The week of April 28 - May 6, 2020
Macroeconomic News
- IMF Executive Board Approves US$411 Million in Emergency Assistance to Ethiopia to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Nation Receiving Positive Response from Global Dev’t Partners.
- Germany Affirms 120 Mln Euros Support Package to Ethiopia.
- Strong Economic Measures Will Alleviate Effects of COVID-19, Expedite Recovery: Ministry of Finance.
- Ethiopian economic liberalisation threatened by looming crisis.
- Gov’t waives 78 bln birr in tax as part of economic stimulus package.
- Ethiopia Offers Tax Relief for Firms Hurt by Virus Fallout.
- Remittance plunges hard.
- Throughout the cracks.
- New Poverty Figures Shed Light on Rural-Urban Divide.
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- Ethiopia to construct a supply dam in Mekane Selam.
- ETHIOPIA: Water supply Dam to be built at Mekaneselam worth $32 million.
- Rural electrification can unlock US$4bn for Ethiopian economy.
- Enterprise Backs Industry Battling Input Shortage.
- Chinese construction company Nantong Sanjian Holding Co. Ltd to undertake China-backed project in Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia hires Danish firm for Assela wind farm.
- GreenComm Technologies to construct USD 3.6 bln GTL Refinery.
- Ethiopia procures fuels in case of emergency.
- IPDC equips industrial parks with thermal cameras.
- Flour, Biscuit Plant Breaks Ground in Debre Sina.
- Meki-Ziway Irrigation Development Project Inaugurated.
- Abiy Encouraged by Cluster Farming in Oromia Woreda.
- Wheat Cluster Farming Key To Become Self-Sufficient: PM.
- Ethiopia plans to consume 1.7 mln metric tons fertilizer.
- COVID-19 Inflicts Close to 25 Mn USD Loss on Ethiopian Horticulture.
- ኢትዮጵያ በአንበጣ መንጋ 3 ነጥብ 5 ሚሊዮን ኩንታል ምርት አጣች (Ethiopia lost over 3.5mn Quintals agriculture production due to locust infestations).
- Locust invasion “extremely alarming” in Kenya, Ethiopia.
- FAO Provides Additional Aircraft for Desert Locust Surveillance.
- ECX Traded Over 30bln Birr Commodities In Nine Months.
- Gov’t to Plant 5 Billion Seedlings This Season.
- Ethiopian Gov’t refutes ‘untrue’ report of GMOs.
- Ethiopia Horticulture Takes $25m Hit Due To COVID-19.
- አርባ የልዩ ጣዕም ቡናዎች ለመጨረሻው ዓለም አቀፍ ውድድር ታጭተዋል (Forty unique tasting coffees set for final round of international ‘Cup of Excellence’ competition).
- YASCAI Ethiopia to inaugurate locally made ventilators.
- COVID-19 jeopardizes small businesses’ daily bread.
- Ethiopia’s Triumphant Return: Finding the ‘New Normal’ in Tourism Post COVID-19.
- Ethiopia seeks public view on telecom licensing rules.
- Safaricom determined to enter Ethiopian market despite tough rules.
- Ethiopian Introduces Digital Services to Cargo Customers.
- Ethiopian Airlines embarks on ventilator production.
- Ministry Adopts Tourism Recovery Strategy.
- Ethiopia Ready To Launch Electronic Transaction: Ministry.
- Young inventor helps Ethiopia’s COVID-19 crisis.
- የአዲስ አበባ ሆቴሎች ከባንክ ያለባቸው ብድር እንዲራዘምላቸው ጠየቁ (Addis Ababa hotels request a loan repayment delay).
- Ethiopia’s Readiness for COVID-19 Ranks Low: Report.
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