Ethiopian Gov’t takes over stalled Kombolcha railway as reports clash over its London arbitration with Yapı Merkezi
Abiy Ahmed opens a refinery in Addis Ababa built to process 600 tonnes of precious metals a year as Ethiopia moves to stop sending raw gold to Dubai
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Some car asking prices jump as an Addis Ababa tax crackdown on brokers leaves showrooms quiet seven weeks on
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Oil jumps 40 percent in two months while coffee slips, leaving Ethiopia’s new finance minister a costlier import bill
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One of the driest rainy seasons on record threatens Ethiopia’s main harvest as war in the north blocks aid
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Ethiopian Gov’t targets 10.1 percent growth as central bank schedules $840 million in dollar auctions
Economists doubt Ethiopia’s inflation data and NBE independence, EEA survey finds
Ethiopian Gov’t says Abay and Red Sea talks must include Ethiopia’s interests
Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan say only coastal states should govern the Red Sea
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Most economists in an EEA survey are not convinced the birr float will last
Somalia offers Ethiopia commercial access to two or three ports
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EU Aspides escort shortage leaves merchant ships waiting at Bab el-Mandeb
Saudi Red Sea tanker war-risk premiums spike, lifting costs on routes Ethiopia still needs
Ethiopian Government corridor risk: why Berbera matters as Bab el-Mandeb raises Djibouti costs
Hapag-Lloyd adds Red Sea sailings as Bab el-Mandeb risk still weighs on Ethiopia’s Djibouti corridor
NBE warns on hawala remittances as diaspora dollars still chase market value
Red Sea war-risk insurance soars as Ethiopia’s Assab talk raises corridor stakes
Bab el-Mandeb risk reaches Ethiopia through Cape diversions, war-risk premiums, and Djibouti logistics
Berbera sits at 30% capacity while Ethiopia still routes 96.7% of seaborne trade through Djibouti
Houthi hold on Perim and Mokha raises Red Sea freight costs for Ethiopia’s Djibouti corridor
Ethiopian Government, Djibouti and Dangote plan $660m fuel pipeline on a corridor facing war and Red Sea risk
Saudi Red Sea war-risk premiums hit 3% as Bab el-Mandeb risk raises Ethiopia’s freight bill
Ethiopia still moves 96.7% of seaborne trade through Djibouti as Bab el-Mandeb war risk rises
Banks bid less than offered at Ethiopia’s central bank dollar auction, and analysts cited by Capital Ethiopia point to a birr shortage
UK shipping insurer drops war cover in Red Sea waters that carry Ethiopia’s sea trade
Houthi hold on Perim puts Bab el-Mandeb risk on Djibouti’s doorstep and Ethiopia’s freight bill
Saudi Musaned suspends new Ethiopian domestic worker hiring after Addis decision
Bab el-Mandeb war-risk stays near 3% while terrorism cover climbs toward 10%
Ethiopian Government pushes “sovereign” Red Sea access while Bab el-Mandeb insurance stays near war prices
Ethiopia’s remittances hit $7.14 billion, but the managed birr still pushes families toward market rates
War-risk insurance and Cape detours keep raising the price of Red Sea oil and Horn freight
Telebirr seeks higher limits as remittance payout gaps push Ethiopians toward market rates
Bab el-Mandeb traffic stuck near 26 ships a day as Houthi coastal gains raise war-risk costs
Eritrea says Abiy Ahmed’s government is “actively destabilising” the Horn as Assab and Red Sea access stay flashpoints
Djibouti still handles 96.7% of Ethiopia’s sea cargo as Bab el-Mandeb risk keeps Berbera thin
Bab el-Mandeb crossings crash after Perim seizure as Cape diversion freight taxes the Horn
Ethio Telecom earns 36.3 billion birr in 2018/19 as subscribers reach 43.6 million
Ethiopia plans cashless payments in state institutions and online business registration to cut red tape
Getachew T. Alemu argues Ethiopia cannot quickly swap public investment for private capital
Ethiopian Airlines opens the 373-room Ethiopian Skylight Hotel near Bole Airport
Hijra Bank opens share sale to become one of Ethiopia’s first interest-free banks
Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy gathers 70 authors and about 1,000 pages of research
Bole Airport handles a record 29,528 passengers in one day as its new terminal begins to open
Sabegn, an Addis Ababa leather workshop, pays artisans when goods sell and pushes them to brand their own work
SES and Eutelsat both claim multi-year deals with Ethiopian broadcasters for satellite TV capacity
Ethiopia’s foreign-currency reserves rise to $3.2 billion, enough for about three months of fuel imports
Ethiopian hides and skins need little degreasing to become leather, a three-year study of 37 breeds finds
UAE’s Khalifa Fund signs a $100 million deal to back innovation and small businesses in Ethiopia
GreenPath Food, Ethiopia’s first certified organic fruit and vegetable producer, bets on smallholder farmers in Butajira
Ethiopia collected 198.2 billion birr in taxes in 2018/19, about 22 billion more than a year earlier
Ethiopian Airlines wants to start a new airline in Nigeria, chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam says
Tigray plans to sell shares in three EFFORT companies, including Mesebo Cement, to diaspora investors
In Addis Ababa, YA Coffee serves specialty coffee brewed only in the traditional jebena
At Awaday, the world’s biggest khat market, millions change hands overnight as farmers turn from coffee to the leaf
Liya Kebede’s Lemlem brand turns Ethiopian handwoven cotton into global fashion
World Bank tender seeks drillers for Ethiopia’s Alalobad geothermal wells
Kenya and Ethiopia still struggle to turn border agreements into real trade
Ethiopia scraps foreign-account rule and oil firms move on new concessions
