The week of February 18 - February 25, 2020
Macroeconomic News
- Ministry set to collect 3.8 trillion birr by 2030 from tax.
- Steady, measured reforms would help Ethiopia reach its potential.
- Ethiopian Government Finance Institutions Profit $332 Million.
- Nation’s Debt Burden Declines from High Risk to Moderate in Half FY.
- Ethiopia secures USD 2.9 bln in credits.
- Ethiopia Obtains Over 39bn Birr In Grant And Loan In Six Months.
- UAE’s KEFD provides $100m loan to Ethiopia.
- Jobs, Promises Still Unmet to the Youth.
- Labor productivity in Ethiopia grows 4.9% annually.
- S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Ethiopia: The U.S.–Ethiopia partnership is one of the oldest in the continent.
- Pompeo Promises To Drive U.S. Investments To Ethiopia.
- S. Vows Aid for Fast-Growing Ethiopia’s Private Sector.
- Ethiopia says US Plans ‘Substantial Financial Support’.
- Berlin: Government Support Has Ethiopian Biz Ready to Boom.
- ህገወጥምንዛሬንህጋዊለማድረግአይኤምኤፍናብሄራዊባንክጥናትሊያደርጉነው(IMF and NBE to undertake joint research to legalize the Fx Parallel Market).
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- Trudeau Enables Corporate Canada to Exploit Ethiopia’s Minerals.
- Companies eye Tigray for gold production.
- የሁሉምስኳርፋብሪካዎችዕዳወለዱንሳይጨምር149 ቢሊዮንብርደርሷል(Sugar factories debt, excluding interest, reached 149bn Birr).
- Chinese-built industrial parks help propel Ethiopia’s economic growth, competitiveness.
- Gov’t to Launch Housing Projects Through Public-Private Partnership.
- Authority pushes four road projects forward.
- Ethio-Djibouti Economic Corridor, Match Made in Heaven.
- Total introduce new lubricant packaging.
- ERA Awards 4.8bn Birr Road Projects.
- Sudan Calls For Joint Investment On The Nile.
- Ethiopia’s oil supply constrained by Djibouti logistics battle.
- The mystery sickness bringing death and dismay to eastern Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia’s Genale Dawa III Hydroelectric Power Plant Inaugurated.
- የኢትዮጵያኤሌክትሪክሃይል5 ቢሊዮንብርተጨማሪብድርከንግድባንክወሰደ(EEP borrowed 7.5bn Birr additional loan from CBE).
- Ethiopia earns $407m from coffee export in seven months.
- Netherlands Expresses Interest In Partnering With Ethiopia In Agriculture, Water Management.
- Ethiopia’s Specialty Coffee Drawing New Market Destinations.
- Entity Crops Up to Administer Land.
- Soybean trading increases significantly.
- Battling locusts on the frontlines of Ethiopia.
- የጥጥዋጋባለፉትሳምንታትከሁለትእጥፍበላይጨመረ(Cotton price more than doubled during the past weeks).
- Zimbabwe Billionaire to Bid for Ethiopian Telecoms License.
- Econet Global Ltd eyes Ethiopia’s telecom market.
- Kenya’s Safaricom Seeking Partner for $1bln Ethiopia Licence Bid.
- North Star Airways in the making.
- Global initiative earmarks USD 165 mln for education in Ethiopia.
- Ethiopian Skylight Hotel acquires five-star rating.
- Paradise Lodge sets foot in Kenya.
- Ethiopian Airports to inaugurate VIP terminal.
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