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Jun 27 , 2026

Abay Bank Lists on Ethiopian Securities Exchange as Fifth Entrant

Abay Bank Share Company began trading on the Main Board of the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) on June 25, becoming the fifth company to list after registering its ordinary shares with the Ethiopi...

Jun 27 , 2026

Court Freezes Bank Accounts and Assets in Cosmo Trading Dispute

The Federal High Court Civil Bench has ordered the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Awash Bank, Hibret Bank and Bank of Abyssinia to freeze accounts held by Cosmo Trading Plc and Haileyesus Mengistu, bloc...

Jun 27 , 2026

Bule Hora, Kebri Dehar Universities Sign Austrian Partnership

Bule Hora and Kebri Dehar universities have signed separate memoranda of understanding with Austria's Leoben University to strengthen training in mining, petroleum and energy as Ethiopia seeks to buil...

Jun 27 , 2026

Zemen Bank Launches Z-Qamar Interest Free Banking Service

Zemen Bank has launched its interest-free banking service, Z-Qamar, joining the country's expanding Sharia-compliant finance market as it seeks to broaden its customer base and diversify revenue strea...

Jun 27 , 2026

Four Law Firms Merge to Launch Taza Legal

Four Ethiopian legal practices have merged to establish Taza Legal LLP, creating one of the country's largest independent full-service law firms amid rising demand for sophisticated legal services. ...

Jun 27 , 2026

Huawei Pushes AI-Driven Banking at Ethiopias Finance Summit

Huawei's annual finance summit in Addis Abeba underscored the country's accelerating shift toward digital finance, as policymakers, bankers and technology leaders described the country as an emerging...

Jun 27 , 2026

New Coffee Strategy Seeks to Double Yields, Triple Export Earnings

Ethiopia has rolled out a five-year coffee development package aimed at boosting productivity and export earnings through nine priority intervention areas. The plan seeks to raise average yields from...

Jun 27 , 2026

Council of Ministers Approves New Development Bank Accession, Financing Deals

The Council of Ministers, chaired by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), has approved Ethiopia's accession to the New Development Bank alongside financing agreements and policy reforms aimed at strengthe...

Jun 21 , 2026

Liquidity Relief, Reform Pressure Meet as World Bank Prepares Major Budget Support

The World Bank is set to approve a 1.45 billion dollar budget support package for the Ethiopian government on June 25, 2026. The announcement came alongside a high-level consultation at the Ethiopian...

Jun 21 , 2026

Cabinet Approves 502b Birr Budget as City Returns to Federal Subsidy

The Addis Abeba City Cabinet has approved a 502 billion Br budget for the 2026/27 fiscal year, a fiscal plan that marks a return to federal subsidies despite previous claims of municipal self-sufficie...

Jun 21 , 2026

Global Analytics Meets Local Insight as WAAS Partners With Kantar in Ethiopia Expansion

WAAS International Plc has partnered with global analytics firm Kantar on June 12, 2026, to introduce predictive analytics and consumer tracking tools into the country's corporate market. The collabor...

Jun 21 , 2026

CBE Backs North America Diaspora Festival, Platinum Sponsorship

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has signed a platinum sponsorship agreement for the 43rd Annual Ethiopian Sports and Culture Festival in North America, set to run from June 27 to July 4, 2026, at TC...

Jun 21 , 2026

Coffee Export Value Climbs Despite Falling Shipment Volumes

Coffee export earnings reached 2.61 billion dollars in the first 11 months of 2025/26, marking a 16.4pc increase compared to the full 2024/25 fiscal year. The growth came despite a 9.8pc decline in ex...

Jun 21 , 2026

Soil Degradation Outpaces Recovery as Ethiopia Builds National Coordination Forum

Ethiopia mitigates around 25,000 hectares of land annually against soil degradation, a rate far below the 18 million hectares currently affected by acidity and salinity. The scale includes seven milli...

Jun 21 , 2026

Industrial Parks Deploy 6.9b Birr Incentive Push to Scale Local Manufacturing

The Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) has allocated 22 hectares of rent-free land and a 6.9 billion Br incentive package to 50 local medium-sized manufacturers. The programme targets imp...

Jun 15 , 2026

Annual U.S.–Ethiopia Real Estate Expo to Debut in July

Harvest Circle Inc., a U.S.-based organisation, will launch the first annual U.S.-Ethiopia Real Estate & Construction Expo in July 2026. The event will bring together Ethiopian and U.S. real esta...


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Pressed in Parliament on jobs and household incomes, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) offer...

Editorial | Jul 18 , 2026

EL NINO MEETS A REGION EMPTIED BY WAR

Weldu Yiheysh, a farmer in Shibta District of Enderta Wereda in the Southeast Zone, was st...

Featured | Jul 19 , 2026 . By GEBRU KAHSAY and WORKINEH DIRIBSA

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In the Jemo area of Addis Abeba, Fikremariam Wondimu no longer trades cement so much as ga...

Agenda | Jul 19 , 2026 . By FITSUM TADESSE

Adverse Opinions Pile Up as Addis Abeba’s Budget Hits a Record

Bureaus, agencies and institutions under the Addis Abeba City Administration are sitting o...

Fortune News | Jul 19 , 2026 . By BEZAWIT HULUAGER