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Here is the daily commodity trade data from Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for items traded on 26 March 2025.

Frehiwot Tamru, CEO of Ethio Telecom, and Mark Elliott, President of Mastercard Africa, recently met to discuss potential collaborations aimed at advancing digital financial services across Ethiopia. The strategic meeting focused on leveraging telebirr and Mastercard platforms to enhance financial inclusion and drive sustainable economic growth.

Here is the daily commodity trade data from Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for items traded on 25 March 2025.

Here is the daily commodity trade data from Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for items traded on 24 March 2025.

The Petroleum and Energy Authority has implemented a fuel price adjustment, raising fuel prices by approximately 11%. This increase has been effective from March 23, 2025. The Director General of the Authority, Ms. Seharla Abdullahi, confirmed the price hike and explained that the adjustment was necessary to address market realities and reduce the financial burden of subsidies.

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has unveiled plans to modernize the government treasury bill (T-bill) system, aiming to make these financial instruments more accessible to citizens and investors. This initiative is part of the NBE’s ongoing efforts to enhance transparency, efficiency, and competitiveness within Ethiopia’s financial markets.

Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) has confirmed that it is currently supplying 265 megawatts (MW) of electricity daily to Kenya under a power purchase agreement between the two nations. The Ethio-Kenya 500kV converter station plays a vital role in this regional energy export, facilitating power interconnection across East Africa.

The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) has granted licenses to five new capital market service providers (CMSPs). This development increases the number of licensed CMSPs from four to nine and introducing the country’s first-ever investment banks.

Ethiopia has reached an Agreement in Principle (AIP) with its Official Creditor Committee (OCC) on the key financial parameters of a debt treatment plan under the G20 Common Framework, covering approximately USD 8.4 billion in outstanding public debt.

Ethiopia has unveiled an initiative to strengthen its coffee industry, a sector vital to the nation’s economy and identity. The project, titled “Support Ethiopian Agribusiness Development Operating in the Coffee Value Chain, through De-Risking Investments and Institutional Support to the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority,” was launched at the Skylight Hotel in Addis Ababa.