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The Ethiopian government has submitted its draft budget for the 2025/26 fiscal year to the House of People's Representatives (HPR), with total proposed expenditures nearing two trillion birr.

The Ministry of Tourism has announced that Ethiopia will host 74 international conferences over the next two months, marking a rise in conference tourism.

Wegagen Capital Investment Bank S.C. has officially launched operations, becoming Ethiopia’s first private investment bank under the country's new capital market framework.

Here is the daily commodity trade data from Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for items traded on 03 June 2025.

In a regulatory shift aimed at improving professionalism in the coffee export sector, the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority has planned to raise the minimum capital requirement for obtaining a coffee exporter qualification certificate from Birr 1.5 million to Birr 15 million, a tenfold increase.

Here is the daily commodity trade data from Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for items traded on 02 June 2025.

Japanese electric vehicle manufacturer and distributor, Dodai Manufacturing, has officially partnered with the Addis Ababa Transport Bureau in a move aimed at promoting electric mobility and sustainable urban transport in Ethiopia’s capital.

Chinese manufacturing giant Huajian Group has signed a USD 100 million investment agreement to launch operations in Ethiopia’s Gada Special Economic Zone, focusing on solar energy production and exports.

The Amhara region has saved more than USD 113 million over the past 10 months by producing 1.43 million tons of rice, reducing the need for costly imports and bolstering the local economy, officials announced.

Here is the daily commodity trade data from Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) for items traded on 30 May 2025.