The United Nations has appointed Mohamed Yahya of Somalia as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, placing an African development and humanitarian official in one of the organisation’s most senior emergency response positions. UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced Yahya’s appointment on Friday. He succeeds Joyce Msuya of Tanzania, who has served […]

Ethiopia’s agricultural research sector has adopted new methods to improve the development of crop varieties following a five-year partnership between the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) and the University of Queensland. The collaboration, financed by the Gates Foundation, focused on strengthening breeding programmes for six major crops: maize, wheat, sorghum, teff, chickpea and common […]

One of the major reforms Ethiopia introduced in the education sector came during the early years of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s (PhD) administration, when his government brought opposition figures into senior positions, including prominent politician Birhanu Nega (PhD), who later became minister of education. Under his leadership, the Ministry of Education introduced a series of […]

Ethiopia has signed a 3 billion birr agreement to rehabilitate and modernise electricity infrastructure in three regional cities, as the country seeks to improve the reliability of power distribution while expanding access to electricity. The agreement was signed between Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) and engineering and procurement firms Alfa and Capital for a power network […]

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has clarified that the Ethiopian birr remains unavailable on its platform, following an earlier report that the company’s platform had become accessible again to users in Ethiopia through Ethiotelecom. In a media update sent to Birrmetrics after the report was published, Binance said its services remain subject to local directives in Ethiopia […]

Mesfin Tafesse is the managing partner of the new firm Four Ethiopian law firms have merged to form Taza Legal LLP, a new full service practice that aims to capitalise on rising demand for sophisticated corporate legal services as Ethiopia opens more sectors of its economy to private and foreign investment. The new firm combines […]

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a draft proclamation to ratify the country’s membership in the New Development Bank, the multilateral lender established by the BRICS group of emerging economies. The draft proclamation will be submitted to the House of People’s Representatives for approval. The government said Ethiopia’s membership in the New Development Bank […]