Amhara Bank Leads Charge in Exchange Investment


Amhara Bank Leads Charge in Exchange Investment

Amhara Bank has emerged as a major player in the development of the stock exchange, acquiring a significant stake worth 90.6 million Br. This investment marks the largest holding among commercial banks, surpassing Awash Bank's 70 million Br. Chanyalew Demisse, Amhara Bank's interim president inked the agreement last week with Tilahun Kassahun, CEO of ESX, joining Zemen, Siinqee, Global Ethiopia, Awash, and Hibret banks. The government established the ESX to raise a total of 625 million Br from the private sector. The ESX has secured a substantial portion of its target funding with 275 million Br sourced from four state-owned enterprises under Ethiopia's Investment Holdings and FSD Africa. It is expected to launch next year and is positioned to play a transformative role in Ethiopia's economy.


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Yirgalem Hospital Inaugurates New Oxygen Production Plant

A new oxygen production plant has been inaugurated at Yirgalem Hospital Medical College in Sidama Regional State. The launch was attended by the regional state's chief administrator Desta Ledamo and Health Minister Mekdes Daba (PhD). Desta noted that a new kidney dialysis centre will soon be opened as well. Mekdes stated that the Ministry is working to increase the number of oxygen production facilities from the current 10 to 34 nationwide. The Yirgalem plant cost 86 million Br to build and h...


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Corridor Develops with Parking, Recklessness Concerns, Research Finds

Research involving 400 respondents across four first-round corridor development routes revealed major challenges to the initiative. The study, conducted by Shaka Analytics and ETC Institute in collaboration with the Addis Abeba City Transport Bureau, examined the impact of the program on transportation patterns, transit accessibility, and parking availability. The routes—Arat Kilo to Bole Deldey, Embassy of England to Arat Kilo, Mexico roundabout to Wello Sefer, and Piassa to Arat Kilo—we...


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Digitalisation Spreads to the Court System

Ethio telecom and the Amhara Regional State Supreme Court have agreed to implement a Smart Court project in Bahir Dar to modernize court operations using digital technology. This agreement includes building a modern network infrastructure, implementing cloud services, creating a modular data centre, establishing a network operations control centre, and connecting the region's courts with a secure digital network. The project is designed to facilitate secure digital information exchange betwee...