Supporting the transformation of small enterprises into industries

 BY HIZKEL HAILU The ongoing economic reform in Ethiopia is expected to benefit regional states particularly in attracting more investment and facilitating the transformation of small and micro enterprises into medium scale... Read more »

New customs approach bearing fruit in preventing illegal trade

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS Due to various factors, illegal trade and contraband activities are rampant in Ethiopia. Illegal trade is mainly characterized in Ethiopia by the importation of foreign goods and exportation of... Read more »

Making urban areas centers of economic growth

BY ABEBE WOLDEGIORGIS In the normative approach, economic development is attained step by step, starting from the primary to secondary and tertiary economic activities i.e it is achieved through a successive transformation... Read more »

Youth Unemployment: Burning issue of the time

By GETACHEW MINAS Over the next decade, World Bank estimates that over one billion young people will try to enter the job market, but less than half of them will find formal... Read more »

Why all are eagerly waiting for AfCFTA, world’s largest free trade area

BY DARGIE KAHSAY Signed by 55 African countries and ratified by 34 of them by their parliaments’, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is expected to become operational as of 1... Read more »

Supposing proper execution, amended investment law has a lot to offer

  BY BACHA ZEWDIE  Ethiopia has been undertaking multifaceted economic reforms over the past two years. In fact, the overall assessment indicated that it was necessary to address existing problems in the investment... Read more »

UNSDCF supports Ethiopia achieve SDGs

The United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) (2020-2025) is the collective response of the UN System in Ethiopia to national development priorities and helps achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.... Read more »

Ethiopia’s business environment and untapped opportunities: Investor shares insights

By BEREHANE DEMISSIE Certain sectors were more impacted than others due to Covid-19, with the most affected being hospitality, tourism and some manufacturing sub-sectors. Agriculture, which is the largest contributor to the... Read more »

Why entrepreneurship is essential to economic growth?

BY GETACHEW MINAS Productive entrepreneurs can invigorate the economy by creating jobs and new technologies that increase productivity. According to A. S. Kritikos, entrepreneurs are a “rare” species. They are vital to... Read more »

The state of Ethiopia’s financial sector

BY STAFF WRITER The Ethiopian financial sector/policies have evolved through three stylized stages: first, financial repression and fostering state-led industrial and agricultural development through preferential credit (in the socialist regime); second, market-led... Read more »