Tag: Reform
Gov’t drafts national sugar policy
The Ethiopian government which has embarked on privatizing state-owned sugar factories, is drafting a national sugar development policy and proclamation that would regulate the local sugar industry.
Vodacom eyes a slice of telecom pie in Ethiopia
With millions of customers within Africa and beyond, Vodacom Group Limited – a South African telecom giant 65 percent of which owned by the multinational Vodafone – became the latest international telecom company to visit Ethiopia as it attempts to bid for the slice of the massive Ethiopian telecommunications sector.
Ethiopia ranks high in investment reward score
Control Risk Consultancy, a consulting firm headquartered in London, England, in consortium with the Oxford Economics, has placed Ethiopia at the top of the chart in Africa Risk-Reward Index, which ranks countries depending on the risks and rewards for investors there.
Private engagement
The \Ministry of Finance unveiled what it called a “Home-Grown economic Reform” this week, spearheaded by the Office of the Prime Minister with the involvement of various policy institutions including the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), at an event held on Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at Sheraton Addis Hotel in Addis Ababa.
Economic reform targets five key areas
The recent economic reform agenda led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s (PhD) administration is focused on addressing five key areas, The Reporter has learnt.