Ethiopia and its international partners have opened a multi-purpose support centre in Addis Ababa aimed at helping refugees, asylum seekers and other people on the move access protection services and information before embarking on often dangerous irregular migration routes. The facility, launched on Friday by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Ethiopia’s Refugees and Returnees Service […]

The Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) warned that the country’s economic recovery risks failing to deliver lasting gains unless recent reforms generate jobs, protect household incomes and strengthen state capacity.  The association issued the warning on Friday at its 23rd annual conference, where economists examined the opportunities and risks facing the country’s reform programme. Professor Tassew […]

Public universities are set to adopt a new competitive appointment system for presidents and vice presidents, allowing experienced executives from outside academia to compete for senior leadership roles as the government moves to overhaul university governance. The Ministry of Education has introduced a new directive requiring the appointment of public higher education leaders through open […]

Central bank has integrated the issuance of National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) account numbers for newly licensed importers and exporters into the Customs Electronic Single Window (eSW), in the latest step to digitize trade procedures and reduce administrative hurdles for businesses. The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) said on Friday that the service, developed in […]

Export revenue increased by 115 percent from the previous fiscal year as Ethiopia’s state-run industrial zones recovered from years of weak manufacturing exports and the loss of preferential access to the US market Manufacturers operating in industrial parks and special economic zones managed by Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks Development Corporation generated 266.9 million US dollars in […]

Commission plans position-by-position assessment as the second phase of reform extends to additional federal institutions and the Addis Ababa city administration Ethiopia has expanded its civil service restructuring programme to a second group of federal institutions and the Addis Ababa city administration, with officials preparing to examine government positions, workloads and organisational structures while insisting […]

Eng. Wondimu Seta sits at the centre of Addis Ababa’s most ambitious urban transformation effort in decades. As City Manager of Addis Ababa with the rank of Deputy Mayor, he oversees municipal service delivery, major infrastructure programmes and the administration’s push to reshape the capital into a more functional, competitive and sustainable city. A civil […]