Listen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️ Coverage: August 17–August 21, 2026 News covered in this episode: • NBE Moves to Give Interest-Free Banks a Liquidity Safety Net Source: https://tinyurl.com/5ctr79rx • Kenya Capital Markets Authority Clears First Domestic Banking ETF Source: https://tinyurl.com/muemjkd2 • NBE Meets 70% of FX Demand With $500 Million …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️ Coverage: August 10–August 14, 2026 News covered in this episode: • Ethiopia Exempts Software Value from Import Duties Source: https://shorturl.at/xy31W • Africa Finance Corporation Issues First Digital Bond Source: https://shorturl.at/X0AQI • The Dollar Becomes the Ticket to the Internet Source: https://shorturl.at/Pc5I8 • World Bank: Limited …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️ Coverage: August 3–August 7, 2026 News covered in this episode: • Ethiopian Firms Call for More Accessible AfDB Financing Source: https://tinyurl.com/u2cxh4mw • India’s Techurate Introduces AI Banking Solutions to Ethiopia Source: https://tinyurl.com/y89n4ten • National Bank Licenses CNETPay as Payment System Operator Source: https://birrmetrics.com/nbe-grants-cnetpay-payment-gateway-and-pos-operator-licence/ • Ethiopia …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️Coverage: July 27–August 2, 2026News covered in this episode:• Fintech Firms Form Industry AssociationSource: https://tinyurl.com/3b9e7nva• M-PESA Launches Electricity PaymentsSource: https://tinyurl.com/mt99m3nt• 68% of Ethiopian Youth Back EconomySource: https://tinyurl.com/43ca8wre• EAII Graduates First AI Startup CohortSource: https://tinyurl.com/32f75rnwPresented by DLT. Latest Episodes By : helina August 1, 2026 ካፊኔትድ ቴክ፤ …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️Coverage: July 18–July 24, 2026News covered in this episode:• Ethiopia Signs Up to New Global Artificial Intelligence AllianceSource: https://shorturl.at/l8KAL• NBE Moves to Rein in Virtual Asset Activity Beyond CryptoSource: https://shorturl.at/eXStu• UAE AI Firm AIREV Taps Redington to Expand Across AfricaSource: https://shorturl.at/KQUL4• Ethiopia Launches National AI Development …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️Coverage: July 11–July 17, 2026News covered in this episode:• Ethiopia’s Music Has Entered the Machine Age. Can AI Capture Its Soul?Source: https://shorturl.at/YAL5f• Private Credit Grew 50% Even Before Ethiopia Removed Lending Cap, IMF SaysSource: https://shorturl.at/2C4kr• AASTU to Establish Lanxiang International Vocational Training CentreSource: https://shorturl.at/BzHXc• South Korea …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️Coverage: July 4–July 10, 2026News covered in this episode:• Ethiopia Targets 1.5 Million New Homes in Five-Year Housing DriveSource: https://shorturl.at/GwaXT• Abiy Points to Expanding Businesses as Lawmaker Warns of a Vanishing Middle ClassSource: https://shorturl.at/QcJOf• ESX Clears Four Companies for Next Stage of Main Market ListingSource: https://shorturl.at/OblhC• …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️Coverage: June 28–July 4, 2026News covered in this episode:• Binance Clarifies Birr SupportSource: https://tinyurl.com/3v8ykhdv• CBE Launches Digital Loans for ECX EmployeesSource: https://tinyurl.com/4wrftp3n• Ethiopia & Kenya Formalize Border TradeSource: https://tinyurl.com/5ctnpw4d• IMF Urges NBE to Exit Gold MarketSource: https://tinyurl.com/5n6dedxnPresented by DLT. Latest Episodes By : helina June 30, …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. ☕️Coverage: June 20–June 26, 2026News covered in this episode:• Binance Regains Access Through Ethio Telecom After Regulatory EngagementsSource: https://shorturl.at/wugHw• Ethiopia Plans Local Laptop & Tablet Assembly in Digital Sovereignty PushSource: https://shorturl.at/EoIlR• Paris Club Urges Faster Debt Restructuring as Ethiopia Case Exposes G20 Framework GapsSource: https://shorturl.at/IDIw4• Ethiopia’s …
Continue ReadingListen to This Episode on YouTube Caffeinated Tech is your weekly fintech news recap. Coverage: June 14–June 21, 2026News covered in this episode:• Arifpay Processes 156.9 Billion Birr in Digital Payments Since LaunchSource: https://tinyurl.com/3yb4dxxd• AfDB Taps Ghana Bank to Expand Africa Trade Finance NetworkSource: https://tinyurl.com/3c832mhp• Ethiopia to Host Major Cybersecurity and AI Conference as Africa Faces Surging Cyber ThreatsSource: https://tinyurl.com/5n9xdkfh• Ethiopia’s Exports to China …
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