The Bole Lemi Special Economic Zone is expanding its industrial footprint with over 16 new factory projects underway, as Ethiopia accelerates efforts to scale up manufacturing capacity under an evolving special economic zone framework. The expansion includes eight factories being developed by the Industrial Parks Development Corporation and over eight additional units financed by domestic […]

The average winning rate for the US dollar in Ethiopia’s latest foreign exchange auction rose to 159.98 birr on Tuesday, as demand from commercial banks exceeded the amount supplied by more than twofold, underscoring continued pressure on foreign currency liquidity. The National Bank of Ethiopia said it supplied 500 million US dollars in a special […]

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has declared a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security over the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak spreading across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, elevating the response to its highest continental coordination level amid rising cross border transmission risks. The declaration follows recommendations from the agency’s Emergency […]

The South Ethiopia Chamber of Commerce and Sectorial Associations has entered into a cooperation framework with a Brussels-based business network, aiming to strengthen trade and investment links between Ethiopia and Belgium through structured institutional collaboration. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the Ethiopia–Benelux Business Forum 2026, was concluded with CBL-ACP, a chamber established in […]

The repeal would restore standard visa procedures after Brussels linked tougher rules to Ethiopia’s cooperation on the return of nationals with no legal right to remain in Europe. The European Union is set to lift temporary Schengen visa restrictions imposed on Ethiopian nationals, easing rules that had lengthened processing times, blocked multiple-entry visas and removed […]

Ethiopia has launched construction of a second modern livestock trading centre in the eastern city of Jigjiga, a 76 million birr project aimed at strengthening export supply chains and formalising one of the country’s largest pastoral economies. The market, expected to be completed within three months, is being financed through the World Bank-backed DRIVE programme […]

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