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Hippolyte Fofack

Hippolyte Fofack, chief economist and director of Research at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank).

Hippolyte Fofack's Articles

The Right Climate Finance for Developing Economies

Nov 9 , 2024 . By Hippolyte Fofack

In 2011, the Busan Partnership Agreement recommended a shift toward increased nationa...

Confronting Africa's Cost-of-Living Crisis

Sep 14 , 2024 . By Hippolyte Fofack

The rising cost of living in Africa has triggered a wave of protests in recent months...

Preparing Now for the Next "Disease X"

Jun 8 , 2024 . By Hippolyte Fofack

In December 2019, a group of patients in Wuhan, China, started showing symptoms of an...

The Technologies African Farmers Need

Nov 25 , 2023 . By Hippolyte Fofack

Ethiopia has long suffered from recurrent large-scale famines, most notably in the ea...

Food Security as a National Security

Dec 17 , 2022 . By Hippolyte Fofack

Despite containing 60pc of the world's uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a ne...

Fairer Green Finance Against Climate Change

Nov 26 , 2022 . By Hippolyte Fofack

The global conference on climate change in Egypt looks to be a defining moment in wha...

How to Beat Developing-Market Debt Crises

Jul 30 , 2022 . By Hippolyte Fofack

Since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, sovereign-debt crises have become...

Africa's Unfinished Trade Agenda

Feb 26 , 2022 . By Hippolyte Fofack

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which entered into force on January 1 last year, promises to accelerate the diversificatio...

Commentaries

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

When Sandford International School (SIS) opened its doors in Addis Abeba more than se...

Aug 3 , 2025 . By Belete A. Yemata

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

The financial sector underwent a decisive shift this year following the National Bank...

Aug 2 , 2025 . By Aminu Nuru

Fineline

Leaders of the National . . .

Leaders of the National Election Board are in a charm offensive mood, of a sort. Last week, they organised a rare tour for members of the me...

When the country’s most. . .

When the country's most senior diplomats and envoys return back to their posts after two-week debriefings, they leave behind a point or two...

Editorial

Saplings Should Not Be Rushed Like Election Rallies

Aug 2 , 2025

At daybreak on Thursday last week, July 31, 2025, hundreds of thousands of Ethiop...

Teaching Hospitals Shoulder the Burden While Administrators Count the Beans

Jul 26 , 2025

Teaching hospitals everywhere juggle three jobs at once: teaching, curing, and discov...

In Taxing Aggressively, Fed's Fiscal Reckoning Arrives

Jul 19 , 2025

Parliament is no stranger to frantic bursts of productivity. Even so, the vote last w...

Legal, Policy Volatility Turns Promises into Headwinds

Jul 12 , 2025

Political leaders and their policy advisors often promise great leaps forward, yet th...

Gallery

Parliament Approves New Cabinet Members

Oct 6 , 2021

Parliament Approves New Cabinet, Incorporates Opposition Leaders Lawmakers have approved today the nominations of 22 ministers, including three opposition leaders. Two MPs have voted against, while 12 abstained...

2020 in Posterity

Jan 5 , 2021

TIGRAY VOTES DESPITE "NULL & VOID" THREAT

Sep 9 , 2020

IN-PICTURE: LAUREATE'S RECEPTION

Dec 14 , 2019

PM Abiy Ahmed (PhD) at a Gala Dinner Called for the Awarding of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize

May 6 , 2019

Faces, Voices of Addis Abeba

Apr 26 , 2019

Sunday With Eden

Reborn Through Betrayal

Last week, my new house helper, only twenty-two years old, shared a story that left me breathless. I found her crumpled on the stairs, sobbi...

Aug 3 , 2025 . By Eden Sahle

Rogue Accountants Bleeding Businesses

In recent months, a troubling pattern has emerged across Ethiopian businesses: a wave of rogue accountant...

Jul 26 , 2025 . By Eden Sahle

Life Matters

Facing the Butcher's Cut

The image remains vivid; standing at the butcher's shop, watching as the order was prepared, and spotting it. A small, unbandaged cut on the...

Aug 3 , 2025 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

The Law, the Guards, and the Doghouse

A recent incident in my residential compound reinforced a growing sense of unease: our society struggles...

Jul 26 , 2025 . By Kidist Yidnekachew

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