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The Government of Kenya, through its Ministry of Information, Communications, and The Digital Economy and the ICT Authority, ...
The government is looking to partner with industry players on a major regional fibre optic infrastructure project that will ...
Premieres Monday, July 14, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. As Ethiopia's largest Chinese-run industrial park ...
China approved soybean meal imports from Ethiopia on July 3, 2025. • Ethiopia exported 29,408 tonnes of soybeans to China in 2024, earning $18 million. • The deal strengthens Ethiopia’s agricultural ...
The Government of Ethiopia and the World Bank have signed a Financing Agreement amounting to USD 1 billion under the Second Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Development Policy Operation (DPO) in a ...
The Kenyan government has announced a new World Bank-funded infrastructure project to install a high-capacity fibre optic cable along the Isiolo–Mandera corridor, aiming to boost digital connectivity ...
Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025 is set to take place on August 13, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, bringing together key stakeholders from the banking, financial services, and insurance sectors to ...
Ethiopia’s banking industry currently includes 32 institutions, dominated by the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), which holds about 22% market share. Five private banks, including Awash, ...
Ethiopia has formally opened its banking sector to international investors for the first time, marking the most major change to its financial system in decades. ・Ethiopia opened its banking sector to ...
In December 2024, Ethiopia’s parlia- ment passed legislation opening up the country’s banking sector to com- petition from foreign companies, end- ing the decades-long domination of state-run entities ...