This Selected Issues Paper reviews Ethiopia’s tax system, highlighting its persistently low tax-to-GDP ratio despite sustained economic growth. It benchmarks Ethiopia’s revenue performance against ...

This Selected Issues Paper reviews Ethiopia’s transition to an interest-rate based monetary framework. For this framework to be effective, monetary transmission—the process through which policy rate ...

Metaphors are fascinating figures of speech partly because they help create striking imagery in readers’ minds, elicit ...

A European friend who has spent time in Uganda recently told me that once one lands into this country from another African country, they are hit by the ruins of neoliberalism to a scale they have ...

Africa’s mining sector requires power reliability as a matter of survival, making it critical that companies invest in solutions that deliver longevity and reliability, says Johan Helberg, head of ...

As of 2025, the full BRICS members include Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, Ethiopia ...

Turkey’s economy is making a surprising recovery, Russia’s economy is overheating, and global job markets are shifting. Meanwhile, Ethiopia secures an IMF bailout, and China unveils new economic ...

Asad Mirza The recent BRICS Summit at Rio, apart from raising concerns on the multilateral issues, was marred by dissensions ...

IMF has made governance reforms and anti-corruption measures a cornerstone of its future financial support to Kenya.

From 27 to 29 May 2025, a WCO national workshop on the AfCFTA Rules of Origin (RoO) was held in Pretoria, South Africa, hosted by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and funded by the Japan ...

Unverified reports circulating on social media suggest China announced Saturday that the BRICS economic bloc will “soon” ...

Africa, a continent brimming with potential, has long grappled with a significant obstacle: insufficient financing to unlock its vast natural resources and harness its abundant human capital.