Enat's Design

Hana Tilahun (left), board chair of Enat Bank, gives a tour to Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi, president of the Federal Supreme Court, of the contending architectural designs for a headquarters the Bank is planning to build.


Enat's Design

Hana Tilahun (left), board chair of Enat Bank, gives a tour to Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi, president of the Federal Supreme Court, of the contending architectural designs for a headquarters the Bank is planning to build. Competing designs were unveiled at the award ceremony held at Sheraton Addis on March 13, 2021, for one of the youngest private banks in the country, which has assets of over 11 billion Br.


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