AliExpress entered Ethiopia with big plans. A year later, it remains hamstrung by currency gridlocks, fragmented partnerships, and payment barriers.

5 million young Ethiopians are stuck between two laws, eligible to work, but locked out of banking. Time to align regulations and let 15-17-year-olds access formal financial services with safeguards.

Global Findex 2025 data shows financial account ownership rose from 46% in 2021 to just 49% in 2024 despite over 200 million digital accounts. For all the gains, inclusion remains stubbornly uneven.

Ethiopia’s Finance Ministry has published its first-ever T-bill issuance calendar with plans to raise 116 billion Birr between July and September through short-term debt instruments.

No wage floor, no implementation, no urgency. Ethiopia’s long-promised minimum wage system remains theoretical. Meanwhile, workers face rising prices, falling protections and automation threats.

Ethiopia will host the 2nd UN Food Systems Summit this month as the country balances bold transformation plans with the realities of drought, funding shortfalls, and widespread malnutrition.