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Girma Wake, board chairman of Ethio Lease, Yinager Dessie, National Bank Governer, and Abebe Abebayehu, Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission, arrive at the launching of Ethio Lease at Sheraton Addis on August 8, 2019.


LEASE ETHIOPIA

Girma Wake, board chairman of Ethio Lease, Yinager Dessie, National Bank Governer, and Abebe Abebayehu, Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission, arrive at the launching of Ethio Lease at Sheraton Addis on August 8, 2019. Ethio Lease is the first foreign capital lease finance company to be licensed by the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). African Asset Finance Company, a New York City-based finance company, established Ethio Lease. The former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Girma Wake, is chairman of the board of the company that aims to provide lease financing to businesses involved in the agriculture, healthcare and manufacturing sectors.

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