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Ethiopia Showcases Locally Produced Drones as Symbol of Sovereignty and Growth

Addis Ababa – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) has announced that Ethiopia’s growing capacity to produce drones domestically will play a critical role in safeguarding the country’s sovereignty and sustaining its path toward prosperity. During a visit to the Aero Abay drone manufacturing facility, Abiy emphasized that advancing military technology is not only a matter

September 4, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Arabic Voices, English Tweets: How Ethiopians Won the GERD Media War

When Ethiopia first announced the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Cairo responded not only with diplomatic pressure but with a media blitz. More than 80 Egyptian outlets—newspapers, TV channels, and websites—saturated the Arabic media sphere with documentaries, opinion pieces, and reports painting Ethiopia as reckless and illegitimate. But in parallel, a counter-offensive rose from Ethiopians

September 4, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Plans 10 More Nile Dams — Here’s What You Need to Know

Ethiopia Plans 10 More Nile Dams — Here’s What You Need to Know Hydropower & geopolitics Ethiopia Plans 10 More Nile Dams — Here’s What You Need to Know With GERD nearing inauguration, Addis Ababa is pivoting from a singular monument to a managed river system. A ten‑dam vision would optimise flows, raise firm energy,

September 4, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Signs MoU with Botim to Boost UAE Remittances

Addis Ababa – The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has entered into a strategic partnership with Botim, a leading UAE-based platform, through a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The deal is set to provide millions of Ethiopians living in the United Arab Emirates with an easier, faster, and more secure way to send money

September 4, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia’s Central Bank Governor Mamo Mihretu Steps Down After Two Years of Sweeping Reforms

Addis Ababa — Mamo Mihretu, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), has resigned after a tenure that redefined the country’s financial sector through bold reforms, including floating the birr, opening the banking industry to foreign competition, and launching the first securities exchange in decades. Mihretu, who was appointed in January 2023 by Prime

September 3, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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1.4 Million Ethiopians on LinkedIn — What’s Driving the Trend?

LinkedIn in Ethiopia: 1.40 Million Professionals, 27% YoY Growth — TIME-Style Deep Dive Digital Ethiopia • Careers LinkedIn in Ethiopia: 1.40 Million Professionals, 27% YoY Growth A youth-heavy surge on LinkedIn is redefining Ethiopia’s formal economy. The signal isn’t just scale—it’s concentration: young, urban, and job-focused users converging on a single platform. By Kal September

September 3, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopian Investment Holdings Reports 2.05 Trillion Birr Revenue in 2017, Eyes 2.75 Trillion in 2018

Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), the sovereign wealth manager overseeing Ethiopia’s state-owned enterprises, announced a record performance for the 2017 financial year, posting revenues of 2.05 trillion birr and 262.7 billion birr in pre-tax profit—an 88% year-on-year increase. Sectoral Highlights EIH’s diversified portfolio of strategic enterprises showed robust growth across industries: In terms of profitability, transport

September 3, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Expands VAT Rules: New Directive Targets Businesses and Professionals

Ethiopia Issues New VAT Directive, Expanding Registration Obligations for Businesses Addis Ababa, September 3, 2025 — Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance has issued a new directive requiring more businesses and professionals to register for Value Added Tax (VAT), a move officials say will strengthen fairness in the tax system and broaden the country’s revenue base. Directive

September 3, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Arkebe Oqubay Leads Marrakech Dialogue on Africa’s Green Industrialization

Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, British Academy Global Professor at SOAS University of London and one of Africa’s most influential voices on industrial policy, led a high-level dialogue on Manufacturing and Mobility: Scaling Up Sustainable Industrialisation in Africa during the Ibrahim Governance Weekend 2025. The session, organised by SOAS University of London’s Development Leadership Dialogue (DLD), drew

September 3, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Ethio Telecom Investors Finally Receive IPO Share Allotment Confirmations

By Addis Insight · Sep 2, 2025 After months of anticipation, Ethio Telecom has officially begun confirming share allotments for investors in its landmark initial public offering (IPO). On September 1, 2025, thousands of Ethiopians received long-awaited text messages verifying their ownership stakes in the state-owned telecom giant. A Historic Moment for Ethiopian Shareholders For

September 2, 2025 • By Addis Insight