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Ethiopia has announced that artisanal and small-scale gold miners all over the country are now exempt from royalty payments. The move aims to encourage traditional miners to stay in business, and boot production.

Ethiopian and Kenya have signed an operations manual for the Moyale OSBP (One Stop Border Post). The operations manual aims to help boost trade and investment between the two neighbors.

The Modjo-Beki-Batu expressway, built at a cost of some 6.3 billion birr, has officially begun operations. The 92km long and 32m wide expressway, having five international standard tolling stations, is the third toll road for Ethiopia, after the Addis Ababa-Adama, and the Dire Dawa-Dewale expressways.

African investors based in Djibouti have expressed intention to open a state-of-the-art abattoir in Ethiopia. The group of investors made the announcement during a three-day investment tour to Ethiopia, which aimed at assessing and adding value to the enormous and untapped massive livestock resource Ethiopia has.

The Ethiopian government has signed a joint development agreement with OCP Group, a Moroccan state-owned phosphate rock miner, phosphoric acid manufacturer and phosphate fertilizer producer, to implement a fertilizer project in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia's Ministry of Finance announced.

Ethiopia announced it has secured over $676 million during the first two months of the Ethiopian fiscal year that started July 8, 2021, surpassing its target of $643 million for the period by over 5 percent.

The Ethiopia and Djibouti heavy equipment market size, which was $323.9 million in 2018, is projected to reach $496.1 million in 2026, growing at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 5.6 percent, according to Allied Market Research (AMR).

Ethiopian Electric Power announced the successful installation of a massive rotor, as well as a stator, on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The installation is part of the two early generation units with a capacity of 375MW power generation each.

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced the approval of $500 million in support in the form of credit for Ethiopian commercial banks. The announcement came at the start of a three-day business forum being held in Addis Ababa starting Wednesday, September 15, 2021, organized by Afreximbank. The business forum holds the aim of promoting a trading scheme with Ethiopia's commercial banks.

The Ethiopian government has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the partial privatization of Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia's state-owned and so far sole telecom services provider. The RFP is extended to all interested parties "who can add value to the company by bringing in best practices in terms of operations, infrastructure management and next-generation technological capabilities."