Ethiopia

Ethiopia

World Bank $1.2bn to supporting financial sector in Ethiopia

The World Bank has announced that it will give a $600m grant and a $600m loan towards supporting reforms in Ethiopia's financial sector including improving ...

Capital raising

Politics getting better, Ethiopia ready for business says Arkebe Oqubay at UK-Ethiopia forum

A packed room of businesspeople and investors assembled in London on 16 October to hear about opportunities and news at the UK-Ethiopia Trade & Investment ...

Capital raising

Why Ethiopia needs a stock exchange as it liberalizes

One of Africa’s biggest economies. Ethiopia, announced a transformational liberalization and privatization campaign. But there is no Ethiopian stock exchange, limiting participation by citizens and ...

Cote d’Ivoire

Egypt is Africa’s new #1 investment destination

Rand Merchant Bank’s (RMB) Where to Invest in Africa 2018 report shows changes in the top investment destinations in Africa. Egypt is the new number ...

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) CEO resigns

The CEO of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), Ermias Eshetu, has tendered his resignation, according to a news report. He will stay until a successor ...

Ethiopia

Do African commodities exchanges achieve the desired results?

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) has received at least $29m in donor funding since 2008 but is it achieving its aims of transforming agriculture for ...

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Commodity Exchange gets online trading platform

The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) has unveiled an online trading platform, eTRADE, that has capacity for nearly 5,000 times more transactions than its current "open ...

Ethiopia

Why do Africa’s commodity exchanges fail and why do donors love them?

Commodity exchange trading floors failed in in 5 countries, but at least 8 new commodity exchanges were started in sub-Saharan Africa over the past two ...

Ethiopia

Insights of private equity in Ethiopia – Schulze Global Investments

Great interview with Schulze Global Investments, the longest-established private equity firm in Ethiopia and run by a family office, with useful insights into the private ...

Ethiopia

“Africa’s largest” Helios III private equity fund to close at $1.1bn

Leading African private investment firm Helios Investment Partners, says it is about to close its 3rd Africa-focused private equity fund Helios III at the $1.1 ...

Capital raising

Demand soars for Ethiopia’s debut $1bn Eurobond, yields 6.625%

Ethiopia saw soaring demand yesterday (4 Dec) for its debut $1bn Eurobond, after a quick US roadshow. Total demand was $2.6bn and the yield on ...

Capital raising

$1.4bn petroleum pipeline proposed for Ethiopia

Private companies have proposed to the Ethiopian and Djibouti governments a $1.4 billion pipeline to bring petroleum to a distribution centre in Awash, Ethiopia. It ...

Capital raising

Ethiopia’s $865m rail finance part of $15bn rail projects

The Ethiopian Government recently closed a $865m financing package to fund part of the development of the country's giant new railway infrastructure, with 5,060km of ...

Capital raising

Ethiopia to ring in new year with Eurobond

Ethiopia’s Finance Minister is meeting international banks Barclays, Citi and BNP Paribas about a planned Eurobond issue for late December 2014 or January 2015. The ...

Capital raising

Ethiopia lures manufacturing with cheap power and labour costs a tenth of China’s

Low-cost manufacturing is shifting from China to Ethiopia, lured by cheap electricity and labour costs that are a tenth of China's. Ethiopia is building a ...

Capital raising

Ethiopia gets credit ratings from S&P and Fitch, plans Eurobond

Ethiopia, Africa’s fifth biggest economy, is thinking of a debut Eurobond, after it received its first international credit ratings on 9 May: it got B ...

Capital raising

The Africa Report food for thought on the “great game” in East Africa

An intriguing article just published by The Africa Report highlights the potential of the East African region, where the economy is forecast to grow 18-fold ...

Ethiopia

Nairobi Securities Exchange invites Ethiopian firms to list

Kenya has invited Ethiopian companies to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in a ground-breaking move that would let them raise capital and trade their ...

Ethiopia

More weather index insurance for African smallholder farmers

IFC signed 2 grant agreements with MicroEnsure Ltd for index-based weather insurance to help small-scale farmers in Rwanda and Zambia manage drought and too much ...

Ethiopia

Ethiopian Commodity Exchange trades over USD1bn in year to July

Ethiopia's Government says trading on the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange totalled transacted some Birr 20 billion ($1.06 bn) worth of commodities on the trading floor during ...