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The skyline of Addis Ababa, where the exchange is based.
Simfan34 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Markets · Gabaawwan

The exchange approves eleven companies to list, and names none of them

Gabaan dhaabbilee kudha tokkoof hayyama kenne; maqaa garuu hin dhoofne

Yodit Kassa, chief executive of the Ethiopian Securities Exchange, told Bloomberg in Nairobi that eleven companies have approval in principle to list and that the first, a financial services firm, begins trading…

Ethiopian Securities Exchange, via Bloomberg · September 17, 2026
Cast gold bars, of the kind a first pour produces.
Szaaman · Public domain
Economy · Diinagdee

Kurmuk notifies the ministry that its first gold pour is imminent

Kurmuk warqee jalqabaa baasuuf qophaa'uu beeksise

Kurmuk Gold Mine, a subsidiary of Canada's Allied Gold, told the Ministry of Mines it expects its first pour during commissioning.

Capital Newspaper; Ministry of Mines · September 17, 2026
A farmer reaches up to check the coffee cherries on a branch
DFID - UK Department for International Development · CC BY 2.0
Agriculture · Qonna

A Guji lot sets a coffee record at the online specialty auction

Bunni Gujii gatii rikardii ga'e

The Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority reported a record price of US$2,376 a kilogram, about ETB 380,000, for a Guji lot sold on the M-Cultivo auction.

Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority · September 16, 2026
Three bank ATMs side by side in a hotel lobby
ProtoplasmaKid · CC BY 4.0
Banking · Baankii

The state bank sets a November deadline to link accounts to Fayda

Baankiin mootummaa herrega Fayda waliin walqabsiisuuf guyyaa kaa'e

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia gave customers until 9 November to link their accounts to the national digital ID. The deadline covers branches outside Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, the Harari region and twenty-four other…

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia · September 16, 2026
Rows of cryptocurrency mining machines on blue metal shelving in a warehouse
Marco Krohn · CC BY-SA 4.0
Infrastructure · Bu'uuraalee Misoomaa

Electric Power cuts the data miners from 98% of contract to 23%

Humni Elektirikii warra albuuda dijitaalaa 98% irraa gara 23%'tti hir'ise

Ethiopian Electric Power reduced supply to data mining companies by 75 percentage points because hydrological inflows are falling; hydropower is about 96% of Ethiopian generation. A reassessment is due in October.

Ethiopian Electric Power, via Bloomberg · September 15, 2026
An Ethiopian one-birr banknote from 1998
Flosegura · CC0
Economy · Diinagdee

Two remittance figures land a week apart and do not agree

Lakkoofsi ergaa maallaqaa lama torban tokko keessatti bahe; wal hin simne

The Ethiopian Diaspora Service, citing National Bank data, put remittances at US$8.2 billion for the year to 7 July, up from US$7.1 billion.

Ethiopian Diaspora Service; IFAD · September 15, 2026
The Tekeze hydropower reservoir between steep canyon walls
Jan Nyssen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Infrastructure · Bu'uuraalee Misoomaa

Power exports to Kenya double at peak from December

Ergi humnaa gara Keeniyaa Muddee irraa dachaa lama ta'a

Ethiopian Electric Power says peak exports to Kenya rise from 200 MW to 400 MW from December 2026, and off-peak from 65 MW to 150 MW, over the 1,045 kilometer interconnector built for US$1.26 billion.

Ethiopian Electric Power; Capital Newspaper · September 15, 2026
The Addis Ababa skyline lit up at night
Abshewaga · CC BY-SA 4.0
Banking · Baankii

The bank capital deadline passed on 30 June and nobody has published the roll call

Guyyaan kaappitaalaa darbe; eenyu akka guute hin maxxanfamne

Every Ethiopian bank was required to hold ETB 5 billion of paid-up capital by 30 June, ten times the previous minimum, under a directive issued in April 2021.

National Bank of Ethiopia; The Reporter · September 12, 2026