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Ethiopia: archive

All 3 archive entries on Ethiopia, most recent first.

ET · GUIDANCE & POLICY

Ethiopia's central bank declares birr-paired P2P crypto trades illegal, promises a framework

On 1 March 2026 the National Bank of Ethiopia declared all birr-paired peer-to-peer cryptocurrency transactions illegal unless explicitly authorised, citing foreign exchange manipulation, fraud and the absence of AML safeguards.

ET · LEGISLATION

Ethiopia's data protection law turns one with no implementing directives in force

A year after Ethiopia enacted the Personal Data Protection Proclamation No.

November 2025 · Legislation
ET · LEGISLATION

Ethiopia: still a law without machinery

Proclamation 1321/2024 carries penalties of up to 4% of turnover and prison terms, yet two years after publication in the Federal Negarit Gazette the ECA has issued none of its four planned implementing directives, opened no registration portal and brought no enforcement action that we could find.

24 July 2024 · Legislation · Guidance & policy