Sybrin has announced a major strategic initiative to support Ethiopia’s digital payments modernization, reinforcing...

Expanding farmland into forested areas does not produce measurable long-term improvements in household food...

Ethiopia’s record export earnings in the 2025/26 fiscal year have masked weaker performance across a wider range of commodities regulated by the Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration (MoTRI), raising concerns over the sustainability and diversification of the country’s export growth. Ethiopia generated USD 11.2 billion in export earnings during the 2025/26 fiscal year, nearly 20 percent above the government’s target and 35 percent higher than in the preceding year. However, most of the growth was driven by gold and coffee, while several major commodity groups under MoTRI’s oversight struggled to increase foreign-currency earnings. The contrasting performance has become a major concern among exporters and sector experts, who argue that the country’s macroeconomic reform was expected not only to raise total export earnings, but also to expand the volume, value and diversity of the export basket. Gold...

Global youth unemployment increased to 12.4 percent in 2025, leaving an estimated 67 million...

AGRA Ethiopia and the Mastercard Foundation have launched a youth entrepreneurship programme aimed at...

The prospect of another war in northern Ethiopia should alarm every Ethiopian, every neighbour and every international partner that...

The images have become painfully familiar: overcrowded boats drifting across the Mediterranean, exhausted migrants stranded at fortified borders, and...

Ethiopia’s fiscal debate has become dangerously familiar: whenever revenue falls short, the easiest answer is to ask the same...

Ethiopia cannot afford to wait for the next global crisis to expose the weakness of its economy. The ongoing...