In July following a debt restructuring negotiated under the G20 Common Framework Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide attributed the debt servicing hike to four factors...
Most importantly Mamo has acted as an economic firefighter – more influential than long-serving Finance Minister Ahmed Shide...
Also key to the economy team is finance minister Ahmed Shide who steered the 2024/25 budget through parliament on 5 July...
But Abiy finance minister Ahmed Shide and National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) governor Mamo Mihretu have presided over higher fiscal and current account deficits almost 30% inflation a vastly overvalued currency depleted foreign exchange reserves and shortages hitting businesses and a new debt crisis...
The 2023-24 budget read to parliament by Finance Minister Ahmed Shide last month boosts overall spending to 801...
In discussions with Finance Minister Ahmed Shide during the Bank's Spring Meetings it indicated it was reluctant to make any firm commitments on debt-relief now a serious issue in the absence of stronger humanitarian aid flows and of better-established peace...
Finance Minister Ahmed Shide discussed debt relief with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Washington during the 18-24 April Spring Meetings of the Fund and the World Bank...
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Ahmed Shide Minister of Finance was a Somali member of the group...
To counter this Finance Minister Ahmed Shide has announced 122bn birr ($2...
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Finance minister Ahmed Shide overseeing the delayed telecoms and financial sector liberalisation will keep his job as Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen who has struggled to deflect international criticism of the war in Tigray...
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