On 20 May 2019 Tadias Magazine reported that the Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund had announced an 11-member Board of Directors, with five seats reserved for diaspora representatives from different parts of the world.
The fund was part of Abiy Ahmed’s early appeal for diaspora money to support development projects after years when many exiles stayed politically distant from Addis Ababa. Board appointments mattered because they signaled who would control priorities and oversight.
Diaspora finance can strengthen clinics and schools, and it can also become another patronage channel if transparency is weak. The Tadias notice at least dated the first public board slate.
As diaspora and finance archive, the EDTF board announcement is a checkpoint for how the reform government tried to turn remittance politics into an organized trust structure.
Sources: Tadias Magazine