ABN # Celebrating 20 years
Monthly Archives: December 2019
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ABN # News Alert As part of the agreements signed between the Government of Ethiopia and Alibaba Group announcing the establishment of an eWTP Hub in Ethiopia last month, the Alibaba Business School in partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology will be hosting the first Alibaba Netpreneur […]
By Daniel Tiruneh /ABN/ Born and grew up in Addis Ababa, Henok Seyoum has been working on the promotion of Ethiopian tourism potential through various media and communication channels, including TV, online , radio and magazine productions. He has received different awards for his splendid contribution to the nation’s tourism […]
By Aklile Tsige /ABN/ The World Bank estimates that more than 500 million people have directly or indirectly benefited from microfinance-related operations. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the larger World Bank Group, estimates that, as of 2014, more than 130 million people have directly benefited from microfinance-related operations. However, these operations are only […]
By AklileTsige /ABN/ In Ethiopia all banks are owned by the local people as the country has not yet liberalized the market for foreign banks. Even though for many years there have been many interests from foreign countries to enter the banking sector of Ethiopia, the government didn’t open the […]
By Teshome Fantahun /ABN/ The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a free trade area, outlined in the AfricanContinentalFreeTradeAgreement among 54 of the 55 AfricanUnion nations.[2] The free–tradearea is the largest in the world in terms of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organization.The agreement was […]
ABN # A coalition of development partners pledged $82 billion for the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s fund for the poorest. The financing, which includes more than $53 billion for Africa, will help countries invest in the needs of their people, boost economic growth, and bolster resilience to […]