{"id":278944,"date":"2019-06-15T02:34:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T06:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMiSmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZXJlcG9ydGVyZXRoaW9waWEuY29tL2FydGljbGUvdmVudHVyZS1jYXBpdGFsLXBvbGljeS1ob3Jpem9u0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:15:48","slug":"the-reporter-said-ethiopia-was-preparing-a-venture-capital-policy-to-spur-private-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/278944","title":{"rendered":"The Reporter said Ethiopia was preparing a venture-capital policy to spur private investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 15 June 2019 The Reporter Ethiopia reported that the government was preparing a venture-capital policy meant to promote private investment and support job creation as part of wider economic opening.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-468257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Reporter said Ethiopia was preparing a venture-capital policy to spur private investment\" \/>\n<p>The paper said officials wanted clearer rules for risk capital so startups and growth firms could raise money inside Ethiopia rather than only through informal networks.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as business-finance archive, the Reporter note dates the mid-2019 push to write a national venture-capital framework.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereporterethiopia.com\/article\/venture-capital-policy-horizon\">The Reporter Ethiopia<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture capital policy on the horizon&nbsp;&nbsp;The Reporter EthiopiaCognizant of the need to promote private investment in Ethiopia and to assist in the government&#8217;s effort in job creation, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":468257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ethiopias-Banking-Sector-Faces-Challenges-in-Welcoming-Foreign-Investment.jpg?fit=1280%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1az6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755227,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278944\/revisions\/755227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}