Economy
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#ASDailyScoop: Council of ministers ratifies 801.65 billion birr budget for 2016 Ethiopian fiscal year
Ethiopian Council of Ministers (Photo:PM Office Ethiopia/twitter) Addis Abeba – The Council of Ministers has unanimously passed a budget totaling…
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#ASDailyScoop: Gambella-Dembidollo road in Western Ethiopia operational after three years, army claims to secure peace
Members of the ENDF on the Gambella-Dembidollo road (Photo: Gambella Region Press Secretariat Office/Facebook) Addis Abeba – The Gambella to…
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Economic Commentary: Exchange rate reform– damn if you do, damn if you don’t
Ethiopia’s finance minister Ahmed Shide with former president of World Bank, David Malpass. Photo: ENA Addis Abeba – The political…
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Commentary: Harnessing the power of GERD for economic, social progress in Somalia and Somaliland
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, August 2022 (Photo: Office of the Prime Minister-Ethiopia/Facebook) By Ali Regah @aregah Introduction The construction of…
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Viewpoint: Why Again, and Again? The Humanitarian Emergency in Borana
3.3 million livestock have perished over the last three years in Borana (Photo: Dawie Tola) By Dawie Tola Borana, Oromia…
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News Analysis: Gov’t insists on digital payment despite complaints over chaotic, long queues at gas stations in Addis Abeba
Fuel queue at Total gas station near CMC Michael in Addis Abeba on Thursday, 27 April (Photo: Addis Standard) By…
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Op-Ed: Change is coming to Ethiopian banking
Customers banking at one of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia’s branches (Photo: Commercial Bank of Ethiopia/Facebook) By Nohaila Ibn El…
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#ASDailyScoop: Benishangul Gumuz region says gold supply to central bank dropped due to illicit trade, warns to take legal actions
Gold production site at Mange district, Benishangul Gumuz region, (Photo: Benishangul Gumuz Prosperity Party) Addis Abeba – The Benishangul Gumuz…
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News: Rampant cash hoarding regress improved banking services in Tigray, cash shortage persists after central bank dispensed 5 billion birr
Mekelle city, Tigray (Picture: FBC) By Mihret G Kristos @MercyG_kirstos Addis Abeba – Banks in Tigray are facing cash shortage and…
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