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Ethiopia grows over a million tonnes of bananas a year and exports a fraction of its horticultural potential. Birr Metrics places the bottleneck on the road to Djibouti, not in the field.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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An Ethiopian Lottery Service investigation puts four years of unpaid operator obligations at 27.5 billion birr. Regulators are now preparing to rebuild the sector under a technology-based system.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 20, 2026
300The day in Ethiopian markets: Gadaa Bank reports a profit surge of more than 120%, and an audit puts operators' unpaid obligations at an estimated 27.5 billion birr as authorities prepare to relaunch sports betting.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 20, 2026
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The day in Ethiopian markets and business: a leaked Namibian memo on Ethiopian Airlines' management terms, a USCIS field office opening in Addis on 9 September, insurance revenue up 40%, and Kenya's deadline for foreign small traders.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
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Thursday's operation was a cash management buyback capped at $12.5 billion in short-dated notes, against the $2–4 billion liquidity-support operations that filled the rest of the quarter's schedule.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 4, 2026
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The day's Ethiopian markets news: a 36.7% revenue target at Ethio Telecom, a 15 billion birr smartphone financing deal, a 100 billion birr mortgage refinancer, $4.55 billion in agricultural exports, and a central bank stepping back from liquidity absorption.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 3, 2026
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Five commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, against a recent average of fourteen. That shipping count, not the headline oil price, is the number that reaches an Ethiopian fuel pump.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 2, 2026
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Of 166 new projects approved across Ethiopia's industrial parks in 2025/26, foreign direct investment accounted for just 10%. The parks were designed as a magnet for foreign capital — the capital showing up is increasingly local.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 26, 2026
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A study from the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute maps flood risk across Addis Ababa block by block. The city's built-up area has grown 259% since 1984 — and the drainage never caught up.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 20, 2026
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Federal prosecutors say five Amhara Bank executives waved through loans to a single company with no credit analysis, no collateral, and no committee sign-off — while that company owed banks across the country over 2 billion birr combined.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 20, 2026
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The National Bank of Ethiopia quadrupled the size of its foreign-exchange auction and still fell short of demand — but the gap between what banks want and what they get just closed dramatically.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 20, 2026
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A year of exchange-rate data shows the US dollar isn't even close to the currency the Birr has weakened against the most — and the real story is what's happening to the Chinese yuan.
Fact.et Staff · Aug 20, 2026
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