BY YANET FANTAYE WOGAYEHU – As Ethiopia grapples with rising inflation and internal conflicts, consumers are closely watching for signs…
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IFAD to help increase Senegal farmers resilience to external shocks
A new rural development program is set to improve national food and nutrition security and smallholder farmers’ resilience to external…
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Ethiopia’s financial sector poised for takeoff, but hurdles remain
By Anwar Hussen Mohammed – Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation with about 120 million people, boasts a fast-growing economy. Underpinning…
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Vulnerable economies fall behind despite resilient global growth
Buffeted by an unprecedented series of shocks, the global economy has shown extraordinary resilience so far.
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Focus on domestic resource mobilization, inflation – IMF told Africa
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse, Washington DC – In the face of cost of borrowing increasing and official development assistance declining,…
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WTO forecasts rebound in global trade
Global goods trade is expected to pick up gradually this year following a contraction in 2023 that was driven by…
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Burundi economy set to grow by 4.3 percent
The economic growth of Burundi, which began recovering from 1.8 percent in 2022 to 2.7 percent in 2023, is set…
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An economist look at Ethiopian economy, inflation
By Muluneh Gebre – Ethiopia’s macro-economic performance remains positive amid severe inflation, drought and clashes in different parts of the…
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Ethiopia increases exporters’ forex retention to 50 percent
By Muluneh Gebre – The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has announced that it has increased the amount of forex…
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Paradox of Ethiopia’s wheat export Vs deadly Borena drought
By Woubishet Sisay – In his speech at the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU, Prime Minister…
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Ethiopia increases annual budget by 17 percent
The Ministry of Finance of Ethiopia has proposed a total budget of 786.6 billion Birr for the next budget year…
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Ethiopia reports 34.7 inflation in March 2022
In March 2022, the year-on-year general inflation rate in Ethiopia increased to 34.7 percent, after reaching 33.6 percent in the…
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