Expanding high-tech financial resources mobilization

Praising the rapid expansion of bank branches and improved penetration of modern services including electronic banking, mobile banking, ATM and Point-of-Sale machines, experts in the field say that the sector is looking... Read more »

Gov’t urged to hasten loan repayments

ADDIS ABABA- The huge allocation of foreign and domestic loans to infrastructural projects slows the returning of debts thereby increasing Ethiopia’s level of indebtedness, economics expert said. Economics Associate Professor at Dilla... Read more »

Shortening projects execution period viable option: Premier

ADDIS ABABA – Corrective economic measures have been introduced to exhaustively use resources at hand and avoid ambitious and capital intensive projects that require large and external loans, Prime Minister Dr. Abiy... Read more »

A conversation on irrigation agriculture in Ethiopia

Historically, irrigation has been the most crucial input when it comes to increasing agricultural productivity. Given that agriculture plays crucial role in the process of economic development of Ethiopia, it makes irrigation... Read more »

Economic reform must focus on financial sector: Economists

At the hub of the capital, Addis Ababa, emerges what is dubbed as a financial center with high rising and the state-of-the-art buildings being built by different banks, however experts cast doubt... Read more »

Experts welcome plan to link Addis, Massawa via railway

ADDIS ABABA–Experts welcome Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s recent announcement of planned Addis Ababa-Massawa railway project which Italy agreed to finance its feasibility study. The 736 kilometers (457 miles)’s project announcement came... Read more »

Widening tax base vis-a-vis curbing budget gap

Though putting in place a tax policy is undisputable measure to boost trust among taxpayers thereby increasing revenue, for the time being widening tax base and making bold pertinent institution is a... Read more »

Contrasting views on tax

Ministry of Revenue has announced recently that it will collect 213 billion birr tax revenue expected from this budget year. However, the Ministry has also indicated that, some factors like political instability... Read more »

Income-generating jobs key for leveling wealth distribution

The wide gap between the rich and the poor here in Ethiopia owing to unfairwealth distribution will be narrowed down if the nationalrevenue-channeling task towards income-generating jobs too enjoys attention, so remarked... Read more »

Daunting task of controlling money laundering

The incumbent’s efforts in countering money laundering, hampering black market spots and issuing directives as well assigning capable human capital to the leadership, has paved the way to minimizing the outflow of... Read more »