Ethiopia must move away from an informal, transaction-based economy toward a structured, systemic, and institutionalized corporate model to accommodate its large population and youthful workforce.
“To modernize our country, to develop our country So Ethiopia has a very large economy, the fifth largest in Africa. It is a country with an average economic income of around 100 million euros. So this We cannot just leave it to a very informal economy.”
MERI PODCAST · Jan 2026 · 1 episode · 95K views on this topicAmare Beshah believes the Ethiopian economy should prioritize improving agricultural productivity through better financial access, solar technology, and river-based settlements.
“So Ethiopia Being able to take the first settlement option for their lands in We must. When we look at neighboring countries or the lower When we look at the basin countries, Sudan and Egypt Their entire settlement is along the Nile, both on the banks and the banks of the Nile.”
MERI PODCAST · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 57K views on this topicExpanding domestic manufacturing in Ethiopia is essential to reduce reliance on imports and save foreign currency, provided that the availability of foreign currency for raw materials remains stable.
“Now we're manufacturing them here and supplying them immediately. And this is saving us dollars. It's expanding job opportunities for our children and our employees. I think we've come to expand the business and that's a good start.”
MERI PODCAST · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 32K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.