

or on a stretch of sidewalk ...

or up against a parked car.....

Sometimes your advertising is just putting yourself out there......

....setting up shop with whatever kind of shelter or structure you can....

Sometimes putting things to creative use helps earn a living...

And sometimes a business is being ready to seize opportunity when it comes your way.  Like when a  bus full of tourists (or people on a medical mission trip) stops for a moment on the road near your village.

The faces of young entrepreneurs trying to eek out a living....