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Ethiopia to Ease Bank Lending Cap, Unlocking 1.3 Trillion Birr in Credit

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – August 29, 2025 – Ethiopia is set to lift the long-standing cap on bank lending starting next month, a move that could inject more than 1.3 trillion birr into the economy, according to officials at the Ministry of Finance. The policy shift, scheduled to take effect in September, will allow banks

August 29, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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How Ethiopia’s Economic Future Is Being Anchored in Its Peripheries

For decades, Ethiopia’s economy has been tethered to its central highlands. Addis Ababa’s industrial parks, Oromia’s coffee, and Tigray’s textiles once defined the country’s growth model. That geography now looks exhausted. Years of civil war, insurgency and political strife have hollowed out these “core” provinces, leaving shattered infrastructure, declining exports and weary investors. The government’s

August 28, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Announces New Service Fee Adjustments

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Announces New Service Fee Adjustments Effective September 28, 2025 ADDIS ABABA – The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) has announced another round of service fee adjustments, effective September 28, 2025 (Meskerem 19, 2018 EC). This follows last year’s revision on July 26, 2024, when the bank last updated its tariff schedule.

August 28, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Why Dangote Chose Gode: Ethiopia’s $2.5B Fertilizer Gamble

ADDIS ABABA / GODE – Once dismissed as a remote and insecure outpost in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, Gode is now poised to become the centerpiece of one of Africa’s most ambitious industrial investments. In a landmark $2.5 billion deal, Dangote Group and Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) will jointly construct one of the world’s largest urea

August 28, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Boeing Eyes Ethiopia’s Bole Airport for 777X Testing

Boeing Co. is preparing to test its next-generation 777X wide-body at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, in a move that underscores the airport’s growing role in global aviation trials and Ethiopian Airlines’ ambitions to become Africa’s dominant hub carrier. A Boeing delegation met with Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority Director General Yohannes Abera to seek preliminary

August 28, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopian Airlines to Launch Direct Flights to Yabelo with Special Discounted Fares

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest and most profitable carrier, is pleased to announce that it has finalized all preparations to commence scheduled passenger services to Yabelo Airport with three weekly flights. The inaugural service is set to take place on September 5, 2025, marking an important milestone in Ethiopia’s domestic air connectivity.

August 28, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia Partners with Dangote to Build One of the World’s Largest Fertilizer Complexes

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH), the government’s sovereign investment arm, has signed a landmark agreement with Nigeria’s Dangote Group to build a multi-billion-dollar fertilizer complex in Gode, Somali Regional State. The project, one of the largest industrial investments in Ethiopia’s history, is designed to transform the country’s agriculture and reduce reliance on

August 28, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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National Bank of Ethiopia Pushes Banks to Modernize Hawala Transfers

The Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), Mamo Mihretu, has sent a strong message to the banking industry: do more to boost foreign exchange inflows. Speaking at the launch of new money transfer services by Dashen Bank and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the Governor said banks are failing to provide convenient digital remittance

August 27, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Ethiopia to Launch International Flights From Regional Airports

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia is preparing to take a major step in aviation connectivity by allowing international flights to operate directly from regional airports instead of routing all traffic through Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. A New Era for Regional Airports The announcement was made during a meeting between the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority and

August 26, 2025 • By Addis Insight

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Why These Giant Yellow Trucks Are Showing Up in Ethiopia

Short answer: they’re Komatsu HD785 rigid dump trucks—90-100-ton haulers used in open-pit mines and big quarries. Ethiopia is entering a new cycle of industrial-scale mining and materials extraction, and fleets like the HD785 are exactly what those projects require. 1) The clearest driver: Ethiopia’s new open-pit gold mine Ethiopia’s headline mining project right now is

August 26, 2025 • By Addis Insight