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ብሔራዊ ባንክ ለፋይናንስ ተቋማት አዲስ መመርያ አዘጋጀ

የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ በአገሪቱ የሚገኙ የፋይናንስ ተቋማት የሚመሩበት አዲስ መመርያ ለማውጣት ከባለድርሻ አካላት ጋር መወያየቱን፣ የተዘጋጀውንም ረቂቅ መመርያ ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ የመጨረሻ ምዕራፍ ላይ እንደሚገኝ ተገለጸ፡፡ የአገሪቱን የፋይናንስ ተቋማት በበላይነት የሚቆጣጠረው ብሔራዊ ባንክ ያዘጋጀው አዲሱ መመርያ ባንኮች፣ የኢንሹራንስ ኩባንያዎችና የማይክሮ ፋይናንስ ተቋማት የሚገዙበት ይሆናል ተብሏል፡፡  የሪፖርተር ምንጮች እንደገለጹት፣ ብሔራዊ ባንክ ይህንን ረቂቅ ሕግ ካዘጋጀና ጉዳዩ የሚመለከታቸው የፋይናንስ ተቋማት አስተያየት እንዲሰጡበት ካደረገ በኋላ ባለፈው ሳምንት ከባንኩ ቦርድ አባላት ጋር መክሮበታል፡፡  በ15 ገጾች የተዘጋጀው አዲሱ መመርያ አሥር ዋና ዋና አንቀጾች ሲኖሩት፣  አራት ዝርዝር ማብራሪያዎችን በማካተት ተቋማቱ ተፈጻሚ ማድረግ ያለባቸውን የአሠራር ደንቦችንና የብቃት መለኪያ መሥፈርቶችን ይዟል፡፡  አዲሱ የኮርፖሬት ገቨርናንስ መመርያ በዋነኝነት ትኩረት ያደረገው፣ በፋይናንስ ተቋማቱ ባለአክሲዮኖች፣ በቦርድ ዳይሬክተሮችና በተቋማቱ ከፍተኛ የአመራር አባላት ላይ ሲሆን የሁሉንም የኃላፊነት ድርሻና የተጠያቂነት አሠራር ያጠቃለለ ነው፡፡  በተለይ በፋይናንስ ተቋማት የሚፈቀዱ የገንዘብ ዝውውሮች፣ የተቋማቱን ፖሊሲና የብሔራዊ ባንክ መመርያ የጣሰ መሆን እንደሌለባቸው አዲሱ መመርያ ይደነግጋል፡፡  በሌላ በኩል ከብሔራዊ ባንኩ መመርያ ውጪ ባለአክሲዮኖችም ሆኑ የቦርድ ዳይሬክተሮች ብድር መውሰድ እንዳይችሉ ይደነግጋል፡፡ ዳይሬክተሮችና ባለአክሲዮኖች በማንኛውም በሌላ የፋይናንስ ተቋማት ውስጥ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ የማይችሉበት አንቀጽም በአዲሱ ረቂቅ መመርያ ላይ ተካትቷል፡፡  በዋና ሥራ አስፈጻሚውና በከፍተኛ የአመራር ኦፊሰሮች የተ

Farming Changes May Hold Key to Ethiopia's Industrial Goals

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ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia's ambition to become a manufacturing hub may hinge on Khalid Bomba's ability to transform small-scale farming just as much as it relies on new railways, roads and other more obvious signs of change in a nation once brought to its knees by famine. The 46-year-old one-time investment banker is now chief executive of Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA). His task is to boost output from a sector that employs 85 percent of the workforce, most of them tilling plots of less than two hectares. “The cheap labor for industrial manufacturing is going to come from the rural areas,” he told Reuters in an interview at the Addis Ababa headquarters. “You are not going to have people coming off the farm if productivity levels don't increase.” Ethiopia boasts some of the highest economic growth in Africa, at 8 percent or more a year, much of it fueled by a huge state infrastructure program that includes a new railway to Djibouti's port,

Ethiopia: Controversial Decisions On Party Splits

The UDJ could be considered a strong party as it published two newspapers a week using its own printing press. It had also asked for a plot of land for the construction of a headquarters, according to one of the officials in the group that has lost as a result of the decision of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia. However, the party, that had strong differences within it regarding financial management, would face an irreconcilable difference over the election of Belay Fekadu as president, which eventually led to a decision by the Electoral Board throwing his group, including Girma Seifu, out of the party. At the time of Belay's election last December, 2013, based on a new bylaw at the party, Tigestu Awol had no problem, because he assumed that the electoral board had approved the bylaw. Trouble erupted when he discovered that the board had not approved it. It may also be an irony that information which the NEBE decided was unacceptable two years ago, when it rejected the ele

EPL: First Round concludes with Sidama Bunna on top

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The first round of the 2014/15  Ethiopian Premier League  concluded here today with  Sidama Bunna  seating on top with 27 points, followed by defending champions  St. George  (25 pts),  Wolayta Dicha  (22 pts) and  Ethiopian Coffee  (21 pts). Of the 3 games played today, most soccer fans had their eyes on the Wolayta Dicha vs St. George encounter as a victory by the latter could have taken them to the top. Unfortunately the two teams drew scoreless. Dedebit  travelled south and defeated  Hawassa Kenema  2-0 to jump 5 spots to finish in 5 th  place while  Ethiopian Coffee dropped to fourth place after they lost 1-0 to  EEPCo.   The victory propolled the electric men to move 4 spots to 7 th  place. Welayata Dicha had a good chance to move to second place but failed to take home field advantage as they drew scoreless with St. George. On the other hand, the latter could have retaken the lead from Sidama had they won today’s match. Hawassa Kenema (10 pts) and Woldiya Kenema (6 pts