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Harvesting Finance


Harvesting Finance

From left: Agriculture Minister Girma Amente (PhD), Finance Minister Ahmed Shide, and National Bank Governor Mamo Mihretu during the second Ethiopia Finance Forum on July 22, 2025, at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia’s HQ located around Ras Abebe Aregay St. Officials unpacked the National Agri-Finance Implementation Roadmap (NAFIR), a push to widen credit access for inputs like irrigation, livestock, and mechanisation. Despite making up 32pc of GDP and 64pc of employment, agriculture secured just 8pc of total bank loans in 2023/24, falling well short by 2pc of demand.

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YOUTHFUL ADRENALINE

A chic young man speeds along Ras Mekonnen Avenue near Addis Abeba Stadium on his skateboard, his eyes fixed on the road ahead as he makes swift movements with every push. As skateboarding and cycling become increasingly visible on Addis Abeba's streets, bystanders, including street cleaners, carry on with their routines, seemingly unbothered by the display of youthful adrenaline. But with heavy traffic close by, a millisecond's lapse in concentration could have serious consequences. In a city w...


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AFRICA’S DESTINY

Policy experts and researchers focused on Africa's future gathered at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Addis Ababa last week for the fourth annual U.S.–Africa Futures Summit, discussing the continent's role in a changing global order, development, critical minerals, migration and governance...


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SCHOLARS’ DINNER

UK Minister for Development Kirsty McNeill MP and Darren Welch, British Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, attend a dinner for Ethiopian winners of the Chevening Scholarship programme. The gathering brought together scholars preparing to pursue postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom...