Ethiopia

Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country and one of its fastest-growing economies, with a GDP growing at over 7% annually. Africaspoint covers Ethiopia’s industrial parks, aviation sector anchored by Ethiopian Airlines, conflict dynamics, and the reform agenda of one of the Horn of Africa’s most consequential nations.

Ethio Telecom hits Ethiopia’s stock exchange

Ethio Telecom listed on the Ethiopian Securities Exchange on May 26 under ticker TELE, becoming the first state-owned enterprise and…

Ethiopia’s Eurobond talks collapse, bondholders sue

Ethiopia's Ministry of Finance announced on May 28 that formal Eurobond restructuring talks with private bondholders collapsed after they rejected…

Dangote’s Ethiopia bet hits $4bn

Aliko Dangote has raised the Dangote Group's investment in an Ethiopian fertiliser complex at Gode to more than $4 billion,…

Airbus hails Ethiopian Airlines as Africa’s aviation blueprint

Airbus's Africa director publicly praised Ethiopian Airlines as the definitive continental aviation success story at the Africa Forward Summit week,…

Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…