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On a Friday morning in January 2025, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed walked onto a trading floor in Addis Ababa and rang a bell. There were no traders shouting on the floor. There was no opening tick of a long-running ticker. There was, in fact, only one company listed, Wegagen Bank and the screens behind him
The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) has granted a capital market business license to Siinqe Investment Bank, officially authorizing the firm to operate as an investment bank in Ethiopia. The license, issued on December 31, 2025, raises the total number of licensed capital market intermediaries in the country to fifteen. With this approval, Siinqe Investment
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Women in Ethiopia are still struggling to access finance, facing higher rejection rates and smaller loans than men. They are also underrepresented in the fast-growing digital payments sector, where they make up just 22% of users. The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), with backing from the World Bank’s Africa Gender Innovation Lab, has rolled out
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