Siemens Gamesa seals its first wind farm project in Ethiopia, expanding its leadership in Africa

 The company will deliver 29 SG 3.4-132 wind turbines to state-owned utility Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) for the Assela project; the 100 MW wind farm will help power over 400,000 Ethiopian households;... Read more »

Ethiopia’s fight against illicit trade

BY MUSSA MUHAMMED  Illicit import and export trade has become a major challenge to Ethiopia’s economy. It creates a triple threat to the financing of development by crowding out legitimate economic activity,... Read more »

Homegrown economic policy set to correct previous economic mismanagement

 BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS In the last two decades and a half, Ethiopia’s economic policies had been formulated and misguidedly implemented for the sake of short term advantages. As a result, the country... Read more »

High time to invest in Ethiopia

BY MENGISTEAB TESHOME   Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) Commissioner Lelise Leme on her New Year message calls on investors to invest in Ethiopia more than ever, for a number of reasons. In... Read more »

New budget gives hope to small and medium manufacturing industries

BY MUSSA MUHAMMED The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has authorized the release of 5.5 billion birr to support the project that is set up to facilitate the growth of small and... Read more »

Poverty reduction, risk aversion and gender in Ethiopia

BY GETACHEW MINAS  Poverty reduction is a core component of development in low income countries. Also, agricultural and rural development is a major component of economic growth and poverty reduction strategy. This... Read more »

Foreign exchange shortage: How to deal with it

ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS These days, the shortage of foreign currency has become one of the common characteristics of Ethiopia’s macro-economy. It is common to hear the complaints of importers and exporters as they... Read more »

Ethiopian overseas uplift participation in rehabilitation, development

BY BACHA ZEWDIE Ethiopians overseas/Ethiopian Diaspora and persons of Ethiopian origin (PEO) play an important role in supporting the overall development of the country. Particularly, their participation in domestic economic and peace... Read more »

Ethiopia’s ten-year plan to industrialize

BY HIZKEL HAILU  The Ministry of Trade and Industry recently announced that it is planning to enable the country earn as much as nine billion USD in the coming ten years from... Read more »

Safaricom group taps Sh55bln. loan for Ethiopia entry

Safaricom and its partners have signed an agreement to borrow up to $500 million from America’s sovereign wealth fund US International Development Finance Corporation to fund expansion into Ethiopia’s telecommunications market. Safaricom... Read more »