The week of March 9 - March 16, 2021
Macroeconomic News
- Consumers Reel as Headline Inflation Bites.
- በስድስት ወራት ውስጥ በጣም ከፍተኛ የዋጋ ግሽበት ተመዘገበ (Highest inflation rate recorded in six months).
- Why China’s economic miracle should still be a model for Ethiopia?
- አፍሪካ ነፃ የንግድ ቀጣና ለኢትዮጵያ ቆዳ ኢንዱስትሪ የገበያ ዕድል ያመጣ ይሆን? (Will AfCFTA bring market opportunities to the Ethiopian leather industry?)
- Ethiopia Desirous To Transform Its Ties With India To A Strategic Level: Ambassador.
- Turkey shows interest to boost trade relation with Ethiopia: Ambassador.
- Rwandans tipped on investment, tourism opportunities in Ethiopia.
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- Industrial Parks Export Over $610m Worth Products, Create 89,000 Jobs.
- PM Abiy Inaugurates Yirgalem Integrated Agro-Industrial Park.
- የይርጋለም የተቀናጀ የግብርና ማቀነባበሪያ የኢንዱስትሪ ፓርክ የመጀመሪያ ምዕራፍ በመጭው ቅዳሜ ይመረቃል (The first phase of Yirgalem Integrated Agricultural Processing Industrial Park to be inaugurated next Saturday).
- “Count on us”: PM vows to support UAE power investors.
- MoWIE Minister Discusses With Chairman Al Nowais Investments On Aysha Wind Plant.
- Despite COVID-19, Ethio-Djibouti Railway Sees Profit Upsurge.
- Kombolcha new dry port coming through.
- Payment Modality Embroils Gov’t, Fuel Retailers in Dispute.
- Shemu Edible Oil Factory Cements Expansion.
- Fuel cash base supply to start this week.
- Beles Sugar Factory Construction To Complete And Go Operational Within A Month Period.
- Shemu Industries’ eyes expansion to magnify capacity.
- Keste Damena introduces memory foam.
- The genesis and current state of GERD.
- የኢትዮ-ኬንያ የኤሌክትሪክ መስመር ሥራ ሲጀምር በወር እስከ 6 ሚሊዮን ዶላር ገቢ ያስገኛል (Ethio-Kenya power line will generate up to $ 6 million a month when operational).
- Agriculture Ministry Encouraged by Irrigation Farming in Realizing Food Self-Sufficiency.
- PM Abiy Says Gov’t Exerts Efforts to Expand Agricultural Dev’t, Agro-industry.
- PM Abiy Visits Mechanized Agricultural Schemes in Oromia Region.
- Zone focuses on wheat irrigation production.
- Nation Fast-tracks Locust Fighting Capacity: Ministry of Agriculture.
- Agriculture Ministry Signs Agreements with Private Investors.
- EHPEA & EARCS partner to bolster horticulture.
- Growing demand for horticulture investment impeded by unavailability of land.
- Agreement Inked For Procurement Of Aircraft Service Management.
- State embarks on Silkworm farm.
- Redfox Solutions to Build Data Centre to Expedite Ethiopia’s Digital Economy.
- Raxio breaks ground on its tier III data center.
- Ethiopost gears to diversify in to the financial industry.
- Ethiopian Airlines transports COVID-19 vaccines to African countries.
- AFRAA, Ethiopian Agree On Aviation Academy, Training Activities.
- The African Battleground: Ethiopian Airlines vs Kenya Airways vs SAA.
- Despite Big Ambitions, IT Startups are Still Starting Up.
- Belayab Partners with Ghanaian health-tech startup.
- Avetol Launches Ethiopian Video-on-Demand Streaming Service.
- Visa set to digitize payments in Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia Keen On Laying Solid Digital Infrastructure: Official.
- African Development Bank finances electronic payments modernization of Ethiopia.
- Privately-owned abattoir begins exporting meat to Middle East.
- Ethiopia, World Bank Sign over 137 Million USD Grant Agreements.
- Board Writes Financial Reporting System Strategies.
- ነፃ የንግድ ቀጠናውን የሚመራ ተቋም ሊቋቋም እንደሆነ ተገለፀ (Institution to be established to run AfCFTA).
- CBE, ERF strike a deal for fee collection.
Financial News
Policy and Regulatory News
- NBE sets new directive to cripple the black market.
- Central Bank Reduces Forex Retention for Exporters.
- New NBE directive bans using Diaspora account to import items not under priority list.
- የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ በውጭ ምንዛሪ አጠቃቀም ዙሪያ ሁለት መመርያዎችን አሻሻለ (NBE amends two guidelines on the use of foreign exchange)
- ድርጅቶች መያዝ የሚችሉት ጥሬ ገንዘብ ከ5 ሚሊዮን ወደ 200 ሺሕ ብር ዝቅ ተደረገ (NBE reduce company cash holding limits from Birr 1.5 million to Birr 200,000).
- ‹‹ፖሊሲው ሰዎች ያላቸውን ሐሳብ አስይዘው ብድር እንዲያገኙ የሚያደርግ ነው›› ኢኖቬሽን እና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስቴር (“The New Policy set to allow intellectual property rights as basis for collateral”, MInT).
- Amending the riddled procurement proclamation.
- Finance Ministry Overhauls Tariff Book.
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