(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia has given the green light for a wide array of policy adjustments to attract startups in the latest reforms aimed at opening up the once-socialist economy to foreign investment.

The Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration (MOTRI) has issued Directive No. 1115/2025, introducing a major shift in Ethiopia’s oilseeds and pulses export system by requiring all exporter payments ...

Ethiopia’s new VAT law introduced on 4 July 2024 is facing pushback due to inconsistencies and a lack of clarity following the inclusion of traditionally exempt sectors – such as the insurance sector ...

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia signage seen outside a branch in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tuesday, March. 26, 2024. Ethiopia's biggest bank says it has recouped nearly 80% of the cash it lost during a ...

Ethiopia is more than doubling its revenue target amid an International Monetary Fund financing program that sets out several conditions to reform East Africa’s biggest economy. The country seeks to ...

Ethiopia’s tax-to-GDP ratio fell to 7.5% in 2022/23, its lowest in more than a decade and far below the sub-Saharan median of 13.2%, jeopardising funding for reforms, debt restructuring and social ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia's parliament on Thursday introduced a new tax for all workers as part of measures to fill the financial gap left by the USAID funding pause. The funds collected will ...

Federalism is a system of government where power is shared between a central authority and smaller regional governments. Many countries adopt federalism to manage ethnic diversity within their borders ...

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