The week of February 22 - March 1, 2022
Macroeconomic News
- Ethiopia launches fund to attract billions of dollars in foreign investment.
- FDI Flow in Ethiopia Increased by 23 Percent in Six Months.
- PM Abiy Says Nation Saves One Billion USD by Import Substitution.
- Ethiopia’s Six-Month Economy Performance of 2021/22.
- Fed Doubles Down on Domestic Debt Financing, External Lending Remains Languid.
- Ethiopian Birr has Depreciated by 3 percent in the First Two Months of 2022.
- Ethiopia’s Dynamic Shift in the Investment Principles and Liberalization Within a Decade.
- Ethiopia’s Economy Withstand Pressures Despite Pandemic, Conflict In The North: Finance State Minister.
- Total Indian Investment in Ethiopia Reaches 5 Bln USD, Nation Favorable for Foreign Investors: Ambassador.
- Ethiopia, Pakistan Vow to Increase Business Ties.
- Ethiopia Has Enormous Investment Potential for Foreign Investors, Indian Ambassador to Ethiopia Says.
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- Troubled corporation declares 41.3 million birr loss.
- Tax Burden Pushes Liquor Bottlers Over the Edge.
- National Cement Hopes Invasive Plant Delivers Factory from Expensive Coal.
- Federal Gov’t Keen on Expanding Biogas Plants to Rural Households.
- Aysha Wind Farm to enter the national grid.
- Kenya Plans to Import Electricity from Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam.
- Production Capacity of Manufacturing Industries Reached 46 in Half Year, Says PM.
- ሦስት የውጭ ኩባንያዎች በኢትዮጵያ የብረት ፋብሪካ ለመገንባት ከመንግሥት ጋር እየተደራደሩ ነው (Three foreign companies are negotiating with the government to build a steel plant in Ethiopia).
- አሥር የመንግሥት የልማት ድርጅቶች1 ቢሊዮን ብር ገቢ አገኙ (Ten public enterprises amass over Birr 7.1bn in revenue).
- An overview of fruits production, export of Ethiopia.
- Sesame Second Cash Crop to Receive ECX’s Special Attention.
- ECX to open special window for sesame seeds.
- Ethiopian Commodity Exchange Begins Trading Spices, & Vetch.
- Invasive species costs 5% of GDP.
- Ministry considers diplomacy for stranded exports to China.
- MfM places West Shoa on coffee production map.
- Dutch Company Eyes to Empower Livestock Owners in Ethiopia.
- New Project to Bolster Ethiopia’s Effort to Digitize Agri Sector.
- Ethiopia Forced to Spend Billions on Climate Adaptation, to Pay $6 billion a Year.
- Ethio Telecom Settles 2.3 Billion Birr Debt.
- ኢትዮ ቴሌኮም የደንበኞቹ ቁጥር ከ 60 ሚሊዮን ማለፉን አስታወቀ (Ethio Telecom’s subscribers reached more than 60 million).
- Safaricom sets up first data centre in Ethiopia.
- Safaricom Taps VMware to Build a Greenfield Network in Ethiopia.
- Safaricom eyes 30 year infrastructure sharing agreement with Ethio telecom.
- Safaricom-Ethiopia preps for M-Pesa.
- CBE Launches CBEBirr Mobile Money App.
- Kifiya Financial Technology X Mastercard Foundation X IFC.
- Ethiopia’s Transport Ministry Says 44 Projects are Open to Foreign Investors in Transport and Logistics Sector.
- Gov’t in talks with prospect railway investors.
- Alfarag Addis Ababa Duty-Free prepares to launch new concept.
- Wallonia Export, Investment Agency Eyes Pharmaceuticals, Coffee Export Sectors In Ethiopia.
Financial News
- Capital Threshold Pushes Banks Under-Formation to Mull Over Investment Options.
- Redefining MSMEs financing through uncollateralized digital lending.
- ባንኮች የግብርናውን ዘርፍ እንዲደግፉ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ ጥሪ አቀረቡ (PM Abiy calls on banks to support the agriculture sector).
- Paga group partners with Bank of Abyssinia to launch online payment gateway services in Ethiopia.
Policy and Regulatory News
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