The week of February 23 - Mar 2, 2021
Macroeconomic News
- Macro-economic Adjustments Resulting Positive Impacts: Ministry of Finance.
- Ministry Collects 169.5bln Birr in Revenue in Seven-Month.
- IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Ethiopia on extended credit and fund facilities.
- IMF, Ethiopia agree framework for loan deal reviews.
- Ethiopia: The challenges of liberalising the economy.
- T-bills’ triumph closes financial loopholes.
- Ethiopia is Reconsidering Tariff Free Offers to Initiate AfCFTA.
- Panel Discusses Opportunities, Challenges of ACFTA for Private Sector.
- Ethiopia: How is the Tigray conflict hurting the country’s economy?
- Commission Forms Committee to Streamline Employment.
- Galloping Cost of Living Bites Harder.
- City Admin’ blames political sabotage for recent inflationary pressure.
- US Restoration of Foreign Aid to Ethiopia Signals New Course.
- Djibouti Vows Enhanced Cooperation With Ethiopia In Trade, Regional Integration.
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- Construction Key Lever in Infrastructure Dev’t, Crucial in Economy: ECA.
- Adverse Impacts of ‘Currency Devaluation’ on the Ethiopian Construction Industry.
- CWRA eyes at transforming construction sector.
- በዕዳ የተዋጡትን የልማት ድርጅቶችና ያበዳሪያቸውን የኢትዮጵያ ንግድ ባንክን ለመታደግ የተቀረፀው ስትራቴጂ (Strategy designed to rescue the indebted public enterprises and their creditors [CBE]).
- Integrated Agro- Industrial Park to be Constructed in Oromia Region with Cost of 7.8 Bil Birr.
- Amhara region bridges petroleum supply gap through new initiative.
- Renewable energy: Growth projections.
- New factory to solve cement shortage in Ethiopia.
- DPM Launches Construction of 3.4 Bil Birr worth Roads in Amhara Region.
- Three Local Firms Seal Road Deal Worth 1.1b Br.
- Can agriculture be Ethiopia’s growth engine?
- Ethiopia earns 287 mln. USD from horticulture export.
- Ethiopia to convert cloud into rain using iodine.
- Fight against Locust invasion shows progress, FAO.
- Locust Swarms in Ethiopia Threaten Crops and Livelihoods.
- Ethiopia’s quality coffee attracting better prices.
- Moroccan Companies Show Interest To Import Ethiopian Coffee.
- Ethiopia’s Silicon Valley Houses Orange’s Digital Centre.
- GIZ, Orange Launch Orange Digital Center in Ethiopia.
- Authority to Issue Final Telecom Bid This Week.
- Ethio Telecom Could Be Cash Cow, But Needs to Compete Fairly.
- Ethiopian May Be Africa’s Post-Pandemic Winner: Analysts.
- Ministry to implement USD200 million digital project.
- HERQA starts licensing institutions for online education.
- Nation’s Prospective Tourist Destination Encourages Public-Private Partnership: Tourism Ethiopia.
- Two More Parks inaugurated in Addis Ababa.
- China, Ethiopia agree to boost cooperation in technology.
Financial News
- Amhara Bank joins Ethiopia’s banking industry.
- Dashen’s mountainous climb.
- Coop bank joins ranks of top tier.
- የመንግሥት የፋይናንስ ድርጅቶች በ2013 በጀት የመጀመርያው አጋማሽ ከታክስ በፊት48 ቢሊዮን ብር አተረፉ (Public financial institutions earned 8.48bn Birr before tax in the first half of the 2020/21 FY).
- Ethiopia opens door for foreign mortgage banks.
- Nyala leads industry with strong capital.
- Demand for life insurance on the rise.
- Commercial Banks’ NPL soars due to Tigray Conflict.
Policy and Regulatory News
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