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The headquarters of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.
Varavour · CC BY-SA 4.0
Banking · Baankii

The state bank's audited accounts arrive without a stated year

Herregni sakatta'ame bara isaa osoo hin ibsin dhufe

Audited figures for the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia show net profit of ETB 38.71 billion, up 75.8%, total assets of ETB 2.31 trillion, deposits of ETB 1.695 trillion and a foreign currency loss of ETB 36.71 billion.

The Reporter · September 5, 2026
A worker carries a sack past thousands of stacked coffee bags in a warehouse
DFID - UK Department for International Development · CC BY 2.0
Economy · Diinagdee

A record export year, and four fifths of it is gold and coffee

Waggaa al-ergii rikardii; harki afraffaa sadii warqee fi buna

The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration put goods exports at US$10.7 billion for the year to 7 July, 114% of target and the highest in the country's history. Gold was US$5.65 billion and coffee US$3 billion.

Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration · September 4, 2026
A four-storey apartment block with louvred balconies above a busy Addis Ababa street
The Chroniclers · CC BY-SA 4.0
Banking · Baankii

The central bank and the IFC agree to build a mortgage refinance company

Baankiin Biyyoolessaa fi IFC dhaabbata liqii manaa hundeessuuf waliigalan

A framework agreement signed in the presence of the prime minister establishes Ethiopia's first mortgage refinance company, capitalized at ETB 100 billion with an IFC contribution of at least US$200 million, against…

Government Communication Service; ENA · September 3, 2026
A farmer in a grey shirt talks on a mobile phone among coffee trees
DFID - UK Department for International Development · CC BY 2.0
Technology · Teeknooloojii

Safaricom Ethiopia passes fifteen million active customers

Safaricom Itoophiyaa fayyadamtoota miiliyoona kudha shan darbe

Four years after commercial launch the challenger reports 15 million ninety-day active subscribers, more than 3,500 sites and about 60% population coverage.

Safaricom Ethiopia · September 3, 2026
Container cranes at the port of Djibouti at dusk
Skilla1st · CC BY-SA 4.0
Policy · Imaammata

Congress votes to extend AGOA to 2028, and Ethiopia is still not in it

Koongirasiin AGOA hanga 2028'tti dheeresse; Itoophiyaan keessa hin jirtu

The United States Congress passed an extension of the African trade preference program to 31 December 2028. Ethiopia was terminated from it on 1 January 2022 and remains ineligible; a public hearing was held in July…

United States Congress; USTR · September 3, 2026