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New Business Ethiopia May 1, 2026

Visa, Ethiopian Airlines Set to Launch Co-branded Payment Card

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa and Visa, announced an agreement to support the rollout and growth of Visa co-branded payment products. The agreement reinforces a long-standing collaboration between Visa and Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest and most respected airline groups, ...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 30, 2026

Binance Announces Suspension of Crypto Trading Services Birr

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has officially announced that it will suspend Peer-to-Peer (P2P) trading services involving the Ethiopian Birr effective May 15, 2026. The platform disclosed that this decision follows mounting pressure from the country’s financial regulatory...
New Business Ethiopia Apr 29, 2026

Ethiopia Host Transforming Africa for Sustainable Development Forum

By Yordanos Tadesse – The 12th session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development opened at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. In his opening statement, Mr. Claver Gatete, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA said: “As we sp...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 28, 2026

New draft proclamation opens insurance sector to foreign investment

Ethiopia officially plans to open its insurance sector to foreign investment through a newly drafted Insurance Proclamation. This move marks a fundamental shift in the financial landscape, ending decades of market dominance held exclusively by domestic institutions. The proposed draft legislation in...
New Business Ethiopia Apr 28, 2026

Ethiopia Collected 1.1 trillion Birr Tax Revenue

The Ministry of Revenue of Ethiopia says the country has collected 1.1 trillion Birr Tax Revenue in nine months of the current Ethiopian calendar started July 8, 2025. This is stated this week at a forum organized to discuss the implementation of the 9-month plan for the 2018 fiscal year, the Digita...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 27, 2026

Penthouse Apartment for Rent – Prime Bole Location

Experience elevated living in this stunning penthouse apartment located on the 11th floor of City Plaza, Bole Road—one of Addis Ababa’s most vibrant and sought-after areas. This spacious and fully furnished residence features: Designed for comfort and style, the apartment offers the perfect blen...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 27, 2026

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

This notice is placed by UNECA. The accuracy, reliability and completeness of the contents of furnished information is the responsibility of United Nations Economic Commission For Africa. You are therefore requested to direct all queries regarding this EOI to United Nations Economic Commission For A...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 27, 2026

INVITATION TO BID

SALE OF OBSOLETE FURNITURE AND SCRAP. R EF# P RO3 2 – 3 – 7 50- P M U/2 6 – 4 – 1 The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) invites interested bidders to participate in a closed bid exercise for the sale of obsolete furniture and scrap. The bid items are to [&...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 27, 2026

Invitation For Bid

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development organizations, operating in over 40 countries to deliver relief, rehabilitation, and post-crisis recovery services. Since initiating operations in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe dr...
New Business Ethiopia Apr 27, 2026

Ethiopia Exported Worth $433 Million Manufactured Goods

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Industry announced that industrial products worth $433 million were supplied to foreign markets during the past nine months of the 2018 fiscal year. While presenting the evaluation of the government’s third 100-day performance review, Minister of Industry Melaku Alebel...
New Business Ethiopia Apr 27, 2026

Bole: Addis Ababa’s International Gateway

By BEHAK / Travel Blog – Addis Ababa’s Bole district is one of the most dynamic and internationally oriented areas in Ethiopia’s capital. Positioned around Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Bole functions as both a logistical entry point and a central hub for hospitality, commerce, a...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 26, 2026

The Iran Crisis’s Impact on Africa: Emerging Opportunities, Strategic Risks, and Economic Shock

The current West Asia crisis impact is beyond the region, particularly pertaining to stalling of oil and gas supply chains through the Strait of Hormuz. The crisis provides an external shock for Africa, which is already dealing with structural vulnerabilities of high debt, reliance on imports, and u...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 26, 2026

“Country Ownership Begins with Women’s Leadership”

In Ethiopia’s ongoing effort to strengthen its health system, the conversation is shifting from policy frameworks to practical ownership, from expansion to equity. Dr. Tsion Terefe Abeme, Program Development Manager at Orbis International, reflects on what it takes to translate ambition into susta...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 26, 2026

Gebeya and PROFF-IT (VukaOS) Forge Strategic Alliance to Redefine African Startup Creation

Gebeya Inc., the pan-African Al technology company behind Dala Studio, and PROFF-IT Investment Group (Pty) Ltd, trading as VukaOS, today announced a strategic alliance to transform how African startups are conceived, built, and scaled. The partnership integrates VukaOS, an Al-driven Ideation and Go-...
Capital Ethiopia Apr 26, 2026

UN Secretary-General backs South Africa’s work to establish an International Panel on Inequality

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has warned that inequality is “eroding trust, deepening polarization, and destabilizing economies”, as governments and experts meet in Johannesburg to begin establishing an International Panel on Inequality, inspired by the Intergove...
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