Ethiopia became Africa’s third default in as many years on Tuesday after it failed to make a 33-million-dollar “coupon” payment on its only international government bond. Africa’s second-most populous country announced earlier this month that it intended to formally go into default, having been under severe financial strain in the …
Read More »AfDB Approves $165mn Grant for Ethiopia’s COVID-19 Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on 3 July approved a grant of $165.08 million to support Ethiopia’s response to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including helping to ease fiscal pressures on the economy. The grant, awarded from the country’s ADF-15 Performance-Based …
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