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A Shotgun Wedding Awaits Banks as Capital Clock Ticks Down

Aug 3 , 2025
By Mikias Mulugeta

In 2021, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) doubled the minimum capital requirement for commercial banks to five billio...

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A Shotgun Wedding Awaits Banks as Capital Clock Ticks Down

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Sandford School's Tax Battle Signals a Reckoning for Nonprofit Sector

Facing the Butcher's Cut

When Leaving Becomes the Dream

Reborn Through Betrayal

Deluge Defies Drainage, Devours Addis Abeba

Saplings Should Not Be Rushed Like Election Rallies

State Enterprises from Oracles to Apprentices

Rising Costs, Inflation Threaten Insurance Industry

BREWING DISCONTENT

Electric Vehicle Push Leaves Investors in the Lurch

Sandford School's Tax Battle Signals a Reckoning for Nonprofit Sector

Lines Blur with Parent Lenders, Investment Banking Debut Will Face Credibility Test

Leaders of the National . . .

When the country’s most. . .

Saplings Should Not Be Rushed Like Election Rallies

Teaching Hospitals Shoulder the Burden While Administrators Count the Beans

In Taxing Aggressively, Fed's Fiscal Reckoning Arrives

Legal, Policy Volatility Turns Promises into Headwinds

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Reborn Through Betrayal

Rogue Accountants Bleeding Businesses

Facing the Butcher's Cut

The Law, the Guards, and the Doghouse

Ahadu Bank Taps Veteran Banker During Capital Countdown

New Directive Mandates Central Oversight, Digital Integration for SOEs

False Banana to Get Real Following Ministry's Enset Investment Plan

Cosmo Trading Back in Court as Prosecutors Challenge Previous Rulings

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