Legal Updates

Legal Update on the Information Technology Products Security Clearance and Control Proclamation No. 1310/2023

The Information Technology Products Security Clearance and Control Proclamation No. 1310/2023 (hereinafter, the “Proclamation”) was necessitated for the protection of Ethiopia’s information technology infrastructure...

Opening the Doors to Foreign Banks: Ethiopia’s Financial Sector Liberalization

In recent years, Ethiopia has undertaken a significant policy shift in its approach to foreign direct investment by opening sectors that were previously exclusively...

Legal Update on Foreign Exchange Directive (FXD/01/2024)

Ethiopia has embarked on a new era of economic policy, marked by currency devaluation and a significant revamp of the foreign currency exchange regime....

Issues in Real Estate Pre-Sale Agreements in Ethiopia

Continuing our series on real estate, DABLO tackles a growing concern: problems with pre-sale agreements. As you may recall, our previous article explored the...
Directive No. 1004/2024

Overview of the Ministry of Finance’s New Excise Stamp Management Directive (Directive No. 1004/2024)

The Ministry of Finance (“MoF”), with its set vision of having a systematized excise assurance mechanism in the way of digital and physical stamps,...

Highlights on the Forest Development, Protection, and Utilization Regulation No. 544/2024

In a seamlessly apparent manner, Ethiopia enhanced its pursuit of setting up measures to safeguard its forestry throughout its utilization by enacting an enforcement...

Breaking down the Addis Ababa City New Residential Housing Rent Control and Administration Directive

The Addis Ababa City Administration has issued a directive (Directive No. 7/2024) governing the administration and supervision of the rental of residential houses in...

Legal Update on the Special Economic Zone Proclamation No. 1322/2024

Download the PDF version of the full Legal Update here:Download Throughout the years, the development and implementation of aspects of industrial parks have been...

Agricultural Production Contracts Directive Awaiting Approval

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) Ministry of Agriculture is currently in the final stages of releasing a directive that aims to regulate...
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