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At research plots in Melkassa, Bako and Wondogenet, a question that has followed the country’s agriculture policy for more than two decades has been given physical form in rows of maize: can a seed engineered to withstand drought and pests help farmers produce more food, or will it bind them to a new system of...
BBC Amharic
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The share of Ethiopia’s federal budget going to poverty-reducing expenditure has fallen to 41 percent in the 2025/26 fiscal year, down from 46 percent a year earlier, even as total government spending rises to Br1.92 trillion. The decline marks a shift in the composition of public expenditure, with debt servicing, wages and other recurrent costs...
BBC Amharic
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Around seven in ten Ethiopian households did not purchase toothpaste during the past year, highlighting one of the lowest levels of category penetration for oral hygiene products in Africa, according to new consumer data released by Worldpanel by Numerator. The consumer research firm found that a majority of Ethiopian households remain outside the...
BBC Amharic
StockMarket.et
Dashen Bank announced that it has disbursed more than Birr 20 billion in loans through the Telebirr platform, marking a...
StockMarket.et
The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority has launched a new mobile application aimed at improving investor access to information, education, and...
StockMarket.et
The Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX) has recorded a major milestone, with equity transactions reaching approximately 1 billion birr this week,...
