OrbiX Launches Integrated Digital Ecosystem to Streamline Urban Mobility and Public Services↗
Natran abdulfetah #EBR_News Sep 4, 2026 Ethiopian technology startup OrbiX Technologies PLC launched its multi-sector digital platform , introducing a unified ecosystem designed to connect urban mobility, municipal infrastructure, civic…
Ethiopia’s Diaspora Remittances Reach $8.2 Billion in 2025/26, Diaspora Service Says↗
Betegbar Yaregal #EBR_News Sep 9, 2026 Ethiopia’s diaspora remittances reached $8.2 billion in the 2025/26 fiscal year, up from $7.1 billion the previous year, Fitsum Arega, Director General of the Ethiopian Diaspora Service, said at the…
ApexBrasil Opens First Africa Office in Ethiopia↗
EBR_News Sep 2, 2026 The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) inaugurated its first permanent office in Africa in Addis Ababa on Tuesday, positioning Ethiopia as Brazil’s institutional entry point into the continent…
World’s Top Gem Labs Confirm Ethiopia Has Paraíba Tourmaline, One of Earth’s Rarest Gemstones↗
#EBR_News Aug 31, 2026 Ethiopia has been independently confirmed as a new source of paraíba tourmaline,one of the rarest and most commercially valuable gemstones in the world, by two of the global gemstone industry’s most authoritative…
Premier Switch Solutions Unveils New Brand Identity After 14 Years, Launches Smartphone Tap-to-Pay Service in Ethiopian Market↗
#EBR_News Aug 28, 2026 Premier Switch Solutions S.C. officially unveiled a new corporate brand identity at a ceremony held at Skylight Hotel in Addis Ababa on Thursday, retiring the visual identity the company has carried since it began…
Ethiopia Cuts Power Supply to Data Mining Firms by 75%, CEO Reveals↗
Betegbar Yaregal #EBR_News Aug 28, 2026 Ethiopian Electric Power has cut electricity supply to data mining operations by 75%, delivering only around 23% of contracted volumes, as declining water inflows into the country’s hydroelectric…
IMF Gives Ethiopia and Other Members Until November to Approve 50% Quota Increas↗
Betegbar Yaregal #EBR_News Aug 29, 2026 Ethiopia’s standing at the International Monetary Fund is back in focus as the Fund’s Executive Board has pushed back the deadline for member countries to formally consent to a landmark 50 percent…
Ethiopia’s Insurance Penetration is Lower Today Than When the Market Was Privatized in 1991↗
Betegbar Yaregal #EBR_News Aug 17, 2026 When Ethiopia’s EPRDF government allowed private insurers back into the market in 1991, the expectation was that competition would deepen the sector. Thirty-five years later, the data tells a…
Ethiopian Aviation Executive Aman Wole Gurmu Appointed CEO of Zambia Airways,Third Ethiopian to Lead the National Carrier↗
Betegbar Yaregal #EBR_News Aug 17, 2026 Zambia Airways has appointed Aman Wole Gurmu as its Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 August 2026, the airline announced from Lusaka on 6 August. Aman joins the carrier directly from the Ethiopian…
Ethiopia Has 157 Million Mobile Money Accounts But Less Than 15% Are Active, NBE Admits↗
Betegbar Yaregal #EBR_News Aug 17, 2026 Ethiopia has 157 million registered mobile money accounts, but less than 15% of accounts across the country’s digital financial channels are active, according to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE).…
Electricity Theft Costs Ethiopia 2.89 Billion Birr in a Single Year as EEU Takes 1,089 Cases to Court↗
Betegbar Yaregal #EBR_News Aug 7, 2026 Ethiopian Electric Utility uncovered electricity theft and meter irregularities worth 2.89 billion birr during the 2025/26 fiscal year following an inspection of 2.47 million energy meters, with 1,089…
29% of Ethiopia’s Largest Taxpayers Generate 80% of Revenue and Just 31 State Firms Account for 42%↗
#EBR_News Aug 3, 2026 A striking revenue concentration sits at the heart of Ethiopia’s large taxpayer system: fewer than three in ten registered companies within the country’s Large Taxpayers Branch Office are responsible for generating…