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ArticleNBE to Launch Inter­dealer FX Plat­form, Ease Export Sur­render Rules Under Reform Drive

As part of its ongo­ing mac­roe­co­nomic and for­eign exchange reforms, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) plans to estab­lish an inter­dealer trad­ing plat­form and relax sur­render require­ments for com­mod­ity export­ers by the end of the cur­rent...

ArticleInvis­ible Hands: The Art of Sav­ing Banks With & Without a Drama

ArticleWhen an Elec­tion Whis­pers Instead of Roars

With less than three months to go until the June 1, 2026 elec­tion, Ethiopia is enter­ing a crit­ical win­dow. Last week’s tele­vised debate among four polit­ical parties— includ­ing the rul­ing party—offered a rare glimpse of dis­course, yet the...

ArticleReal Estate Giants Face Off in Fed­eral Court Over Trade­mark Infringe­ment

The trade­mark dis­pute between Jambo Con­struc­tion, a long-stand­ing leader in Ethiopia’s busi­ness and real estate sec­tor, and Jen­boro Real Estate, a newer com­pet­itor, has reached the Fed­eral First Instance Court. Jambo Con­struc­tion filed a...

ArticleEthiopia to Adopt Inter­na­tional Stand­ards for Meas­ur­ing Invest­ment Impact

Ethiopia is set to adopt inter­na­tion­ally recog­nized stand­ards and impact meas­ure­ment frame­works to bet­ter assess the social and envir­on­mental out­comes of “Impact Invest­ments” made across the coun­try. The ini­ti­at­ive is part of a...

ArticleNBE to Launch

This ini­ti­at­ive is a key struc­tural bench­mark under the reform pro­gram intro­duced at the start of the 2024/25 fiscal year. The NBE aims to oper­a­tion­al­ize the new plat­form by the first quarter of 2026/27. Offi­cials say a well-func­tion­ing...

ArticleIMF Hunts for New Africa Chief as Abebe Selassie Set to Retire

The Inter­na­tional Mon­et­ary Fund (IMF) has form­ally opened the selec­tion pro­cess for a new dir­ector of its African Depart­ment fol­low­ing the announce­ment that Ethiopian eco­nom­ist Abebe Aemro Selassie will retire on May 1, 2026. This marks...

ArticleOffi­cials Warn of ‘Legal Con­tra­band’ Exploit­ing Invest­ment Licenses to Under­mine Ethiopian Eco­nomy