The week of March 10 - March 17, 2020
Macroeconomic News
- Gov’t requests 27.9 bln birr additional budget.
- Ethiopia’s move to partner directly with foreign investors.
- UAE fund agrees $100m loan to support Ethiopian SMEs.
- የገቢዎችሚኒስቴርበየካቲትወር19 ነጥብ4 ቢሊየንብርሰበሰበ(MoR collected over 19.4bn Birr in February).
- በበጀትአመቱሰባትወራትከወጭንግድ1 ነጥብ57 ቢሊዮንዶላርተገኝቷል(Ethiopia collected $1.57bn during the first seven months of the FY).
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- በነቀምቴከተማበግማሽቢሊዮንዶላርአዲስየኢንዱስትሪፓርክሊገነባነው(A new IP is to be built in Nekemte town at a cost of half billion dollar).
- Company to build drone assembly plant.
- Japanese economist advises Ethiopia to adopt quality production systems.
- Assosa to Get Centre of Excellence to Marble Miners.
- Ethio-Kenya Electricity Highway Project Nearing Completion.
- Poor infrastructure, regional politics derail new port facilities.
Financial News
- EBA recommends to limit cash withdrawals.
- Lion Insurance Upholds Growth, Profitablity.
- ኦሮሚያኢንተርናሽናልባንክበወለድአልባአገልገሎት7 ቢሊዮንብርተቀማጭአሰባሰበ(OIB collected over 3.7bn Birr from IFB deposits).
- Profit Edges up Slightly at Oromia Bank, While Earnings per Share Tank.
- ንብባንክለሆቴልናቱሪዝምዘርፍብድርማስከፈያወለድላይየ5 በመቶቅናሽማድረጉንአስታወቀ(NIB lowers hotel & tourism loan interest rate by 4.5 percent).
- Insurance technology provider eyes the Ethiopian market.
Policy and Regulatory News
- NBE Compels Microfinance Firms to Partially Surrender Forex from Share Sales.
- Bill Takes Shape Introducing Royalty Fee for Seed Breeders.
- Gov’t to open up multimodal, dry port to private businesses.
- በራሳቸውየውጭምንዛሪምርቶችንለኢትዮጵያማቅረብለሚችሉየውጭድርጅቶችውስንጨረታሊወጣነው(Gov’t to allow limited bids to foreign companies to import, with their own forex).
Archive
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