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Directive No. 1150/2026 creates six types of collective investment scheme and lets the wider public into Ethiopia's capital market. The licensed fund managers, custodians and valuers needed to operate them barely exist.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 24, 2026
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The United States condemned what it called a large-scale TPLF attack and warned other armed groups. The European Union's ambassador said the detentions of opposition figures in Tigray must stop.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 24, 2026
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Ethiopian Investment Holdings and the Dangote Group will build a refined-products pipeline linking Djibouti's Damerjog to Dewele on the Ethiopian border, with storage terminals at both ends. No cost or timetable has been announced.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 24, 2026
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Residents and officials describe fighting on three fronts — Tigray, North Wolo in Amhara and Kilbeti Rasu in Afar. The flag carrier has suspended all services to Meqelle, Axum and Shire.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 24, 2026
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Mikel Arteta has agreed an improved new contract with Arsenal, ending months of negotiation over a deal that was due to expire at the end of this season. The Premier League champions keep the manager who ended their title drought.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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Apple is recruiting an Apple Pay strategy lead with stablecoin and blockchain experience, a job posting that would put stablecoins in front of a payments network with over two billion users. A hire is not a product, but it is a direction.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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British AI data-centre developer Nscale is heading for an IPO that will test Wall Street's appetite for concentrated AI bets. Most of its revenue comes from two customers: Microsoft and Anthropic.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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The union of Oromo Abbaa Gadaas has set this year's Irreecha for Meskerem 23 and 24 — Hora Finfinne first, Bishoftu the next day. Addis Abeba police say preparations for the Meskel Demera are also complete.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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The Ethiopian Heavy Truck Drivers Association says the drivers seized when armed men burned fuel tankers near Bila in West Wolega have been freed alive, through their families' efforts. The trucks were destroyed and the attackers left the scene.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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Ethiopia's unemployment rate is 9.6 percent. But 69.4 percent of employment is in agriculture, the average working week is 31 hours, and only 22.9 percent of workers earn a wage. Shega argues the headline number measures the wrong thing.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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Global oil inventories are projected to reach an operational floor of 6.8 billion barrels this month if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, JPMorgan says — the point below which pipelines lose pressure and refineries fail. Prices, meanwhile, just hit an 11-day low.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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The Ethiopian Lottery Service says betting will restart only once a new technology and control system is in place, one that lets the government monitor operators' finances directly. No restart date has been given.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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The Trade & Development Bank has approved a 50-million-dollar loan for the 300MW Aysha wind project, Ethiopia's first wind-based independent power producer. The 508-million-dollar scheme is closer to financial close but has not broken ground.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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The National Bank of Ethiopia will offer a further 125 million dollars to commercial banks on 23 September, the fourth and final auction of its first-quarter programme. That completes 500 million dollars sold into the market in three months.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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Scientists say the El Niño now forming is the strongest ever recorded, and it is still weeks away from its expected peak. For an economy where rain sets the harvest, the power supply and the import bill, that is the number of the day.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 22, 2026
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City beat Sunderland 5-3 to lead the Premier League by three points going into the international break. Manchester United needed an 89th-minute goal to draw at Fulham, and Rangers beat Celtic again.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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A new California law adds enforcement to disclosure requirements for influencers paid to post about politics. The rules existed already; what was missing was a consequence for ignoring them.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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Michael Burry argues that Big Tech's AI commitments are larger than their filings show, with Oracle as his main example. He is not alleging fraud — he is arguing the numbers are elsewhere.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
000A one-sentence deal brokered by Oman has kept US and Houthi forces from striking each other in the Bab al-Mandab. Saudi Arabia was never named in it, and Saudi-linked ships are still being hit.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
000Ethiopia's remittance platforms advertise exchange rates and sign-up bonuses as separate offers. Shega's analysis of ten of them finds the figure a sender compares is rarely the figure that decides the transfer.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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The region says it is organising to deposit almost 13 tonnes of gold with the National Bank this fiscal year, and has identified coal, marble and granite alongside it.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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Ethiopia grows over a million tonnes of bananas a year and exports a fraction of its horticultural potential. Birr Metrics places the bottleneck on the road to Djibouti, not in the field.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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Wegagen Bank reported a pre-tax profit of 4.3 billion Br for the 2025/26 financial year and total assets of 111.3 billion Br. Management paired the result with a new five-year expansion plan.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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The National Bank of Ethiopia has ordered all banks to stop crediting deposit interest upfront after supervisors found lenders advancing interest on time deposits. The prohibition takes effect immediately.
Fact.et Staff · Sep 21, 2026
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