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The birr (Amharic: ብር) is the primary unit of currency in Ethiopia.It is subdivided into 100 santims.. In 1931, Emperor Haile Selassie formally requested that the international community use the name Ethiopia (as it had already been known internally for at least 1,600 years [2]) instead of the exonym Abyssinia, and the issuing Bank of Abyssinia also became the Bank of Ethiopia.
Eleni Gabre-Madhin at ECX. The Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) is a commodities exchange established April 2008 in Ethiopia.In Proclamation 2007-550, which created the ECX, its stated objective was "to ensure the development of an efficient modern trading system" that would "protect the rights and benefits of sellers, buyers, intermediaries, and the general public."
Between 1960 and 1970, Ethiopia enjoyed an annual 4.4% growth rate in its per capita and overall gross domestic product (GDP). There was an increase in the manufacturing growth rate from 1.9% in 1960–1961 to 4.4% in 1973–74, with the wholesale, retail trade, transportation, and communication sectors increasing from 9.5% to 15.6%.
Ethiopia's first revenues were issued in 1930. The earliest issue consisted of four stamps printed by Waterlow and Sons , with a Lion of Judah in the centre. This issue exists either with a background design of ornamental scallops or with a plain background.
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Ethio-Semitic (also Ethiopian Semitic, Ethiosemitic, Ethiopic or Abyssinian [2]) is a family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan. [1] They form the western branch of the South Semitic languages, itself a sub-branch of Semitic, part of the Afroasiatic language family.
The Bank of Abyssinia (Amharic: አቢሲንያ ባንክ) is a commercial bank and the oldest bank in Ethiopia. It was established in 1905 and inaugurated by Emperor Menelik II on 16 February 1906, becoming the modern bank of Ethiopia. In 1915, the bank was the first to produce banknote with the help of British owned National Bank of Egypt ...
Addis Zemen (አዲስ ዘመን; "New Era" in English) [1] is an Ethiopian Amharic newspaper published by the federal government's Ethiopian Press Agency, [2] which also publishes the English-language Ethiopian Herald.