The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Ethiopia, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2025) | 9.8% | Fast growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 13.2% | High inflation: money loses value quickly. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 3.3% | Low: the job market is tight. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $933 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2024) | -2.5% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2025) | 13.3% of GDP | Driven mostly by its home market. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Ethiopian high-level delegation met with Eric Meyer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa and the Middle East at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, on the sidelines of the 2026 IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Bangkok.
Abiy Ahmed's office said there would be elections held in Tigray within 6 months. The move comes after an escalation in fighting between federal forces and a rebel alliance.
Aliko Dangote, president and chief executive of Dangote Group, has pledged to list 10 percent of the conglomerate’s Ethiopian fertiliser
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Ethiopian delegation met with European Commissioner for International Partnerships Commissioner Jozef SĂkela on the sidelines of the ongoing IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings.
[ENA] On October 14, 2026, President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi responded to warnings made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that Egypt would lose its Sinai Peninsula should it attack Israel.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia is positioning itself as an increasingly important investment destination and financial market in Africa, driven by economic reforms and expanding cross-border investment partnerships, Speaker of the House of People's Representatives Ahmed Shide said.
Ten-year-old Iyerusalem lies in a hospital bed in northern Ethiopia, her amputated legs propped up by rolled blankets as she struggles with pain and the loss of her older brother,...
Ethiopian government troops have advanced to ​a town on the border with Eritrea previously controlled by Tigrayan rebels, people in touch with residents ‌said on Tuesday, as diplomats scrambled to avert war between the Horn of Africa neighbours.
[The New Humanitarian] Addis Ababa -- Three scenarios - all grim - on how the renewed conflict in Tigray could develop.
The Tigray conflict puts the UAE’s backing of Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic role under scrutiny.
Allegations of Eritrean troop incursions into Tigray deepen the rift with Ethiopia, threatening fragile peace in the region.
Ethiopia said an "all-out invasion" by Eritrean forces had left it with no option but to defend itself, in a letter to the UN ‌shared with Reuters on Friday, as blasts continued near the border between the two countries.
Ethiopia and Eritrea are trading blame for confrontations in Tigray amid international calls for restraint. Their respective allies have the potential to catapult the conflict into a regional war.
Eritrea denies backing TPLF as Ethiopia alleges collusion, further straining their already volatile relationship.
[The New Humanitarian] Mekelle, Ethiopia -- "Many households experienced complete crop failure."
Tigray’s renewed war is testing Ethiopia’s already strained regional ties.
Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under drone attack from government forces, raising the risk that renewed internal conflict in Ethiopia could trigger an all-out regional war between…
Two foreign banking institutions have formally applied to enter Ethiopia through greenfield investments, marking the latest step in a growing read more Two foreign banks move to enter Ethiopia after 50-year banking ban
Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan have called for political and peaceful solutions amid escalating conflicts across the region, including Sudan’s civil war and major fighting in Ethiopia.
Egyptian, Eritrean, Somali and Sudanese leaders also call for talks to end the civil war in Sudan.