The week of August 4 - August 11, 2020
Macroeconomic News
- Foreign Investment in Ethiopia Drops in 2019/20 FY.
- Commission to Swap Base Year in GDP Formula.
- Income Inequality, Poverty Fuels Social Discontent, Warns Credit Agency.
- As talks progress, Ethiopians debate whether joining the WTO is a good idea.
- Addis Ababa Aspires To Create 280,000 New Jobs This Year.
- SNNP Regional State Licenses 9.8bn Birr Projects.
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- Ethiopia earns USD 66.4 mln from electricity export.
- One Purified Water boosts production nine fold.
- Ethiopian Shipping Enterprise revenue up 37 percent.
- Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services partners with RTS on cargo revenue management and pricing solutions.
- Against all odds, MeTEC starts afresh.
- Sugar Production Shows Production Boost after Reform, Says Sugar Corporation.
- Ethiopia’s Amhara Region Gets a New Bags and Carpet Factory.
- አማራ ክልል 153 ቢሊዮን ብር ካፒታል ላስመዘገቡ ባለሀብቶች የኢንቨስትመንት ፈቃድ ሰጠ (Amhara regional state issued investment license to investors that registered over 153bn Birr capital).
- ECX Registers 40 billion Birr Worth Commodities Exchange in Fiscal Year.
- ECX vying for future trading scheme.
- Association Calls for Mechanization of Oilseed Crops.
- Cost of vegetables, cereals increase as inflation creeps higher.
- ABBAHAWA coffee export surges to $34 million.
- Ethio Lease Hands Over $7mln worth Mechanization Equipment to Farmers.
- Innovation, Technology Ministry to Develop Digital Platform for Coffee.
- Ethiopia Prepares 10-Year Strategic Plan to Deal With Invasive Alien Weeds.
- በ2013 በሦስት መቶ ሺሕ ሔክታር በመስኖ ስንዴ ለማልማት ዕቅድ ተይዟል (Gov’t planned to irrigate 300 thousands hectares for wheat).
- በአማራ ክልል ከ4 ነጥብ 2 ሚሊየን በላይ ኩንታል የአፈር ማዳበሪያ ተሰራጭቷል (Over 4.2mn quintal soil fertilizer was distributed in Amhara region).
- Ethiopia’s move to bar foreign telcos slows liberalisation.
- Ethiopian Cargo partners with RTS on cargo revenue management and pricing solutions.
- Ethiopia resumes land and air transport services to Djibouti.
- Cutsoms Commission Freezes 16 Couriers Services.
- Online Education to Get Legal Recognition in Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia to Register Civil Service Assets.
- Untapped tourism potential still exists in Ethiopia.
Financial News
- [Ethiopia] Bank of Abyssinia and visa launch e commerce acquiring business using cybersource payment technology.
- Singapore-Based Thunes Launches Cash Pickup Service With Ethiopian Bank.
- CBE performance irks president.
- Commercial bank, supplier on outs over cash counting machines.
- Lion International Bank partners with Thunes to launch cash pickup service.
- Policy Banks, Proper Allies in Effort to Stimulate Economy.
- Banks to Access Agency’s Database.
- ባንኮች ከከተማው አስተዳደር ጋር የአክሲዮን ኩባንያ ለመመሥረት ተስማሙ (Banks and A.A. City Administration agree to form a share company).
Policy and Regulatory News
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