The week of October 6 - October 13, 2020
Macroeconomic News
- Planning Commission to implement a 10-year economic plan.
- PDC to finally table its development plan.
- Grants boosting economic reform.
- Headline Inflation Gauges 18.7pc.
- Inflation rate continues to soar.
- Indian Investors Urged to Intensify Engagements in Ethiopia.
- European Commission’s top officials visit Ethiopia to strengthen EU-Africa partnership.
- Ethiopia, World Bank Discuss On Strengthening Existing Joint Programs.
- Ministry Helps 17,000 People Get Job Abroad.
Sector News—Industry, Agriculture, Services
- Ethiopia cancels privatization of Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise.
- Two-billion steel manufacturer on the horizon.
- Construction of Koysha hydropower dam in Ethiopia 39% complete.
- GERD Reaches 76.35% Completion: MoWIE.
- Ethiopian Shipping fleet to gain two new vessels.
- Demonetisation Revives Gold Demand, Black Market.
- Gov’t Ponders Unbundling Electric Power.
- PM Abiy Inaugurates Bahir Dar Industrial Park.
- የብረታ ብረትና ኢንዱስትሪ ልማት ኢንስቲትዩት ከወጪ ንግድ ከ6 ሚሊዮን ዶላር በላይ አገኘ፤ ከ44 ሚሊዮን ዶላር በላይ ገቢ ለማግኘትአቀዷል (Metal and Industrial Development Institute earns over $6mn, plans to earn more than $ 44 million).
- Indian Investors Invited To Join Agroprocessing, IT, Energy Sectors In Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia Earns $178mln from Mineral Export in 3 Month.
- Ethiopia gold production increases threefold.
- ከኢትዮ ቴሌኮም እና ንግድ ባንክ 12 ቢሊዮን ብር ከትርፍ ድርሻ ክፍያ ተገኘ (Over 12bn Birr dividend gained from Ethio-Telecom and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia).
- Ethiopia further opens up sectors to diaspora and foreign nationals.
- AfDB backed electrification project has enabled the emergence of some 150 companies and factories in Ethiopia.
- EU 9 mln. Euros donation aims combating desert locusts.
- Ethiopia: Desert locusts destroy tens of thousands of acres of crops.
- Ministry Faces Critical Shortage of Aircraft Sprayers to Control Fast Spreading Locust.
- Five more Spraying Planes to Arrive in Ethiopia Next week.
- Little known company offers least bid.
- PM Abiy Visits Wheat Cluster Farming in Arsi Zone.
- Oromia Offers 390 Locally Assembled Tractors, Combines To Farmers.
- የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድን በከፊል ወደ ግል ለማዘዋወር የተጀመረው ሂደት መቆሙን የገንዘብ ሚኒስቴር ገለፀ (The process of partially privatizing Ethiopian Airlines has stopped, MoFEC).
- South Africa Air’s Savior Is In Ethiopia, Study Says.
- Ethiopia: moving towards Ethio Telecom liberalisation.
- Nation Suffers 1 Billion USD Loss of Revenue from Tourism.
- Ethiopia has reopened for tourism: covid-19 entry requirements.
- Ethiopia plans to recover the dynamics of tourism despite COVID-19.
- Ethiopia inaugurates new tourist attraction in Addis Ababa.
- Ethiopia – Emerging destination for business process outsourcing.
- DARA nears finalization of its digital operations.
- Ministries Sign Agreement To Digitize Job Market.
- Facebook Marketplace Comes To Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia, Qatar Look For Ways To Enhance Cooperation In Various Sectors.
- UK Pledges Continued Support To Ethiopia’s Education Sector.
- የግል ሠራተኞች ማኅበራዊ ዋስትና ኤጀንሲ በሦስት ወራት ከሁለት ቢሊዮን ብር በላይ መሰብሰቡን ገለጸ (Private Employees Social Security Agency collected more than 2bn Birr in three months).
- የድህረ-ኮቪድ ገበያ ለማምረቻው ዘርፍ እንደ ምቹ አጋጣሚ ሊቆጠር እንደሚችል ተገለጸ (The post-Covid market could be as an opportunity for the manufacturing sector).
- Stung by the pandemic, Govt boosts health budget 46%.
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